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04-12-2009, 11:10 PM
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HAHA you guys are all boobs. Pfffttt you underestimate me and my fish placing skills.
Hippo tang would be VERY happy in a 300 gallon reef being currently built in-wall in west van.  Sump is just going in... so it would be a couple months yet.  -Diana 
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04-13-2009, 01:18 AM
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MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM boobs
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180 starfire front, LPS, millipora Doesn't matter how much you have been reading until you take the plunge. You don't know as much as you think.
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04-14-2009, 12:12 AM
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04-14-2009, 12:25 AM
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If you are willing to sell the Tusk Raf might be interested. Our 220 could house him. We do have some big bossy fish though, I wonder if he would be ok? Raf has been thinking of getting one for ages. LMK
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04-14-2009, 12:33 AM
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The Tusk isn't in any kind of danger I don't think, so he will just have to deal with the chasing a bit longer until someone takes the Hippo. Im just not really impressed so far with the homes I have found. Most are just way too small.
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04-14-2009, 04:38 PM
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Its hard eh? When the store gets in big fish I just have to frown because there are so few aquariums out there that can properly house them. When we get our new house we are going to do a large in-wall acrylic FO tank, and give homes to big fish.
I will be the Fish Whisperer. I agree I would sooner part with the Hippo... Tusks are just too cool. Maybe some sort of ugly tank divider if the chasing gets outta control? Or give the Hippo a time out in a small tank. He will eventually learn his lesson. :P I'll keep you in mind either way. -Diana
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04-14-2009, 04:50 PM
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I had the same dilemma with my sohal tang for the past two months. I trapped him the other day and put him in my 90g. I thought I would keep him there for a time out. Then I saw a totally different community tank. My fish were out grazing, playing in the powerheads and were so happy and much more interactive. Fish that I would not see very much were out and about almost like they did not know my tank anymore...
I knew right then the sohal could never go back into my display. My sohal picked on a few fish but I did not realize his dictatorship in the tank. I brought him back to the LFS and I know they will find him a good home. As bad as I felt about it and how much I enjoyed this fish, he made life miserable for everybody. I can bet if you took him out for a break you would never put him back in. I thought he just picked on a couple of fish, but everybody was stressed out by his presence. I feel bad I kept him for so long now. I might miss him, but nobody else does.
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04-14-2009, 05:57 PM
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No taking him out will not change the tank much. I exaggerate very much when it comes to aggression because to me fish just looking at each other wrong is bad. I have kind of a zero tolerance thing for aggression.
A few people have been by recently to see the tank and actually laughed at what I call 'aggression'. Its really not that bad and no fish are cautious/stressed because of him including the tusk. I just prefer that the once or twice a day that the Hippo chases the tusk stops. They swim side by side most of the day in fact... I have not seen him chase the tusk in a few days now. I refuse to take him to a LFS. I care about this fish and need to know he goes to a good home.
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