Torx's 120 Gallon Peninsula Tank Part 1

[salty1]

Very nice

 

[TORX]

Very nice

Thank you. I am doing this as cheap as I can and getting great results. Definitely a challenge. Hoping to get the stand finished over summer as well as a new sump station. The first set up was to see if it would work...plumbing held great under my house through the -15 to -20C weather we had here, time to get to work on it when the warmer weather comes back to stay.

 

[TORX]

WTF am I thinking. Someone call the tang police already.

 

[pulpfiction1]

looks awesome mark

 

[pulpfiction1]

whats that i see?a naso,2 hippos and a sailfin?

 

[pulpfiction1]

you bastard lol thats a desjardin sailfin,no yellow tail

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+43+378&pcatid=378

heres the other

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+43+379&pcatid=379

 

[TORX]

Oh look at that. Now that the colors are coming back already, you can see the yellow. His face is pretty messed up from an accident though. I hope to get a better pic of him later.

Big fish:
1 - Foxface
1 - One Spot Foxface
2 - Scopa Tangs
1 - Desjardini Tang
1 - Hippo
1 - Yellow Belly Hippo
1 - Powder Blue

 

[pulpfiction1]

tang-a-licious

 

[JamesHurst]

Taaaangtastic

 

[TORX]

All day...not a single fight. I added a very large yellow belly tang and very large sailfin to the tank this morning around 4 am when I got home from work. Thank you @pulpfiction for setting this up for me.

 

[JamesHurst]

Sounds like you got a lucky group!

 

[TORX]

Sounds like you got a lucky group!

And some mad acclimation skills

 

[JamesHurst]

Are they shoaling in that pic?

 

[TORX]

Are they shoaling in that pic?

They appear to be almost all day. Both hippos even lay down in the same cave together.

 

[saltyair]

That is amazing ,did you add them all at once? That is some big big fish for a 120 how long is the tank?
Just keep your eyes pealed for those tang police

 

[TORX]

That is amazing ,did you add them all at once? That is some big big fish for a 120 how long is the tank?
Just keep your eyes pealed for those tang police

All the 'rules' were broken when I added fish to this tank. I have had the scopa tangs the longest and they were added at the same time IIRC. I added the Foxface, and then a smaller One Spot Foxface afterwards. I had to spot feed the One Spot as it hid in the rocks forever before migrating out. I added a hippo, then a few months later the Powder Blue. Then the other morning I added the Sailfin and the second Hippo.

My suggestion/tip when adding a new fish that may potentially be bullied. I black out the tank with garbage bags when doing it. I leave the bags on and lights out for several hours adding food periodically. Then I open just part of the tank to day light to check on things. Play it by ear and feed heavy for the next few days with repeated use of seaweed.

As of this morning, there has still been no fighting. Although the Powder Blue and one Scopa were fighting for the same hiding space, but that was short lived as they are all just adjusting to new homes.

 

[Bayinaung]

Oh look at that. Now that the colors are coming back already, you can see the yellow. His face is pretty messed up from an accident though. I hope to get a better pic of him later.

Big fish:
1 - Foxface
1 - One Spot Foxface
2 - Scopa Tangs
1 - Desjardini Tang
1 - Hippo
1 - Yellow Belly Hippo
1 - Powder Blue

sweet! can you post a video of the fishes? Great tip will have to try that some day I have a big tank.

 

[pulpfiction1]

sweet! can you post a video of the fishes? Great tip will have to try that some day I have a big tank.

+1

 

[TORX]

sweet! can you post a video of the fishes? Great tip will have to try that some day I have a big tank.

Lights are just coming on...I will post one at some point today.

 

[scubasteve]

i have allways had luck too lots of caves and lots of food and all went well.... will definately try the garbage bag trick when i re-setup the 125