400 gallon project

Tom R · #1 05-06-2008, 05:09 AM

Hi Brad

If you get any more Tangs you will have to change your (untamed) to something like Tangs Unlimited.

Looks great Brad

Tom R

untamed · #2 05-06-2008, 06:13 AM

The educated eye might have noticed the fourth Naso (literatus) in the background. I'm not allowing myself to get attached to that one as he/she is going to go to another home someday soon. Three is certainly enough.

I'm done with large fish. No more (fingers crossed). Even with 400 gallons of swimming room, you have to draw the line somewhere. The only fish left on the 'list' are some small coral gobies, and some very small affordable schooling fish (ie: food for the Lookdown!) I'm wondering if damsels will school if they are frightened enough....? These won't be added until the coral has grown up enough to offer protection.

The vision is to recreate what I've seen many times in THE aquarium, where the school hovers above a coral head and disappears into it when threatened.

Does that sound untamed enough, Tom?

untamed · #3 05-06-2008, 06:17 AM

FTV's...

For those who haven't had a drink at the bar for themselves....

The view that only I see...(this is the far back corner, viewable only from one small spot in the fishroom.

Jason McK · #4 05-06-2008, 06:31 AM

Looks Great Brad

J

Pan · #5 05-06-2008, 06:53 AM

Awesome, your fish look very very healthy. Way to go!

What about some chalk bass for a schooling fish? I was going to do blue stripe/eye cardinals but only have one left

Sebae again · #6 05-06-2008, 07:11 AM

Tank looks great. A tip about schooling fish is get them all at once from the same school at the LFS and even get a couple extra in case a couple don't survive. Fish from different schools may not bond and even if the same species can kill each other, even timid fish like chromis.

Tom R · #7 05-06-2008, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by untamed

The vision is to recreate what I've seen many times in THE aquarium, where the school hovers above a coral head and disappears into it when threatened.

Does that sound untamed enough, Tom?

That sounds great. Your own wild kingdom. A snorkeling trip to Brad's house is a lot cheaper than a trip to the Caribbean.

Tom R

christyf5 · #8 05-06-2008, 05:33 PM

Woo, looky at all that white sand. Those gobies have been busy!!

untamed · #9 05-06-2008, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by christyf5

Woo, looky at all that white sand. Those gobies have been busy!!

Yes...it is completely different. It is far cleaner than I was ever able to make it by vaccuuming.

Delphinus · #10 05-06-2008, 10:34 PM

Just out of curiousity (and apologies if you've answered this before) but do you plan on replacing the sand at any kind of interval?

Without trying to open up too much debate on this topic, I'm sort of torn, for my 280, I want the benefits of a clean BB tank, but I like the look of a sandbed (at least when it's nice and clean). But I have to admit that there's no way that over the typical lifespan of a reef tank that I'm going to keep up with weekly vacuuming and whatnot. But then again, I don't want the sand for filtration, I just want it to look like a sea floor and not an aquarium floor.