AJ`s Build Thread

Hay Eric,
Let me know when ( if ) you sell that powder blue because I'll take it off your hands.
-Bill

 

AJ... Catching up a little late here, was a but too busy to post when my tank was on repair, and life was crazy /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/biggrin.gif

but EXCELLENT CHOICE OF BULBS!!! The 20K xms with VHO actinics is hard to beat..


Are you planning on your order of tangs, as you introduce them for territory disputes?

kylie, even if the tank's manufacturer says it isn't tempered... don't 100% trust it.
I went back and forth with a major company recently... and I could tell the people I was talking to didn't really know anything.... finally I got their chief engineer.. and the moral of the story was "we dont' really know each tank"

BUT if you have a polarizing filter, you can check to see if there are tempering patterns first using the filter- it is the only sure fire way (next to breaking a pane) to tell if it is tempered or not.

 

That sounds like a lot of tangs for a 90gal. I have never been able to pull off more than two without a deth match. I believe that no matter what you do the yellow tang and the purple are going to hate each other. Just my two cents.
-Bill

 

Gotta love Tangs!
I've always read that with multiple Tangs, if they're introduced at the same time into a smaller tank before territories are established there's a "chance" they'll all get along.
I've also read that Tangs will most likely attack others with the same body type, i.e. the Yellow and Purple, and that the Purple is one of the more aggressive specimens.
My second observation is what got me into trouble in late January - I introduced a smaller but nearly perfect Purple Tang with my Powder Blue...dead within 48 hours.
So much for the dissimilar body types.  So much for the Purple being more aggressive.  I've since read in otherplaces the PBT needs to be the last Tang introduced.  My eternal newbie mistake jumping the gun for a pretty fish!
In hindsight I should have removed the PBT to a QT, re-arranged the rockwork, established the Purple for a week or so then introced them to each other.
So yeah, that is alot of Tangs for a 90g tank but if introduced at the same time most of them should get along.
I realize that my 48" tank isn't enough to house an adult Tang and am planning on rotating stock for juveniles as they age.
Have the fish been purchased yet?  Buying online or having a local store order them for you?
-Eric

 

oh ok- didn't realize you had them in QT

The other way is introduce the most aggressive last.... give the peaceful ones a chance to get a headstart.

 

Any updates????

 

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