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Post by jstearn on Oct 14, 2015 8:33:45 GMT -5
Other then clown tangs or fast swimmers like them. They need room as babys.
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Post by Pokahpolice on Oct 14, 2015 9:16:08 GMT -5
I've always bought baby tangs and put them in my 58 gallon. You have atleast 2 years with them before they get too big for the tank. I don't see any issue is you insure they go to a good home after having them. That certainly wasn't my experience. The Tang we had wasn't a 'baby' but it was a juvenile. Personally I don't think it had enough room to stay stress free. My total water volume in the system is 150g and things are kept extremely stable...Apex monitored and tested religiously. |
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Post by jstearn on Oct 14, 2015 11:29:01 GMT -5
What type was it. I've only had a yellow tang, bristle tooth and a hippo. I keep a small amount of rock in my dt. I feel they are getting too big when they start swimming in a pattern. I'm sure it all depends on the fish. I'd say as a rule of thumb for sure it isn't good having tangs in smaller tanks but in my experience I've never had a issue.
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Post by Pokahpolice on Oct 14, 2015 11:46:39 GMT -5
Kole Tang
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Post by jasonandsarah on Oct 14, 2015 14:56:21 GMT -5
I hate putting out there all the "rules" I've broken but lol...... in my 75g I've successfully kept yellow belly regal, powder blue, yellow tangs, sailfin tang, Reg regal tang and currently have a mimic tang.
Would I suggest anyone of any level of reefing go out and shove a tang into their smaller tank? No I wouldnt, but all of these fish thrived in my tank until I passed them onto other reefers with bigger tanks.
Only tang I lost was a spotted bristle tooth tang. I personally think it had a problem from the get go though. It ate like a crazy fish but still withered away and died.
Currently I'm running a Cowlr lol not really but very few fish at the very least.
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Post by jasonandsarah on Oct 14, 2015 14:59:36 GMT -5
People should also realize adding a tang takes up a big chunk of your available bioload. They're heavy bioload fish and imo will take the place of 3-4 clowns or similarly sized fish
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Post by Pokahpolice on Oct 14, 2015 16:04:51 GMT -5
I had a Yellow Tang in a 75 for over a year and it was fine. I also had a Picasso Trigger in a 40g breeder fully loaded with corals...LOL! Now that's a newbie move with some terrible guidance from a LFS. He did fine and surprisingly so did my corals but he was extremely aggressive and drew blood on me a few times. That's about when I traded it in.
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Post by Pokahpolice on Oct 14, 2015 16:09:26 GMT -5
Actually found a pic of the Trigger in the 40.  |
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Post by jasonandsarah on Oct 14, 2015 17:43:42 GMT -5
Actually found a pic of the Trigger in the 40. Wow that's great! Lol I love that you still use that skimmer! (Don't you?) |
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Post by Pokahpolice on Oct 14, 2015 18:08:45 GMT -5
I still have it. I bought the bigger version because I liked this one so much and I absolutely hate it. It's impossible to get it dialed in. Should have listened to the reviews.
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Post by jasonandsarah on Oct 15, 2015 4:38:33 GMT -5
I still have it. I bought the bigger version because I liked this one so much and I absolutely hate it. It's impossible to get it dialed in. Should have listened to the reviews. Is it the 120g? I had the 120g and hated it. I mean it skimmed good when it skimmed. But it would also leak through the o-ring sometimes. Haha found this picture yesterday when I was searching through my pics. You can see the skimmer and my tank as a newb. I was so proud of it back then. Now I can never seem to be happy with my tank! Lol  |
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Post by reefkprz on Oct 16, 2015 7:04:40 GMT -5
I still have and use the ss 120, best application for it is in the sump, it's notorious for freaking out and pumping water all over the floor when run hob, and the bubble box is total crap. water level changes really affect it too.
it's actually far easier to use if you throw out the stock bubble box, and use zip ties to pin the effluent pipe in one position a smooth 90 degree elbow I find works the best for me if you want to stop bubbles a tall tupperware cut to desired height that maintains the exact same water level on the effluent pipe is best because the back pressure from the effluent really changes the performance of the skimmer so zero back pressure is the best in my experience.
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Post by Pokahpolice on Nov 9, 2015 15:12:28 GMT -5
Some of you may have noticed that I've been MIA from the forum for a while. Well, it's because I've been so pissed off and frustrated with the hobby over the last month that I have had ZERO enjoyment from it. Dynos are no joke! They did a number on my tank and I've lost hundreds of dollars in corals. All of my birdsnests are gone, my Reefgen fused procillipora (I paid $70 for a half inch frag about a year and a half ago, it was 7x-8x that size), a few acros.
I haven't really wanted to talk about it but it looks like I'm over the hump and have it under control. All and all the damage wasn't that bad when I consider what I could have lost. I still have the vast majority of my stuff but it's going to take some time to get them healthy again.
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Post by jasonandsarah on Nov 10, 2015 7:04:53 GMT -5
Some of you may have noticed that I've been MIA from the forum for a while. Well, it's because I've been so pissed off and frustrated with the hobby over the last month that I have had ZERO enjoyment from it. Dynos are no joke! They did a number on my tank and I've lost hundreds of dollars in corals. All of my birdsnests are gone, my Reefgen fused procillipora (I paid $70 for a half inch frag about a year and a half ago, it was 7x-8x that size), a few acros. I haven't really wanted to talk about it but it looks like I'm over the hump and have it under control. All and all the damage wasn't that bad when I consider what I could have lost. I still have the vast majority of my stuff but it's going to take some time to get them healthy again. Mind sharing how you beat the dinos? Always great to have first hand experience with something as hard to beat as dinos. |
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Post by Pokahpolice on Nov 10, 2015 8:55:31 GMT -5
Dino X was the only thing that touched them. It took about a month of consistent dosing but it's kicked it out. I'm glad I stuck with it because I almost changed course. I started by dosing Peroxide but that didn't touch it. Here is exactly what I did. - Lights out for 3 days (helped knock down the outbreak) - Dino X every other day at the end of the light cycle - STOP water changes - Added UV Sterilizer - Manually remove as much as possible as often as possible. I was siphoning into filter socks 3-4 times a day. If I didn't work from home I'm not sure I would have been able to beat this. I still have traces so I'm going to dose a few more times. This is how bad this stuff is...    |
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