Suggestions for my 125

[rocco134]

Originally Posted by globaldesigns

Yeah, too bad... This is a very beautiful fish. I have a Blonde Naso, he is only about 4-5 inches, but wow he is beautiful.

maybe a bigger tank is in the cards..LOL

[phillybean]

I have a Blonde Naso in my 75 and will be moving him to my 125 in the Spring. a 125 is a 6' tank, so it's fine.

[Van-rookie]

can always get small tangs for now

[rocco134]

Originally Posted by phillybean

I have a Blonde Naso in my 75 and will be moving him to my 125 in the Spring. a 125 is a 6' tank, so it's fine.

Thanks! anyone else's thoughts on this... The tank is 6 feet long but i dont want to get one knowing that he will just have to be moved in the future

[rocco134]

Originally Posted by Van-rookie

can always get small tangs for now

does this mean small as is tangs that dont get very big or small as in juveniles?

[Van-rookie]

juveniles

Originally Posted by rocco134

does this mean small as is tangs that dont get very big or small as in juveniles?

[phillybean]

I have no intentions on moving my Naso into a tank bigger than 125, until my next upgrade, which I imagine is 5 years or so down the line.

At the end of the day, the so called "Tang Police" will say a Naso Tang won't be happy in a Tank smaller than 180 gallons. In my opinion, my Naso is stoked about life in my 75 gallon. He gets to eat whenever he wants, has no predators, no aggression at all in the tank etc.

The 125 is more about more room for my Corals than my fish, that said, I feel that a full grown tang, with the exception of Purple, Yellow and Scopa Tangs need 6' long tank. That said, the biggest tang I've seen in a Tank was a 14", 2" thick Hippo tang in a 5' 180. She was big, healthy and for all intensive purposes "happy".

My advice, deal more with Bioload, maintence. Get one or two "big" fish, a couple medium ones and some small ones.

[rocco134]

Originally Posted by phillybean

I have no intentions on moving my Naso into a tank bigger than 125, until my next upgrade, which I imagine is 5 years or so down the line.

At the end of the day, the so called "Tang Police" will say a Naso Tang won't be happy in a Tank smaller than 180 gallons. In my opinion, my Naso is stoked about life in my 75 gallon. He gets to eat whenever he wants, has no predators, no aggression at all in the tank etc.

The 125 is more about more room for my Corals than my fish, that said, I feel that a full grown tang, with the exception of Purple, Yellow and Scopa Tangs need 6' long tank. That said, the biggest tang I've seen in a Tank was a 14", 2" thick Hippo tang in a 5' 180. She was big, healthy and for all intensive purposes "happy".

My advice, deal more with Bioload, maintence. Get one or two "big" fish, a couple medium ones and some small ones.

Thanks phillybean! gives me some more perspective on this. since we are on the topic, what type of food do you feed yours?

[phillybean]

No problem, there are a lot of opinions in this hobby, I have mine, others have theirs. The big thing is to get to a point where you have success and keep it that way.

I feed two cubes of Mysis Daily, a quarter sheet of Nori every 2nd day and Pellets/flake food once a day on the days I don't feed Nori.

Once in a blue moon (when I am all out of Mysis) I feed a Manila Clam. All my fish, crabs and bristle worms enjoy the treat.

[rocco134]

Originally Posted by phillybean

No problem, there are a lot of opinions in this hobby, I have mine, others have theirs. The big thing is to get to a point where you have success and keep it that way.

I feed two cubes of Mysis Daily, a quarter sheet of Nori every 2nd day and Pellets/flake food once a day on the days I don't feed Nori.

Once in a blue moon (when I am all out of Mysis) I feed a Manila Clam. All my fish, crabs and bristle worms enjoy the treat.

very cool! who is the guy in the middle? (not the cleaner wrasse (i think that what the blue is))