Putter's first tank

[putter]

The purple tang is a nice looking fish, and looking at the bartletts they look nice as well. Going to be hard to choose, thanks again for the suggestions, I have some direction to look now. Thanks as well for the kind words on the light, so far I am having no problems with the setup at all.

[reeffreak]

Yeah,remove the foxface if it dies.Its going to cause a massive ammonia spike if its body is allow to rot.Fish usually don't get stuck to a powerhead unless it was sick prior.Sorry,I hope he/she pulls through but it doesn't sound good.

[Doc]

that situation has always ended in death for my fish in my tanks. Sorry, I hope yours is different.

As for a school is fish, go with anthias, just wait a bit for them, about 6 months, and add them all at the same time. it is a bit of a wait, but SO worth it. get two or three fish now, then focus on getting all the corals you want and then, add the final showpiece fish.

purple tangs are pretty, but can get really territorial. I tried one and it killed three of my prize fish, a regal tang, radiata lionfish, and my blue angelfish. I personally will never own one again. Look at the atlantic blue tang as a possibility, beautiful fish. my LFS has a huge one for $60 right now

-Doc

[putter]

R.I.P.


and on a good note....


and just an update pic of the brains of the tank

[putter]

When adding fish to a tank, should I be leaving the power heads off for the first while? I am thinking not, but wanted to be sure. Also got this stuff...umm coral frenzy for the brains, hoping they would like it, has any one tried this stuff? Nemo is a cool fish, always darting back and forth, is easy to tell he is tank raised tho, as soon as I go near the tank he is following my moves, and if I open the tank up he is right there waiting for food!

[Doc]

leave your powerhead on. it won't do any harm. there was that one time I added a tiny 3-striped damsel that got too close to the overflow box and "zip" went inside, down the tubing and into the sump filter socks so fast I could not believe it. DOA. kinda funny now that I look at it. You won't have that problem tho.

Sorry about your foxface, they are such cool fish. I have been looking at one myself.

Your brains are looking great. I have never heard of that coral food before. I like liquid plankton and cyclopeeze for my corals.

-Doc

[reeffreak]

I have some coral frenzy,good stuff but I don't use it for brain corals.Its easier to feed them krill/mysis then using that small powder for them.I think they prefer larger foods but mine will eat it regardless of size.Great for fine feeders like goniopora and alveopora though.

Sad,sad,sad.Your foxface can meet my Bifferwine(Naso) in heaven.

[putter]

The fish store is going to replace the foxface, just have to wait until next week when he has more stock in, so next week I am looking at, a friend for nemo...nemo 2 I guess, a foxface and a couple emerald crabs. Going to have to research and purchase a cleaner or 20 for green slime algae. The fish I get from here in will spend at least a week in the QT tank! Going to do another water change on Sunday, just a small one so I have some of the water from the main tank for the QT I have some small chunks of rock in the sump now and more LS for the QT. I hope it is enough to avoid a cycle altogether.

[putter]

Oh and still no feeder tentacles on the brains...how long can they go with out food?

[bobby]

Sorry to hear it. Better luck with the next one.