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03-20-2013, 02:26 AM
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rescuing a tank. please help!
i am rescuing a tank from a friend of the family. She knows nothing about it other than she has killed some of the corals that were in it and there are four fish in it. It is covered in a green algae at the moment.I am wondering if anyone can tell me what kind of fish these are and what kind of corals are there. I also would appreciate any suggestions to help get this back on track. i get it in a couple days so i will post more pictures at that point but this is what i have at the moment (not much i know). i will post the water results when i get them
thank you all for your help.two of the fish look like the same ones and the orange,white and black fish burrows and hides in the sand. Last edited by copenhagen_cowboy@live.co; 09-29-2013 at 03:59 AM. 
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03-20-2013, 02:33 AM
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Last edited by copenhagen_cowboy@live.co; 09-29-2013 at 03:59 AM.
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03-20-2013, 02:38 AM
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It's really hard to tell the fish from that pic, but it looks like a leopard wrasse, possibly two tomato clowns, and some kind of angel?
As for the corals, there's a largish feather duster (it's a type of tube worm), some sort of mushroom looking polyp, and that white coral looks an awful lot like a Kenya tree to me, but I've never seen one that white before. As for what to do with it, it's really hard to say. From a livestock perspective there's not a whole lot there to save other than the fish, so the first question is what do you want it to look like? What equipment is it coming with? Do you want it to be a reef tank? Do you want soft corals, LPS corals, SPS corals? That tank has obviously not had any form of nutrient export other than the algae that's taken over in a very long time, so you've got your work cut out for you if your intention is to save that rock. If there is any rock under there I mean.
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03-20-2013, 02:40 AM
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The sand burrower (orange with spots) looks like its probably a Twin Spot wrasse (Coris aygula).
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03-20-2013, 02:43 AM
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yah that wrasse is sweet! I didn't see that third pic before I posted. It's beautiful.
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03-20-2013, 02:46 AM
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03-20-2013, 02:51 AM
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I have a 36 gallon tank that i have a few corals and fish with my live rock. I plan to figure out if the new fish will be compatible with my 36 fish and tank. move the corals over to the 36 tank if the plugs they are on are small enough and i can take care of the algae so it dosnt spead in my 36 tank. i would like to conquer the algae and save the liverock in the new tank. what ever fish need to stay in the new tank will but i want to get it healthy and looking good again.
the new tank comes with everything: skimmer, power heads, filter, heater, light ect. Last edited by copenhagen_cowboy@live.co; 03-20-2013 at 03:02 AM.
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03-20-2013, 03:14 AM
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Well if that is a twin spot coris wrasse (and I'm pretty sure Kien was right), a 36 isn't going to be the place for it. You'll want to sell it to someone who has a very large, likely FOWLR tank. Some people might say that a leopard wrasse (if that is what that is) is too big for a 36 as well, but you might be able to get away with it. The clowns will probably do fine in a 36 gallon tank, but if they're a mated pair, prepare for them to be extremely mean. I had a pair of cinnamon clowns in a 90 gallon tank once and as soon as they started spawning they 'claimed' 2 out of the 4 feet of length of the tank. They were ruthless and vicious, nothing, including my hand or my glass scraper was allowed within 24 inches of them. The female drew blood at least once every couple of weeks, and led to the carpet surfing of hundred and hundreds of dollars in wrasses. Tomatoes, cinnamons, and maroon clowns are notorious for that kind of behaviour.
And I personally wouldn't bother with that rock if I didn't have to. I'd let it dry out completely (like COMPLETELY), then I'd cook it in a dark tub for a few months, or I'd either bleach it or do the muriatic acid treatment to speed it up and get it back in to shape for eventually re-cycling it as problem free rock again.
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03-20-2013, 03:24 AM
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if I put a small piece of live rock in a hang on the back refugium will that algae spread into my main tank? and what can i do about pulling the corals out of the new tank and putting them in my 36 because i am not sure yet if they are on plugs or on big pieces of live rock. either way what do i need to do to getrid of the algae before adding them to my36
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