Welcome to Canreef Cougarman (and your sweet 600G tank!)

[Underwater]

Well, that is a stunning fish for sure! Are they are hard to get and take care of? I'm a tang freak, too...I'm assuming there's no problems combining them?
~M

Originally Posted by Cougarman

Its a moorish idol. He eat's flakes, freeze dried and frozen foods, I've even seen him eat aptasia.

[Chowder]

Welcome Cougarman. It looks like you have a sweet setup.

[digital-audiophile]

Amazing collection of fish! Very nice indeed! Removal of excess nutrients must be a real chore with a bioload like that though eh?

[Cougarman]

Originally Posted by digital-audiophile

Amazing collection of fish! Very nice indeed! Removal of excess nutrients must be a real chore with a bioload like that though eh?

Ya, I have 2 skimmers going. An Aqua C 2000, and an MRC 4 foot, dual beckett recirculator. I also have a 90 gallon with a 16 inch sand bed and a 120 gallon refugium plumbed inline. There is also a 130 gallon acclimation tank plumbed inline for new fish.

[michika]

Hahah! Small world!

Nice shots Cougarman, nice to see some new shots.

[hillbillyreefer]

Holy Crap!! That's an incredible display. My wife just wouldn't understand though.

[Chin_Lee]

Welcome to Canreef. Nice photos and setup.
Just wondering if you have any tricks or techniques to get your copperband to start eating?

[Cougarman]

Originally Posted by michika

Hahah! Small world!

Nice shots Cougarman, nice to see some new shots.

Good to hear from ya Michika

[kaboom]

Originally Posted by Cougarman

Ya, I have 2 skimmers going. An Aqua C 2000, and an MRC 4 foot, dual beckett recirculator. I also have a 90 gallon with a 16 inch sand bed and a 120 gallon refugium plumbed inline. There is also a 130 gallon acclimation tank plumbed inline for new fish.

I very much envy your fish collection and your success of keeping them healthy. A few questions if you don't mind me asking.

1. How many fish in the system?
2. How many feedings per day?
3. How much water change and frequency?
4. What does your refugium contain?
5. Can you explain your new fish acclimating process?

With a tank of beloved fishes I know it is very risky to add a new potentially infected fish. What measures do you take in introducing new fish to the main tank. Please don't mind all the question as I would like to have some ideas from a real experienced person so I can apply to a similar tank.

[Cougarman]

Originally Posted by kaboom

I very much envy your fish collection and your success of keeping them healthy. A few questions if you don't mind me asking.

1. How many fish in the system?
2. How many feedings per day?
3. How much water change and frequency?
4. What does your refugium contain?
5. Can you explain your new fish acclimating process?

With a tank of beloved fishes I know it is very risky to add a new potentially infected fish. What measures do you take in introducing new fish to the main tank. Please don't mind all the question as I would like to have some ideas from a real experienced person so I can apply to a similar tank.

I'd estimate about 50 fish in the system. I feed them twice per day, a mix of frozen, freeze dried and flakes. I also feed my corals a mix of cyclopeeze, reefroids and coral frenzy every other day. The entire system is 1000 gallons and I change 50 gallons/wk. The refugium is 120 gallons and has mostly aptasia, a patch of seagrass, lots of other critters and an 8 inch sand bed. There is also a 90 gallon tank with a 16 inch sand bed plumbed inline.
To acclimate fish I put them in a 130 gallon tank that I have plumbed inline. They stay there for several weeks until they're eating well and have recovered from any disease they may have aquired. Also if they require any tx for disease I can catch them easily and tx them in a hospital tank. Since the acclimation tank is the same water as the display there is minimal stress moving the fish to the display. They usually hide for a few hours then gradually venture out of the rocks.