Silentcivilians 120G Predator Tank

silentcivilian · #1 04-11-2011, 02:58 AM

So, the updates can resumes.. its now april.. Sump is almost ready to launch.. have all baffle measurements, pickup glass on monday at lunch, and hopefully hopefully have it setup this weekend..

But here is the updates -- New Additions: Pink sun coral, Figi Foxface, various Zoas and a reconstructed zoa island as the old one bugged me. Here are the photos, still ziploc shrimp feeding the suns, as I know barely any LFS feeds sun corals often enough.. its took my 6 months to get my oldest one to come out every night.. its seems like the bigger head of suns like I have, take so much longer.

Here is my NPC collections.. Orange grouping sun colony, Black branching sun colony, Giant grouping clear sun colony, Giant grouping Pink Sun colony, Orange and purple gorgonia, white and purple carnations.

New zoa island setup

Foxface:

Foxface defensive stance #223251 - Opponent -- Yellow Tang of Timidness

Moodshot and topdown shot of Ibox;

silentcivilian · #2 06-26-2011, 09:04 AM

Ok. So its been a busy last couple months. Went from 7 years at Ford to the new service manager letting me go 15 minutes before vacation, to now starting at Infiniti. The total opposite of domestic. After a month off Im kinda ready to work even though a couple weeks were in Hawaii diving in Kona.

With all this change and time off I decided I didnt want to do a mixed reef of coral and fish. Wanted to focus on predator fish as I was reminded in Hawaii how awesome those fish are and just how much interest I have in them.

So last week the tear down began, and the rebuild started. First the corals went, then the fish. I kept two of my fish, one due to he doesnt conflict with the furture tank mates, the other based on need and he isnt too small yet. So kept my Figi Foxface and my cleaner wrasse.

This is what I was left with, ill take a new photo tommorow cause a slight rearrangement happened on the left side of the tank.

Here are the new tank mates

The only corals left in my tank are my dendros, sun corals, gsp and jasmine polyps.

But im loving it.

silentcivilian · #3 06-28-2011, 06:31 AM

Ok, some more photos so one can see what has happened this far.

Ill try to have some more shots of tank first. Then my ugly child that lives in my tank. Lastly a video of me trying to feed it.. note the word trying.

FTS

Left Side Close Up

Right Side Close Up

Can you see him, he can see you.

Boo!

Ok that was alot of work.. back to hole..

Black sand.. almost home.. god this is far for hopping along..

Turn this wreck around.. and ill be home!

Lastly -- trying to feed him..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7HT2gq71J0

nlreefguy · #4 06-28-2011, 09:53 AM

Is that a stonefish?

silentcivilian · #5 06-29-2011, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by nlreefguy

Is that a stonefish?

Yup, thats my ugly duckling that for some odd reason makes me feel like my tank is that much more complete. I love that I managed to pick him up!

silentcivilian · #6 07-06-2011, 03:37 AM

So I just got a oppurtunity to measure my stonefish while he was fully streched out up against the glass. I was impressed find out he was 7" long.

Now there are other people on here who have kept active swimming fish with predators. Anyone see any problems with having a harliquin tusk fish? I love their colors, and it says a 120 will be fine for base needs. So I fgured I would ask and check on others experiances. I know this is more difficult as few have kept a stone fish. But im hoping a few have kept the tusk.

fishytime · #7 07-06-2011, 11:53 PM

7" isnt really all that impressive

...........remember....they say it doesnt, but size does matter

Dude......your gonna be hard pressed to find any kind of suitable "tankmate/snack"......Laurie and I watched a show where a scorpion fish ate a lionfish!.......yes a lionfish!

.....they are capable of eating a fish that is 2/3 length....

nlreefguy · #8 07-07-2011, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by silentcivilian

Yup, thats my ugly duckling that for some odd reason makes me feel like my tank is that much more complete. I love that I managed to pick him up!

Just checking but you do know how dangerous he is, right? (and not necessarily to his tankmates!)

silentcivilian · #9 07-07-2011, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by fishytime

7" isnt really all that impressive

...........remember....they say it doesnt, but size does matter

Dude......your gonna be hard pressed to find any kind of suitable "tankmate/snack"......Laurie and I watched a show where a scorpion fish ate a lionfish!.......yes a lionfish!

.....they are capable of eating a fish that is 2/3 length....

There are a few good candidates im looking for. But my foxface was almost swallowed whole, I think his venom saved him.

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Originally Posted by nlreefguy

Just checking but you do know how dangerous he is, right? (and not necessarily to his tankmates!)

I realise how dangerous it is. Painful enough that some people request their affected area to be removed, can kill a full grown human in under 2 hours. How ever the treatment is simple. Because it is a protein based venom, it would be denatured by heat. So recommended treatment even over anti-venom is heat. Over 45C degrees will simply break it down.

Also, they are completely lazy, ive fed him by hand last time, you pretty much would have to grind your hand into him to anger him.