My new tank 500G - (84X48X30)

[sanjay]

Gresham and Mike:

Thanks for the info on the venustus. I should have done my homework and knowing this should have expected problems.. other than not buying the fish I don't know what else I could have done to ensure thier survival.

Will wait and see how the 3rd one holds out. Not sure if its worth trying again.

Will have to continue my quest for angelfish pairs with other fish.

What is the scoop on Potters's angels ? In the past I have not had much luck with them.

sanjay.

 

[Anonymous]

They can be iffy as well. Their usually collected properly, since it's a HI fish, but the COC sure doesn't do them any good. Your best bet is to pony up a bunch of $$$ and get a RTC pair :lol:

 

[Mike612]

I should've mentioned this earlier. You should look into buying the book Angelfishes and Butterflyfishes by Scott W. Michael. This book is honestly the god of all angelfish and butterflyfish books. It has details on every single species, including hybrids. Also, it's not like other books that just give a brief summary on the species in general and then move on to the next one. It gives you information on each individual fish, including the Venustus Angel.

 

[sanjay]

I have this book, and others.. but what the books dont have is the personal experience of the masses and the impact of current technology and food in the ability to keep fish alive. Additionally, the books cannot not talk about collecting practices and impact of chain of custody and how it impacts a particular fish - especially since this is often subject to change.

sanjay.

 

[AF Founder]

I have this book, and others.. but what the books dont have is the personal experience of the masses and the impact of current technology and food in the ability to keep fish alive. Additionally, the books cannot not talk about collecting practices and impact of chain of custody and how it impacts a particular fish - especially since this is often subject to change.

sanjay.

Hi Sanjay, This is not a magic bullet for feeding the difficult to feed fish, but over the years I have had considerable success with hard to feed fish using OSI spirulina flakes and their marine flakes. I'm not sure why, but I can tell you that OSI flake foods have an unusually strong smell -- maybe that triggers a feeding response in some fish. This is purely anecdotal.
Also, it's always hard to get the hard to feed feeding in a new system. At least that's been my experience. Fish learn from their tank mates how to feed by observation IMO, especially when in an environment new to them.

 

[Anonymous]

Sanjay, back to your rockwork lol. The thorite that you used, how long did you let it cure before you put it in the tank. I only ask because I really want to try it and dont want to kill the couple of fish that I have in the tank. I really like the look of those thorite stacked rocks. I have been thinking if there is anything else that can be used to bond rocks together quickly besides epoxy that would be safe in a tank--never thought of thorite

 

[bleedingthought]

Sanjay, any updates (including pictures!!!) on the tank?

 

[Len]

Hey Sanjay, do you have coralline growth on the glass yet? The reason I ask is because I don't know how to easily scrap that stuff off the bottom portion of the glass. The reach is too far. I wanna see how you do it Or anyone else have ideas?

 

[Anonymous]

I use the 12 or 16 inch Kent scraper to get the coraline algae off of the glass in the far to reach places.

 

[Len]

Metal or plastic? I can't get the plastic to scrape the thick corraline very well.

 

[Anonymous]

metal.

 

[pcardone]

I made my scraper out of a broom stick. Cut a slit and epoxied a blade from the window washer. when it gets bad or rusty I cut the end off and repeat.

 

[sanjay]

Here are some latest pics..

left hand side

Right side

 

[Anonymous]

Your sticks seem to be growing well.

Louey

 

[shavo]

dude it is coming out great. i wanted to thank you personally for the idea of stacking the rocks with the posts . I immitated what you did and not that it looks like your because i have bridges and stuff connecting the towers. it just doesn't have the same look as yours does. but my tank transformed to something much better than it was. I had a pile of rock in my tank doing nothing and I hated how it looked. I have much better flow now and more places for corals.
thanks a million!!!!!

here is a pic of how mine came out
thanks again

 

[Anonymous]

bommies, pillars, open arches are THE best way to aquascape-all the way around

 

[Anonymous]

Looking good Sanjay

I still have some stuff to send you....I'm just waiting on one other person to give me some and they'll be off to yah

 

[Len]

Man, those vortechs look small in your tank Nice Sanjay. You too, shavo

 

[ChrisRD]

I like 'em both too!

 

[bleedingthought]

Agreed, both tanks look excellent. 8)

Sanjay, are you 'photoshoping' your "frags" so they look like they're that big already? 8O