Got my new fish today! WOOT!

revhtree · Feb 8, 2008

Thanks Tom from www.justrarefish.com! I got two of my favorite fish today and I am stoked. They are not eating any of my food yet but they are picking all over the liverock so I take that as a good sign.

NO TANG POLICE please.

Yes these are in my 120g, but I am already in talks with a custom tank builder for my upgrade hopefully by the end of the year.

When I first added them the Achilies was chasing the PB around the tank, but now they have settled down and are swimming together fine. Not the greatest pics but I had to share.

revhtree · Feb 8, 2008

OBTW the PB was a little bigger than I have planned. I will have to keep an eye on him and get rid of him if he seems unhappy.

detguy123 · Feb 8, 2008

very very nice...achilies is my favorite tang i use to have one and i am sure you will enjoy both of those!!

revhtree · Feb 8, 2008

detguy123 said:
very very nice...achilies is my favorite tang i use to have one and i am sure you will enjoy both of those!!

Thanks! Any advice on the Achilies??

JGoslee · Feb 8, 2008

Beautiful looking tangs Rev! Those are also 2 of my favorite fish. Just curious how much did the achilies set you back?

Hopkins · Feb 9, 2008

revhtree said:
Thanks! Any advice on the Achilies??

Get a QT tank. I hear they are Ich magnets! :hammer:

revhtree · Feb 9, 2008

Yea I do it's my 120g.

FWIW I just feed good, keep the water quality up, and the ich goes away and stays away.

NapoliNewJersey · Feb 9, 2008

Great pick up Rev. I want a powderblue so bad but there is no way I can do it now that my Achilles and Desarjini are in there.

See if you can't get a couple neon gobys ... they work wonders for ich and other external parasites ... my fish are spotless for months now.

And don't worry about the size of the fish ... I have a 4.5" Achilles and a 4.5" Desarjini and a 4" Hippo and they are all very fat and very happy in my 120. They still chase every once in a while but it's natural for them. As long as one doesn't look beat up or have nips or cuts then don't worry about it.

I also have a 4" Watanabe Angel in there as well.

Good luck with them and feed them Rod's Food.

KEEPERZ · Feb 9, 2008

My PB has been with me for about 3yrs and I had an achill-ez for a couple weeks until one day when I glued down a frag and he took a mouth full of gel glue-it was over 3 days later-they love tunze of flow Rev.

revhtree · Feb 9, 2008

Thanks guys! I got my Tunze cranked and the rock work pretty open so they can swim in some major flow! (2) x's 6100's and a 6025 along with the return.

I'll pick up a few neon's tomorrow.

BTW I have a 2" Desarjini in there as well and that's the last of the big fish. Sorry to hear about you tang KEEPERZ..

JGoslee · Feb 9, 2008

Never heard of a fish eating the gel glue. Sorry to hear that KEEPERZ.

JGoslee · Feb 9, 2008

Any new FTS with the new fish?

143gadgets · Feb 9, 2008

WOW!!! They are beautiful! Congrats!

KEEPERZ · Feb 9, 2008

Thanks for the condolences-I could not believe it myself-he eventually got it off after scraping his face all over the tank, but the stress took him out-I'm not suppose to have an achilles but I did pick up a powder brown 2 days ago for the frag tank-he is eating so far

Hopkins · Feb 9, 2008

A lady from my reef club had that happen to her Naso. She ended up pulling him out and cutting the glue off.

NapoliNewJersey · Feb 9, 2008

My Desarjini has been seen picking at the glue on the frags. It was dry though.

Sorry to hear it.
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Hey Rev my Desarjini was half the size of my Achilles when I got him and in about 3-4 months he is now passing the Achilles in size. They get to be about 15" (maybe only 12" in a home aquarium). They grow really fast and it gets a little crazy cause he will fight to be the boss of the tank once he does get to be as big.

The Achilles however is a slow grower only reaching 10" (maybe only 8-9" in a home aquarium).

My LFS Aquatic Obsessions in Woodbridge NJ just got a gorgous 6" Achilles Tang... the colors are perfect.

Anyone in NJ or NY looking for an Achilles should stop by that's where I got mine.

(Delete this if it's violating any rules.)

bamachamp92 · Feb 9, 2008

Nice Fish Rev, I Cant Wait To Get Over There And See The Whole Tank, Hint Hint Lol. But Really Great Fish.

raider77 · Feb 9, 2008

Very nice Rev! I just scored a Chevron Tang yesterday. I had been looking for one well over a year. If anyone is looking for a Chevron or Achilles the Hidden Reef in PA has one of each left. The Chevron is a $150 and the Achilles is $100.

sdietz2469 · Feb 9, 2008

i have had alot of people say that make sure to keep sushi noir in there cuz it combats ich, also my budy that has had one says to put 2 cleaner gobies and 2 cleaner shrimp, basically setting up a cleaning station for everything to keep parasites off of him.... but keep sushi in there cuz those guys are known for starvin themselves after a few months....

by the way 2 of my favorites, just got my tang population up to where i cant have any mpre and those guys are hard to get around here..... i got a purple, a hippo and a atlantic blue..... in my 120

shane

NapoliNewJersey · Feb 9, 2008

raider77 said:
Very nice Rev! I just scored a Chevron Tang yesterday. I had been looking for one well over a year. If anyone is looking for a Chevron or Achilles the Hidden Reef in PA has one of each left. The Chevron is a $150 and the Achilles is $100.

Raider, Aquatic Obsessions has had at least 3 a month for a year straight.