ZEOvit/200G Build Journal - 34G Solana

[Lance]

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

Maybe its just as adults that they get kind of nasty?

I am very surprised in a 200G that he is such a bully. He has so much room to himself yet he still insists on keeping the Tusk hidden away back behind the rocks like in the picture.

Its getting kind of sad that to see my Tusk, I have to go to that end of the tank and watch him coward behind the rocks

He used to be such an active fish! I actually wish he use those massive teeth of him and 'push' back. He is smaller than the hippo but I have a feeling hes much stronger. I just don't think he understands his strength. I have watched him rip prawns in half and smash hermit crab shells on rocks with force.

Now that I think of it, the hippo would get his @ss kicked if the tusk would just fight back! I don't want the Hippo to get hurt but I really wish he would learn a lesson.

I am getting a very large Sailfin on the Weekend from a friend--much larger than the Hippo and I hope the Sailfin can maybe distract the Hippo. This Sailfin is nice and peaceful but I am thinking maybe just its presence will be enough to put some order back in the tank...or it will completely backfire. If thats the case then the Hippo goes.

I hope you're right. My Sailfin is very peaceful. Whenever a new fish is introduced, he postures a few times and that's it. Then they are buddies.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Lance

I hope you're right. My Sailfin is very peaceful. Whenever a new fish is introduced, he postures a few times and that's it. Then they are buddies.

Maybe its just wishful thinking but I am hoping just his size will help here. Maybe the smaller Hippo will defer. Actually I highly doubt that...

*sigh* Im sure what I think will happen. Just hope it works out.

I also have my old Niger Trigger coming back. He has always been very peaceful. All I worry about is how the tank is going to handle both! The Trigger is going into a QT I have set up for a bit though. I don't want to add both at once.

I am SO excited to get my Trigger back!!! I was so sad letting him go a few months back.


You can see in that picture that you quoted there, the Tusk has filled in nicely. Hes quite thick now actually. During feeding time is the only time he cruises the tank freely.

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

Maybe its just wishful thinking but I am hoping just his size will help here. Maybe the smaller Hippo will defer. Actually I highly doubt that...

*sigh* Im sure what I think will happen. Just hope it works out.

I also have my old Niger Trigger coming back. He has always been very peaceful. All I worry about is how the tank is going to handle both! The Trigger is going into a QT I have set up for a bit though. I don't want to add both at once.

I am SO excited to get my Trigger back!!! I was so sad letting him go a few months back.


You can see in that picture that you quoted there, the Tusk has filled in nicely. Hes quite thick now actually. During feeding time is the only time he cruises the tank freely.

A Trigger is definitely on my list for my bigger tank... I just find them so smooth swimming, I think I will go with the blue throat though, I've always liked the Nigers though, I guess I'll find out in a few months... Congrats on gettin yours back!

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by JDigital

A Trigger is definitely on my list for my bigger tank... I just find them so smooth swimming, I think I will go with the blue throat though, I've always liked the Nigers though, I guess I'll find out in a few months... Congrats on gettin yours back!

Actually...I spoke too soon

Im getting him back after all! Plans have changed and I think for the best.

I actually wanted a pair of Blue throats more than a Niger but figured since my old Niger needed a home, I would take him back but now that he doesn't need a home, I will go with the Blue Throat. Don't think I can do two of them because if space but we'll see. I am going to get that Sailfin today and see how that goes for the next few weeks and then I will look into the Trigger (s).

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

I added the Sailfin today from another members tank (he had outgrown it) and all went really well. None of the other tangs looked twice at him other than the Yellow, which worried me but in the end, he just wanted to swim along side the Sailfin. I would say the Sailfin is about 4 times the size of the Yellow

I brought him home in a small H2Ocean salt bucket which he really didn't fit into properly. I measured him at about 8" or a bit more with the tail and also about 8" tall if you include his fins!!! Also almost 2" thick! Hes massive. Makes my Hippo look tiny. Kind of scary to think he could get double this size...not likely but even at 12" I couldn't imagine this fish being ok in the 200G.

I don't think any of the other fish even saw him as a threat because he is so big. They were not at all scared of him but also didn't show the slightest aggression--he kind of just looked like he had been part of the group for some time.

I will try to get some pics tomorrow. He swims out in the open until I come to the tank and then he hides. Not used to me yet Im sure it won't take long for him to figure out the nori comes from me.

[spoot]

Awesome Justin, glad everything went smoothly. Can't wait for the pictures.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by spoot

Awesome Justin, glad everything went smoothly. Can't wait for the pictures.

Yeah I am happy it went so well. I was really worried. This is the one species of tang I have always wanted but never had the tank for one. I would have loved to have found a small one and watched it grow this big but its always always nice to be able to give a fish a bigger home.

I am really amazed at how big an 8" Sailfin looks. I would have easily guessed it was more like 10"-11". I think its because they are so 'tall'.

Give me a call if your in my area and you can come by and see him and the tank.