No intentional sculpting, though it occasionally breaks when I clean the tank so I move it to an aesthetically pleasing area. There's plenty more laying on the floor of the aquarium behind the live rock (much of it bleached from the vacation disaster in 2006). Good thinking on the tang and trigger.
Fortunately I'm in the position of making multiple trips from this house to the next over 3 months. The new tank will be setup with a blend of my current water plus NM water and some of my live rock with heater and powerheads moving water full time in the new tank. By the time the fish and I move it'll be a semi established blend of their water and the new water with their live rock. The Maroon Clown is the most critical member of the fish family. I'd seriously consider leaving the others to whomever gets the tank.
I live in Gunnison Colorado, to my knowledge this is the only SW aquarium for miles/hours. I'd be glad to give much of this to someone who know how to take care of it.
I really wish I didn't live half way across the country from you or I'd be at your doorstep right now with as many buckets as I could carry
My lfs just lost a maroon clown a few months ago that he had in his store for 31 years. The only reason she died was because one of his employees forgot to cover the tank one night and she jumped. I personally don't think that there's enough reliable data for anyone to say how long these guys can live for in captivity
I grew up in Albuquerque, my wife loved it when visiting my parents. She grew up in MN and has seen enough of the snow. We close on a house in Alb next month and will move there full time this fall.
He hates them all. He lives in the coral, when a fish comes near he darts out at it and runs it off. The Flame keeps to itself swimming in a semi predicable pattern though the rock and coral, the tang is constantly wary. The trigger taunts the Maroon full time, neither is dominant. The Maroon bites me as well, he's drawn blood a couple of times. He'd love to be alone with his coral.I think the Maroon will miss the others, possibly and wonder what you did to the others?
I think I would keep at least one. Which of the three does the clown get along best with? Least? Which besides the clown do you like best?
It is great you can set up the new tank first. With your water and rock, you should have it ready for fish quickly.
Where do you live in CO? My husband is busy talking road trips.
Gunnison, about 2 hours east of Grand Junction. There's no hurry if you're serious.
Dead serious. I'm messaging you...
You have a great plan. You are going to do fine. Take a breath and relax. Get a fish trap and start feeding the fish there about a week before you are ready to move them. They will be easy to catch. Sad to hear you cant have another 120.First time post here.
I'm 54 years old and have had a saltwater aquarium since the age of 12. I've had the same 125 gallon set up for years. The Maroon Clown is 23 or 24 years old, he resides with a Yellow Tang, Niger Trigger and Flame Angel. The other fish range from 18-21 years old. The oldest resident is a Torch coral which I've had about a year longer (started out the size of a soft ball) than the Maroon Clown.
It's a basic setup filtered only with a hang on skimmer and live rock. For lights I've got two 175W 14000K metal halides. I change 10 gallons per week with a preference or Red Sea salt. I haven't tested my water in over 20 years, all seems to be working.
We're moving to NM in the next year. I'm at a point where this is too large an aquarium and will downsize to 50 gallons or so.
-With this number of fish will 50ish gallons be enough?
-With fish this age should I not stress them with a long potentially problematic move (I've got someone lined up to take the 120 with understanding I get 1/3 of the live rock, coral and water)?
The plan is to set the new aquarium up over the course of a month using live rock and about 50% water from existing aquarium.
Any advice or ideas help, thanks in advance.
