YYCGUY's Red Sea 500S

[yycguy]

Originally Posted by JDigital

We'll always take ya back dougie!


Joel, any pics of the Tri-color?

Hi Josh.....
Will put more pictures up latter! But I think it wasn't the Tri-colour I got lol...... Picked up so many lost track of names

[yycguy]

Thinking of putting a Achilles Tang in my tank, so question is the tank big enough? 135 gal
Second question will it be ok with my Purple Tang?
Any advise wold be appreciated


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[kien]

Originally Posted by yycguy

Thinking of putting a Achilles Tang in my tank, so question is the tank big enough? 135 gal
Second question will it be ok with my Purple Tang?
Any advise wold be appreciated


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If I had to guess, i would guess that your Purple Tang owns the tank at the moment. This means that any fish you add after him is going to get hazed. The severity of the hazing will depend on your Purple Tang's temperment (how mean he is) and how threatened he feels. For example, if you put in a tang of a similar shape to him then he will probably feel VERY VERY threatened and will want to KILL the new addition. Luckily the Achilles Tang doesn't look anything like a Purple Tang so in theory your Purple Tang should feel slightly less threatened. However, your Purple Tang will probably still want to assert his dominance on the Achilles. It's hard to know for sure how long this will last. Could be just a few hours. Could be a few days maybe. There are things you can do to help though. What works for me with most of my more aggressive fish is the mirror trick. I tape an Ikea mirror to the side of my tank and leave it there for a few days. All my fish go crazy over their reflections and generally leave new additions alone. Also, introduce the new fish at night while the other fish are sleeping or groggy.

[yycguy]

Thank you guys for all the info! I am thinking as much as a Achilles is one of the most colourful Tangs it may not be best suited for my tank
What do you guys suggest for another Tang? Jewel? (If I win the loto maybe)
How about a Kole?

[Delphinus]

A kole or any others of the Ctenochaetus tangs would probably do well. A Chevron tang (Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis) is a nice choice too (maybe a bit pricey, but the juvenile colour patterns of this fish is why - very spectacular! The adult colours are not as spectacular but they are still very nice as adults IMHO!) Otherwise in that group there are kole tangs, yellow eye kole tangs, orange stripe tang, and tomini tangs. All very nice!

[Delphinus]

Since I distracted myself and started reading more about these tangs, I might as well link you to this article ... why not ruin 5 minutes of work productivity for someone else as well as myself: http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-07/hcs3/

[yycguy]

So added a Kole (yellow eye) Tang over the weekend.
So like you said Kien the Purple Tang went immediately after him and took a few junks out of him! I am sure he would have at least stressed him to death. So I grabbed the wife's makeup mirror and fastened it to the side of the tank, and it worked like a charm, the PT was there for the next two days, completely leaving the Kole tang alone.

So removed it this morning and so far (past couple hours) they are swimming around minding each others business.

[yycguy]

Need some help on my Low Ph 7.9-8.1
First off I am dosing with a Profilux DkH and Ca using Randy's Recipe 1.
Now my alkalinity has been between 8-9 that is with dosing around 218 ml of DkH a day (9 ml - 24 times a day) First question is that a lot?
All my other parameters are ok, other than I think I stripped the P04 a little to quick, it's 0

Salinity 1.025
Temp 78-79
Ca 420 - 450
Mag 1400
Nitrates 0

I did try dosing more but ended up calcifying my pumps.
With the higher dose I was getting a ph up around 8.2.
So what am I missing?
Salt is Reef Crystals

[kien]

Originally Posted by yycguy

Need some help on my Low Ph 7.9-8.1

Personally I don't really see a problem with your pH. My pH swings anywhere from 7.8 to 8.3 throughout the day depending on the day of the week and time of the year. it's been doing this for the entire life of the tank and I have never once done a single thing to directly affect the pH. I would not worry about your pH, especially if everything in your tank is looking good. Let your pH do what it's going to do and focus on all the other parameters. A lot of people don't even bother to test pH and if I didn't have a pH probe on my profilux I wouldn't bother to test my pH either.

All your other parameters look spot on. If your tank is looking good don't fix anything because nothing is broken! :-)

[yycguy]

Thanks Kien, I guess it's my Apex displaying my PH that brings it to my attention. I just don't get why it appears low? When others say there's is 8.2 or higher? Does the salt blend have something to do with it? I used to use Reefers Best and I am planning on going back to that once I finish up the RC
What should I be aiming for Alkalinity ?
Is 8 ok or should it be closer to 9? Remember for me to get it there I was dosing more DkH and that caused my pump problems
My tank is mainly SPS