My new tank 500G - (84X48X30)

[Anonymous]

That. Is. One. Good. Looking. Tank. 8)

Shavo, you've done a good impression of the master as well.

 

[Anonymous]

Very nice!

 

[Anonymous]

BTW, Sanjay, is that a tubastrea colony at the front bottom (the orange lump)? Or maybe a sponge?

If it's tubastrea, I was kind of wondering how you feed it...

 

[sanjay]

No, its actually a red goniopora. I have never had good luck with tubastrea, so I avoid it.

sanjay.

 

[bleedingthought]

Are you feeding the goni?

 

[sanjay]

No, I do not feed the gonipora directly. It may get get fed indirectly when I feed the fish, but I doubt it has the ability to grab food moving past it given the water flow is quite strong.

sanjay.

 

[bleedingthought]

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

I also wanted to know about this.

And, are thorite and hydraulic cement the same thing?

 

[Anonymous]

Yes, Thorite is a type of Hydrolic Cement

 

[bleedingthought]

Gresh, will any hydraulic cement work? I couldn't find Thorite but I got 'UGL Drylok Fast Plug Hydraulic Cement' at the hardware store. Any word on whether this would be safe to use? How would I go about checking (which ingredients)?

 

[Anonymous]

So are your rocks free standing? Or is there some sort of support structure under them? I'm only asking because I wonder if a sand bed is an aesthetic necessity.

 

[bleedingthought]

So are your rocks free standing? Or is there some sort of support structure under them? I'm only asking because I wonder if a sand bed is an aesthetic necessity.

The sandbed covers the 'brick' at the bottom of the structure:

http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.p ... 41#1139741

 

[Anonymous]

Gresh, will any hydraulic cement work? I couldn't find Thorite but I got 'UGL Drylok Fast Plug Hydraulic Cement' at the hardware store. Any word on whether this would be safe to use? How would I go about checking (which ingredients)?

I'm no pro, but I do have some answers

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthrea ... did=993625

Check out that thread, it should help some what

 

[bleedingthought]

Gresh, thanks! I'll take the time to read the 5 pages in a little bit.

 

[sanjay]

Got my first fish from Liveaquaria today. 3 bellus angels (1M+2F), one of my favorite fish, and I have wanted a trio of these for a long time.

They really do a great job packing and shipping the fish.

sanjay.



here are some pics...

The male bellus

The females

 

[Anonymous]

Those are cool.

 

[herpencounter]

Very nice fish! The females need to shave there upper lip if they want that male. :lol:

 

[Len]

A small harem should behave naturally in a tank your size

And yes: Fishman's operation is top notch.

 

[sanjay]

The fish are really doing well for just having been introduced to the tank. They are swimming around with the other like they have been in this tank for a while. Chasing and eating the mysis shrimp along with the others.

Time to start thinking about the next ones to add

I am now upto 22 fish !! My plan to keep most fish in atleast pairs is not being too successful so far. I had 2 aurora gobies and one got the crap beat out, I got 2 long nose and one jumped out while I was acclimatizing them,and my dispars went from 4 to 1. The multiples I have now are

3 - bellus angels
2 - M. Bipartus
2 - M. Negroensis
2 - bangaii
4 - Kupang Damsels

Singles -
1 - Blochi Tang
1 - Purpel Tang
1 - hepatus tang
1 - Blond Naso
1 - Midas Blenny
1 - Aurora Goby
1 - Dispar
1 - long nose hawk
1 - radiant wrasse

sanjay.

 

[Len]

I've been trying to keep my fish in groups too. 3 Bimac anthias and 3 Roseafacia fairy wrasses, two yasha gobies, and I just added two neon cleaner gobies and plan on a pair of Helfrichis to finish it off. I should've kept my other black tang instead of selling to that dishonest person in Reno NV :?

 

[sanjay]

I forgot I also have 3 tank raised neon cleaner gobies. So I have 25 fish. The good thing about small fish is that even with 25 they dont seem like a lot of fish in a 500G tank.

sanjay.