NapoliNewJersey
Achilles Keeper
Chevron Tangs are great because LFS' only sell them when they are small because that's when they have the best color. You rarely see a grown Chevron.
surfn's 50g cube tank
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b0bby1
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i think tangs can do ok in smaller tanks, imo. i think that there growth slows down a ton or is stunned when they move into smaller tanks. for example, i had a regal tang for 6 months that was 1", didn't grow at all. i sold him to a local reefer with a 120 gallon and within 2 months hes quadrupled in size, now 4". but i think u should be fine surfn, the tangs you are keeping are relatively small. i just got my finnex 30 gallon and need to come up with a stock list. i wanna add a yasha haze with a pistol shrimp but the only problem is i really want a mystery wrasse. they are known to eat shrimp, so i don't think it will work out. but a shrimp goby with out the shrimp isnt that interesting.
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I bleed orange and maroon
i think all fish will get vastly bigger when you transfer them to a much bigger tank. but just b/c their size may be stunted does not really mean they will live a shorter life. i think they will live a shoter life no matter what in captivity, esspecially in any tank under 500g.
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surfn
I bleed orange and maroon
eh, not much worthy to update, haven't gotten anything new. and i lost 2 sps colonies.... :( which also happened to be my 2 biggest and oldest.... :(
which colonies?
That sucks! Which ones did u lose? I have a frag of the pink milli if u need a replacement.
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surfn
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yeah, lost the colony of pink milli with blue tips. although i was lucky enough to save many many frags. it just sucks that it had to be all cut up to stop the STN.
i lost the sarmentosa completely, all the frags are goners.
with the last frag i kept in the tank that was still STN'ing, i put it in a dip of TMPCC for 30min to see if anything came off.......and i think that dip pretty much killed it. but nothing came off either.....so i'm certain i don't have any pests.
one thing i neglected to mention in my other thread about the STN events, is that a week before our frag swap.....when i first noticed my sarmentosa bleaching, i added like 2 dozen frag plugs to my system. i am starting to wonder if the pH dropped like a rock which caused these problems to start. i have yet to test my pH once.....but hope to get some kalk going to counter this if it is indeed an issue.
J. Montgomery
Mouth Pipetting
Thats what I said . . . and Al goes, "Oh no, my pink milli is much cooler than yours." :lol:
Luckily, I have a frag of the sarmentosa so its not a complete loss.
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surfn
I bleed orange and maroon
that stinks Al.. I'm sure you'll be able to find some frags and re-grow them... :)
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surfn
I bleed orange and maroon
i've still got the pink milli, i'll just have to regrow it. having got it as a 1inch frag 3 years ago and letting it grow into a softball sized colony really hits you in the gut after having to break it up.
as for the sarmentosa.....eh. it never really looked that great as a colony anyways. but frags of it looked nice, and its not something allot of people have.
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surfn
I bleed orange and maroon
well, i've had that many plugs in there before. but i guess i hadn't added them all at once.
plus, these plugs were the "new kind" that i hadn't used before.
and i should have prob been concerned b/c there was still moisture in the bag that the plugs came in. so i'm thinking possibly they weren't fully cured as long as they say they are.
i store all the left over plugs/discs in a bucket of RO/DI water that I change every week or two. hopefully that will help with the curing.
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surfn
I bleed orange and maroon
wow, been a while since i did an update. been kinda embarrased to take any pics as i lost a couple of things, including my 2 largest colonies. although it does seem that i got a decent bit of growth, and some corals now look a bit happier now that i'm feeding the tank. although, some corals lost a bit of color when i dipped them in TMPCC and are still coloring back up.
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and now some new additions...stay tuned, b/c i've got a bunch of new additions coming this week!!:D:D
can't remember the name if this, but its purple w/ blue polyps. the name starts with a "V" i think.
Cquarium unknown, needs some coloring up
can't remember the name if this, but its purple w/ blue polyps. the name starts with a "V" i think.
Cquarium unknown, needs some coloring up
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