400 gallon project

[untamed]

Originally Posted by Jason McK

Cool a look down Fish. I heard a rumor you got one. How is it behaving

J

It was a bit shy of the other fish at first, but now it gets right into the feeding frenzy and eats like the others. Does not sleep in the rockwork at night. It seems to just hang in the open water all night. I think it is a pretty cool fish. I suppose we'll see how large he gets...how fast. For the most part, every fish I have is going to be too large for him to eat. (with a couple of exceptions!)

Maybe it is like keeping small fish with a shark....keep him well fed and he won't be interested in catching fish.

[Tom R]

Hi Brad

Great looking fish. You need 3 or 4 more to give your tank the open ocean look.

That's a very nice addition. He will look great swimming in that middle water area.

Tom R

[untamed]

Originally Posted by Tom R

Hi Brad

Great looking fish. You need a 3 or 4 more to give your tank the open ocean look.

That's a very nice addition. He will look great swimming in that middle water area.

Tom R

Ha..ha...No, I think I'll stick with one. I don't want to push my luck that far!

[michika]

You always find some of the most amazing livestock to add to your system. Did you ever have a long term livestock plan, or do you just take it as it comes and add as you see fit?

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Originally Posted by michika

You always find some of the most amazing livestock to add to your system. Did you ever have a long term livestock plan, or do you just take it as it comes and add as you see fit?

I didn't have a fish "wish list" when I began to get fish...but I've been doing this long enough to recognize something interesting/appropriate when I see it. Also...having a very large tank, I'm fortunate that I can now purchase some things that were off-limits before.

Sometimes, I get it wrong. I just purchased a juvenile Naso from JL because I was certain it was NOT Naso literalus....but I was wrong. Now...he needs to find another home because I already have Naso elegans...I was hoping I had found Naso unicornis because it is almost impossible to tell them apart when they are young.

I kind of regret purchasing the Foxface...Now, I'm wishing I had held out to find a Magnificent Rabbitfish instead. So...sometimes I do the same thing as all of us...buy a fish without a lot of forethought.

Now that I'm having to be more selective about additional fish, there is a list. (I'm not going to share it, so don't ask...!) The Atlantic Blue Tang was on the list, but I got one of those a few weeks ago.

[michika]

Thank you, very informative!

[digital-audiophile]

Sorry if I missed it, but did you get your scrubbing pads and manage to get the scratches out of the tank?

[Pan]

Originally Posted by untamed

I didn't have a fish "wish list" when I began to get fish...but I've been doing this long enough to recognize something interesting/appropriate when I see it. Also...having a very large tank, I'm fortunate that I can now purchase some things that were off-limits before.

Sometimes, I get it wrong. I just purchased a juvenile Naso from JL because I was certain it was NOT Naso literalus....but I was wrong. Now...he needs to find another home because I already have Naso elegans...I was hoping I had found Naso unicornis because it is almost impossible to tell them apart when they are young.

I kind of regret purchasing the Foxface...Now, I'm wishing I had held out to find a Magnificent Rabbitfish instead. So...sometimes I do the same thing as all of us...buy a fish without a lot of forethought.

Now that I'm having to be more selective about additional fish, there is a list. (I'm not going to share it, so don't ask...!) The Atlantic Blue Tang was on the list, but I got one of those a few weeks ago.

Do you find your atlantic blue tang a shy fish? Mine seems sort of shy, mind you he is new in the tank two days..but he will not leave the Tomini Tangs side. They are like best buddies, swim everywhere together.

[untamed]

Originally Posted by 'Ol Nobodaddy

Do you find your atlantic blue tang a shy fish? Mine seems sort of shy, mind you he is new in the tank two days..but he will not leave the Tomini Tangs side. They are like best buddies, swim everywhere together.

I was certainly afraid for his safety when I first added the Atlantic Blue. Achilles was brutal to the White Cheek Tang...but the Altantic Blue got off easy. I think Achilles was just too busy to notice. Would only eat mysis for about 1 week, but has since begun taking clam and pellets, that's when I know a fish is going to be OK. Mine is not really shy...but he's bottom of the pecking order due to size, so that kind of defines his personality at the moment.