My yellow has stayed shy as well but then again he doesn't really consider the smaller fish in the tank competition. I'm jealous of the 300g...have you started to make plans for it?
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I have nothing official but I want the tank build into the wall with everything else inside the fishroom, this way everything is accessible to get at. I'm thinking of going acrylic, 8' or 10' x 3' x 3', what do you think???? Glass vs. acrylic.
You have a lot of showpiece fish in your tank! Most people like me only have one or two surrounded by plain folk. I'm impressed.
First class! Very fun to look at. Great job!
Tom
P.S. How'd you get your angels to get along together?
I like the tank.. Its not that I would put that many tangs in a 125 but...
Honestly if you have the room for a 10' I'd go longer and not as tall since you have the tangs and because there is a guy that I know that has a 3' tall tank and he can't reach the bottom for maintenance. If it were me i'd do a 10' long x 3' deep by 2 1/2' tall. That way your still getting about 550 gallons of total system volume but that extra 6 inches can mean a lot. I personally don't own anything that large (not even close) but it is something I am seriously looking at for if we get our own place I want a monster tank. And then honestly I'd probably go glass just do to the weight. I know Tom is looking at MH lights and there was a guy who had the adhesive on his tank give way after many years due to his acrylic and MH lights weakening the glue bond. But I still would probably go acrylic and MH lights.
Thanks for the feedback. I,m not too worried of the height, I'm pretty tall at 6'4". My LFS does maintenance on a 500 Gal. and they've joked around numerous times for me to go do it because they can't reach the bottom. I'd like the 10' too just for the darting room of the tangs. I'm sure the naso could go through the glass when hes at full speed. I'm hoping to get a new house next year so I'll make final decisions when the time comes.
And for the angels, their both well tempered fish and I believe the bellus is considered to be a pygmy anyway. I've got a friend who was angel crazy and had 6 at once in a 4" 120 Gal. tank. I believe he had a queen, emperor, regal, flame, bicolor & elibi. He also had a banded cat shark, lions, eels, wrasse, harlequin tusk, yellow tang, large blue tang, super evil sohal & the largest blue throat trigger I've personally seen. That's not including the food (chromis, clowns, anthias, gobies, blennies & corals). He had the chromis laying eggs all over his rocks and never even bothered to salvage either the eggs or the breeding fish. Needless to say he's upgraded to a 6' 210 Gal. that is pretty much a predator tank, and no, he didn't trade in any fish.
Survival of the fittest, mortal sin or burning of money?
And for the angels, their both well tempered fish and I believe the bellus is considered to be a pygmy anyway. I've got a friend who was angel crazy and had 6 at once in a 4" 120 Gal. tank. I believe he had a queen, emperor, regal, flame, bicolor & elibi. He also had a banded cat shark, lions, eels, wrasse, harlequin tusk, yellow tang, large blue tang, super evil sohal & the largest blue throat trigger I've personally seen. That's not including the food (chromis, clowns, anthias, gobies, blennies & corals). He had the chromis laying eggs all over his rocks and never even bothered to salvage either the eggs or the breeding fish. Needless to say he's upgraded to a 6' 210 Gal. that is pretty much a predator tank, and no, he didn't trade in any fish.
Survival of the fittest, mortal sin or burning of money?
let me clarify that last message.. It was early yet and I didn't get sleep last night.. The part that says I'd probably do glass due to the weight, was I'd probably not do glass due to the weight.. sorry..
Well, I threw out a whole bunch of xenia and halimedia when I cleaned the tank... It was pretty stinky, but not like people say it is. Some people are just wussy, me thinks.
If I'm ever lucky enough to get a big tank, I'd be more of the glass persuasion. Yes, it's heavy, but if I get something THAT big, I don't think I'll ever plan on moving it! I just don't want the risk of scratching acrylic to be one more thing I have to worry about while doing maintenance.
