NapoliNewJersey
Achilles Keeper
Chevron Tangs are great because LFS' only sell them when they are small because that's when they have the best color. You rarely see a grown Chevron.
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b0bby1
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i think tangs can do ok in smaller tanks, imo. i think that there growth slows down a ton or is stunned when they move into smaller tanks. for example, i had a regal tang for 6 months that was 1", didn't grow at all. i sold him to a local reefer with a 120 gallon and within 2 months hes quadrupled in size, now 4". but i think u should be fine surfn, the tangs you are keeping are relatively small. i just got my finnex 30 gallon and need to come up with a stock list. i wanna add a yasha haze with a pistol shrimp but the only problem is i really want a mystery wrasse. they are known to eat shrimp, so i don't think it will work out. but a shrimp goby with out the shrimp isnt that interesting.
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surfn
I bleed orange and maroon
i think all fish will get vastly bigger when you transfer them to a much bigger tank. but just b/c their size may be stunted does not really mean they will live a shorter life. i think they will live a shoter life no matter what in captivity, esspecially in any tank under 500g.
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I bleed orange and maroon
updated FTS yo!
looking forward to seeing updated FTS of one of my favorite tanks...
so fresh and so clean, clean......
eh, not much worthy to update, haven't gotten anything new. and i lost 2 sps colonies....
which also happened to be my 2 biggest and oldest.... 
eh, not much worthy to update, haven't gotten anything new. and i lost 2 sps colonies....
which colonies?
eh, not much worthy to update, haven't gotten anything new. and i lost 2 sps colonies....
That sucks! Which ones did u lose? I have a frag of the pink milli if u need a replacement.
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surfn
I bleed orange and maroon
yeah, lost the colony of pink milli with blue tips. although i was lucky enough to save many many frags. it just sucks that it had to be all cut up to stop the STN.
i lost the sarmentosa completely, all the frags are goners.
with the last frag i kept in the tank that was still STN'ing, i put it in a dip of TMPCC for 30min to see if anything came off.......and i think that dip pretty much killed it. but nothing came off either.....so i'm certain i don't have any pests.
one thing i neglected to mention in my other thread about the STN events, is that a week before our frag swap.....when i first noticed my sarmentosa bleaching, i added like 2 dozen frag plugs to my system. i am starting to wonder if the pH dropped like a rock which caused these problems to start. i have yet to test my pH once.....but hope to get some kalk going to counter this if it is indeed an issue.
J. Montgomery
Mouth Pipetting
Thats what I said . . . and Al goes, "Oh no, my pink milli is much cooler than yours." :lol:
Luckily, I have a frag of the sarmentosa so its not a complete loss.
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eh, not much worthy to update, haven't gotten anything new. and i lost 2 sps colonies....
that stinks Al.. I'm sure you'll be able to find some frags and re-grow them...
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surfn
I bleed orange and maroon
that stinks Al.. I'm sure you'll be able to find some frags and re-grow them...
i've still got the pink milli, i'll just have to regrow it. having got it as a 1inch frag 3 years ago and letting it grow into a softball sized colony really hits you in the gut after having to break it up.
as for the sarmentosa.....eh. it never really looked that great as a colony anyways. but frags of it looked nice, and its not something allot of people have.
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surfn
I bleed orange and maroon
well, i've had that many plugs in there before. but i guess i hadn't added them all at once.
plus, these plugs were the "new kind" that i hadn't used before.
and i should have prob been concerned b/c there was still moisture in the bag that the plugs came in. so i'm thinking possibly they weren't fully cured as long as they say they are.
i store all the left over plugs/discs in a bucket of RO/DI water that I change every week or two. hopefully that will help with the curing.
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surfn
I bleed orange and maroon
wow, been a while since i did an update. been kinda embarrased to take any pics as i lost a couple of things, including my 2 largest colonies. although it does seem that i got a decent bit of growth, and some corals now look a bit happier now that i'm feeding the tank. although, some corals lost a bit of color when i dipped them in TMPCC and are still coloring back up.
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I bleed orange and maroon
and now some new additions...stay tuned, b/c i've got a bunch of new additions coming this week!!
can't remember the name if this, but its purple w/ blue polyps. the name starts with a "V" i think.
Cquarium unknown, needs some coloring up
can't remember the name if this, but its purple w/ blue polyps. the name starts with a "V" i think.
Cquarium unknown, needs some coloring up
