Well, I have a new fancy now... African Rift Lake tank... Tangs, in particular. I have some of the rock work, more should be delivered today. once I have it in place, I'll see how it looks. also ordered 24 escargot shells... should be here in a few days. at the moment, I see my stocking list as:
2 Yellow Calvus
3 Black Comps
Starter Colony of Gold Occies (4 or 5, I guess, to start)
7 Blue Flash Cyps (not the jumbos)
1 L213 Pleco (maybe 2, but I am concerned about pressing the bioload at this point, so maybe 1).
I already know about the interbreeding issue with the calvus and comps... but I am not too worried about it. I have no plans on trying to keep or distribute any fry that manage to survive on their own in this setup. otherwise, I believe my rockwork will be sufficient to provide enough territorial hiding spaces where no one gets beat to death. Push come to shove, if I have to separate, I have other tanks, so it would only be a minor issue at best. This tank should be in full swing within the next 4 weeks or so... starting with the pleco, who goes in this week, then the calvus and comps go in around the 23rd, then the cyps and occies go in last around the beginning of June. I wanted to add a pair of Julies Transcriptus, but again, became concerned about pushing the bioload too far, so I left them out. Of course, pics... as bad as I take them... forthcoming.
any comments? I'm not terribly experience with tangs, so I certainly welcome any comments.
-Rich
2 Yellow Calvus
3 Black Comps
Starter Colony of Gold Occies (4 or 5, I guess, to start)
7 Blue Flash Cyps (not the jumbos)
1 L213 Pleco (maybe 2, but I am concerned about pressing the bioload at this point, so maybe 1).
I already know about the interbreeding issue with the calvus and comps... but I am not too worried about it. I have no plans on trying to keep or distribute any fry that manage to survive on their own in this setup. otherwise, I believe my rockwork will be sufficient to provide enough territorial hiding spaces where no one gets beat to death. Push come to shove, if I have to separate, I have other tanks, so it would only be a minor issue at best. This tank should be in full swing within the next 4 weeks or so... starting with the pleco, who goes in this week, then the calvus and comps go in around the 23rd, then the cyps and occies go in last around the beginning of June. I wanted to add a pair of Julies Transcriptus, but again, became concerned about pushing the bioload too far, so I left them out. Of course, pics... as bad as I take them... forthcoming.
any comments? I'm not terribly experience with tangs, so I certainly welcome any comments.
-Rich