Marine fish

[Hewbie]

anyone else got the marine fish bug?? ill chuck some pics up of my setup if anyone else has any!

[Jasandjules]

Well, I've kept frogfish, seahorses (they bred), puffers, lions, Mantis Shrimp and corals. So not really.....

Oh I perhaps should mention that I had a 10ft and 9ft tank - FO and Reef respectively. Along with other tanks.

[Hewbie]

yessss i mean reef/marine tanks heres mine anyway!

420ltr tank, fish stock is

Powder blue tang
yellow tang
yellow eye tang
regal tang
pair of perc clowns
watchman goby
pair of peacock wrasses
cleaner wrasse
flasher wrasse
spiney box puffer fish
3 green chromis-which im looking to get rid of!
midas blenny
2 yellow goby's
and 3 peppermint shrimp!

and numerous corals to boot!

[Jasandjules]

Do you want the bad news?

[Hewbie]

my cabinet making skills are terrible?

[Jasandjules]

LOL well mine are worse.

No, it is two of your tangs. The Powder Blue and Regal. IME they really want larger tanks - I've rescued PBs and Regals from 6*2*2 tanks before as they were covered in whitespot. As soon as they were in my tank with a little more room to play in they both settled down. In fact neither of them got WS again.

[Jasandjules]

Oh, forgot to add, you've got wrasse with box fish - that is a no-no. That may result in a wipeout.

And your wrasse may eat the peps...

[Hewbie]

the regal is 5p size and the pb not so much bigger! all have ample swimming room, until my 1200tr is built

wrasse and spiney box live in harmony! cleaner wrasse cleans him no problem,

the spiny box is the one who may nail the peppermint shrimps but they were brought in to get rid f aptasia which they did so im not that bothered! he hasnt touched them yet! wrasses dont touch the pep's

[Jasandjules]

Hewbie said:

the regal is 5p size and the pb not so much bigger! all have ample swimming room, until my 1200tr is built

wrasse and spiney box live in harmony! cleaner wrasse cleans him no problem,

the spiny box is the one who may nail the peppermint shrimps but they were brought in to get rid f aptasia which they did so im not that bothered! he hasnt touched them yet! wrasses dont touch the pep's

Please believe me when I say I did this for a very long time with rather a lot of tanks (six at one time!). I've been involved in clubs, rescues, rehomings. And I've known a lot of marine keepers. Some of whom who have lost tanks due to mixing wrasse and box fish. Any wrasse can be too fast for a boxfish. But a cleaner will nip at his skeleton and may cause him to do what nature tells him, which in your tank will be a wipeout.

http://www.fishchannel.com/fish-species/saltwater-...

Oh I hope you don't just let the fish eat the shrimp.

But yes if you have a 400G that will assist for PBs and Regals.

BTW it may come across as harsh in writing but I don't mean it that way, just the welfare of the animals !

Edited by Jasandjules on Friday 3rd January 21:23