WTB wavemaker for 75g
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Honestly with tangs it is not so much about the gallons as it is about the length of the tank that counts. With 4' tanks most bristletooth tangs do just fine, yellow tangs can also do alright in these, but generally it is recommended that they go in a 6' tank or longer. They can be fine in a 4' tank but ya as they get older they really do need more swimming room to be happy. That being said You wont be disappointed though going with a Kole, the blue eye or the yellow eye are both great fish, very energetic and kind of characters.
Tangs are like the idiots that get crammed into houses on reality TV shows - otherwise good folks, but underfed, crammed and overstimulated and they pop. Most people won't feed them enough in hopes of keeping their reefs clean - they need to be fed enough so that they grow an inch or two a year. They need to be fed meat as well as seaweed - they are omnivores, not herbivores. Some quality pellets or mysis will go as far to getting happy tangs as feeding nori. Underfeeding or just feeding nori (without HUFA, vitamin A&E) is also what makes tangs get sick.
FWIW - I have a clown in my 240 and he is a model citizen... well fed, fat and happy. Most people don't believe me, but ask anybody who has been over.
He leaves the anthias and copperband alone even at feeding time and he won't go near the wrasses who stick up for themselves better.
FWIW - I have a clown in my 240 and he is a model citizen... well fed, fat and happy. Most people don't believe me, but ask anybody who has been over.
He leaves the anthias and copperband alone even at feeding time and he won't go near the wrasses who stick up for themselves better.
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jda123;326574 said:
Tangs are like the idiots that get crammed into houses on reality TV shows - otherwise good folks, but underfed, crammed and overstimulated and they pop. Most people won't feed them enough in hopes of keeping their reefs clean - they need to be fed enough so that they grow an inch or two a year. They need to be fed meat as well as seaweed - they are omnivores, not herbivores. Some quality pellets or mysis will go as far to getting happy tangs as feeding nori. Underfeeding or just feeding nori (without HUFA, vitamin A&E) is also what makes tangs get sick.
FWIW - I have a clown in my 240 and he is a model citizen... well fed, fat and happy. Most people don't believe me, but ask anybody who has been over. He leaves the anthias and copperband alone even at feeding time and he won't go near the wrasses who stick up for themselves better.
FWIW - I have a clown in my 240 and he is a model citizen... well fed, fat and happy. Most people don't believe me, but ask anybody who has been over.
He leaves the anthias and copperband alone even at feeding time and he won't go near the wrasses who stick up for themselves better.
jda123;326574 said:
Tangs are like the idiots that get crammed into houses on reality TV shows -
FWIW - I have a clown in my 240 and he is a model citizen... well fed, fat and happy. Most people don't believe me, but ask anybody who has been over. He leaves the anthias and copperband alone even at feeding time and he won't go near the wrasses who stick up for themselves better.
FWIW - I have a clown in my 240 and he is a model citizen... well fed, fat and happy. Most people don't believe me, but ask anybody who has been over.
He leaves the anthias and copperband alone even at feeding time and he won't go near the wrasses who stick up for themselves better.
You have my favorite fish! I wanna see him! Where abouts in boulder county are you if I may ask?
You have a clown in your 240? You mean a clown trigger?
Yeah i asked about the Yellow in a 75 because i'm just hoping for someone to give me a reason that it's ok, haha. I've researched around a TON about this, and it seems to be like 60/40 in favor of it not being ok. Based on the cichlid tanks i've had in the past, i tend to be conservative. Some of the fish people say are ok in a 75g or a 125 (i had a 125 but sold it) i felt were too energetic and not only did they seemed stressed, but it stressed the other fish in the tank out, which stressed me out and sort of took away some of my enjoyment of the tank. It probably was fine, but i didn't like it. A kole tang is the better choice for me. I just love the yellows SOOO much!
Yeah i asked about the Yellow in a 75 because i'm just hoping for someone to give me a reason that it's ok, haha. I've researched around a TON about this, and it seems to be like 60/40 in favor of it not being ok. Based on the cichlid tanks i've had in the past, i tend to be conservative. Some of the fish people say are ok in a 75g or a 125 (i had a 125 but sold it) i felt were too energetic and not only did they seemed stressed, but it stressed the other fish in the tank out, which stressed me out and sort of took away some of my enjoyment of the tank. It probably was fine, but i didn't like it. A kole tang is the better choice for me. I just love the yellows SOOO much!
Clown tang. I am in Longmont near Ute Creek Golf Course.
75 might be a bit small for me. My general rule-of-thumb is that if you are willing to give the fish away FOR FREE to a better home when it gets big, then you can consider yourself a good steward for a while and rent the fish. The FOR FREE part is the tricky part - you almost have to offer it for free so that you can judge what the "best home" is. If you want to get $40 out of it, then it might not be to a better home and you are probably a bad steward. If you want to rent a fish, then the welfare of the fish has to be NUMBER ONE and not your pocketbook.
Chocolate Mimic, Lemonpeel Mimic, Purple (which stays smaller) and most of the bristletooths are better choices for a 75G tank, IMO. Chenochaetus trunctus are great looking fish are rare enough that people will ask you what it is and they stay small.
75 might be a bit small for me. My general rule-of-thumb is that if you are willing to give the fish away FOR FREE to a better home when it gets big, then you can consider yourself a good steward for a while and rent the fish. The FOR FREE part is the tricky part - you almost have to offer it for free so that you can judge what the "best home" is. If you want to get $40 out of it, then it might not be to a better home and you are probably a bad steward. If you want to rent a fish, then the welfare of the fish has to be NUMBER ONE and not your pocketbook.
Chocolate Mimic, Lemonpeel Mimic, Purple (which stays smaller) and most of the bristletooths are better choices for a 75G tank, IMO. Chenochaetus trunctus are great looking fish are rare enough that people will ask you what it is and they stay small.
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