Making the move from 75 to 180

[Glott3133]

Love the aquascape. Very nice occupants. I also have a sailfin tang. My LFS never warned me on how big they get. I will be looking for a new home for some of my bigger fish.

 

[jaxteller007]

Love the aquascape. Very nice occupants. I also have a sailfin tang. My LFS never warned me on how big they get. I will be looking for a new home for some of my bigger fish.

Ours didn't either, among other issues. That's why we buy exclusively through a company that does maint, setup, etc now and not our LFS.

 

[jaxteller007]

Not great pics since they were in the buckets. I'll try and get better ones tomorrow after everyone is settled in.

 

[Dragon52]

Hope you realize that your marine betta may eat the smaller fish in your tank as it gets bigger.

 

[jaxteller007]

Hope you realize that your marine betta may eat the smaller fish in your tank as it gets bigger.

We know it's a possiblity. We don't plan on having many small fish that would be a meal for it.

 

[jaxteller007]

 

[Dragon52]

We know it's a possiblity. We don't plan on having many small fish that would be a meal for it.

Their nice looking fish but that's why I never got one, i like having Gobies & pistol shrimp in my tank.

 

[jaxteller007]

Their nice looking fish but that's why I never got one, i like having Gobies & pistol shrimp in my tank.

I wonder if that's what happened to our watchman goby? Our pistol shrimp was huge, probably too big for the betta but the goby maybe....

 

[Dragon52]

I wonder if that's what happened to our watchman goby? Our pistol shrimp was huge, probably too big for the betta but the goby maybe....

It's highly possible, kinda like a lionfish or grouper, if it fits in the mouth it's gone.

 

[jaxteller007]

It's highly possible, kinda like a lionfish or grouper, if it fits in the mouth it's gone.

He was decent sized and hardly ever out. But we havent seen him in awhile. Hopefully he's just hiding

 

[Dragon52]

He was decent sized and hardly ever out. But we havent seen him in awhile. Hopefully he's just hiding

They will do that, I had some Wheelers gobies that hid for over a month when I added them, thought they were gone but popped up eventually.

 

[jaxteller007]

They will do that, I had some Wheelers gobies that hid for over a month when I added them, thought they were gone but popped up eventually.

Yea these two disappear for weeks at a time then we will randomly see a new pile of sand pop up.

 

[Dragon52]

Yea these two disappear for weeks at a time then we will randomly see a new pile of sand pop up.

Yep, good luck with your tank.

 

[jaxteller007]

I completely forgot about a nice camera I've had just sitting in the closet (and turning the white lights on more lol). The glass needs cleaning and I had just feed them (wasn't really planning on taking pictures). But here's some better shot of them.

 

[jaxteller007]

Well thanks to the good guys at #reefbreeders I now have fully functioning QP-16, QPS-9 and 2 RN-1 Nano wave makers lol. Now I need to figure out how to best use all/some combination of them in our tank.

 

[MERKEY]

sweet tank and thanks for sharing!

 

[jaxteller007]

Current stock. The PBT died within a couple days unfortunately. The sailfin started being a bully so we managed to get him out and swapped him for 3 yellow's in the hope that everyone get's a long better. In the process of chasing him around I learned I had some dead spots in the aquascape. Redid the right side of the tank and in a couple weeks after everyone has settled down a little I'll redo the other side.

 

[jaxteller007]

Here we go.

 

[jaxteller007]

Finished rearranging the rock work on both sides now. It's definitely more open, but with more caves and I'm sure better flow through the rocks now.

 

[jaxteller007]

FTS