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

kaboom · #1 07-30-2008, 04:32 PM

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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 · #2 07-31-2008, 02:21 AM

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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.

Cougarman · #3 07-31-2008, 02:31 AM

Some mor pics

Cougarman · #4 07-31-2008, 02:54 AM

some more of the equipment. Excuse the mess, bit of a disaster.

Cougarman · #5 07-31-2008, 02:59 AM

Oh ya. I forgot about this guy.

wickedfrags · #6 07-31-2008, 11:24 AM

Wicked. The fattest and happiest fish I have ever seen.

To give you some perspective, the sailfin tang illustrated is probably 12" in size, with a massive girth.

michika · #7 08-01-2008, 02:47 AM

Oh AP...good times. I was banned for my "bad" spelling. Apparently you aren't allowed to spell words with Us. I write color as colour, and according to them it happened one too many times.

I really like seeing how things are placed in other people's tanks. The variety of tangs you have is fantastic, and I hope to achieve something similar in my 1000g system. Its also great to see a bit behind the scenes!

fishoholic · #8 08-01-2008, 03:12 PM

Hi, welcome to canreef! I love your tank, I'm so jealous! I love the fish in this hobby, my dream would be to have an enormous tank with one of every type of fish in it. I'm just wondering what type of tang is in this pic? Thanks Laurie

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Originally Posted by Cougarman

Some mor pics

Cougarman · #9 08-01-2008, 04:23 PM

Its a Dussumieri tang. He's my prize, about 11 inches long. Probably the friendliest fish I have. I spotted him at a LFS a few yrs ago. He was mislabled and I got him for $50. He was about 4-5 inches at the time.

fishoholic · #10 08-01-2008, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Cougarman

Its a Dussumieri tang. He's my prize, about 11 inches long. Probably the friendliest fish I have. I spotted him at a LFS a few yrs ago. He was mislabled and I got him for $50. He was about 4-5 inches at the time.

WOW sweet deal! Thanks for letting me know, he's a very cool looking tang.