Welcome to Canreef Cougarman (and your sweet 600G tank!)

[Cougarman]

Originally Posted by kaboom

I very much envy your fish collection and your success of keeping them healthy. A few questions if you don't mind me asking.

1. How many fish in the system?
2. How many feedings per day?
3. How much water change and frequency?
4. What does your refugium contain?
5. Can you explain your new fish acclimating process?

With a tank of beloved fishes I know it is very risky to add a new potentially infected fish. What measures do you take in introducing new fish to the main tank. Please don't mind all the question as I would like to have some ideas from a real experienced person so I can apply to a similar tank.

I'd estimate about 50 fish in the system. I feed them twice per day, a mix of frozen, freeze dried and flakes. I also feed my corals a mix of cyclopeeze, reefroids and coral frenzy every other day. The entire system is 1000 gallons and I change 50 gallons/wk. The refugium is 120 gallons and has mostly aptasia, a patch of seagrass, lots of other critters and an 8 inch sand bed. There is also a 90 gallon tank with a 16 inch sand bed plumbed inline.
To acclimate fish I put them in a 130 gallon tank that I have plumbed inline. They stay there for several weeks until they're eating well and have recovered from any disease they may have aquired. Also if they require any tx for disease I can catch them easily and tx them in a hospital tank. Since the acclimation tank is the same water as the display there is minimal stress moving the fish to the display. They usually hide for a few hours then gradually venture out of the rocks.

[Cougarman]

Some mor pics

[Cougarman]

some more of the equipment. Excuse the mess, bit of a disaster.

[Cougarman]

Oh ya. I forgot about this guy.

[wickedfrags]

Wicked. The fattest and happiest fish I have ever seen.

To give you some perspective, the sailfin tang illustrated is probably 12" in size, with a massive girth.

[michika]

Oh AP...good times. I was banned for my "bad" spelling. Apparently you aren't allowed to spell words with Us. I write color as colour, and according to them it happened one too many times.

I really like seeing how things are placed in other people's tanks. The variety of tangs you have is fantastic, and I hope to achieve something similar in my 1000g system. Its also great to see a bit behind the scenes!

[Ya Dude]

I think we should ban Cougerman too cause he makes me look dumb

[Johnny Reefer]

Originally Posted by michika

Oh AP...good times. I was banned for my "bad" spelling. Apparently you aren't allowed to spell words with Us. I write color as colour, and according to them it happened one too many times. ....

Huh? You mean American? US: Color; Canada: Colour. AP is a Canadian site, right? If you got banned for spelling colour colour, well...I'd say they owe you a big apology.

[Cougarman]

Originally Posted by michika

Oh AP...good times. I was banned for my "bad" spelling. Apparently you aren't allowed to spell words with Us. I write color as colour, and according to them it happened one too many times.

I really like seeing how things are placed in other people's tanks. The variety of tangs you have is fantastic, and I hope to achieve something similar in my 1000g system. Its also great to see a bit behind the scenes!

Wow that's crazy Michika. I'll be sure to check my spelling on this site. I've already been warned about it!!!! LOL. Atleast I got in a few choice words to the posiedon before he banned me. LOL. Do you have a thread for your 1000 gallon? You should start one if you don't. Next tank I build I will start a thread for it.

[fishoholic]

Hi, welcome to canreef! I love your tank, I'm so jealous! I love the fish in this hobby, my dream would be to have an enormous tank with one of every type of fish in it. I'm just wondering what type of tang is in this pic? Thanks Laurie

Originally Posted by Cougarman

Some mor pics