The 90 gallon Road Trip

[Craig Manoukian]

My experience has been that cheatomorphs is much more effective in removing phosphate and nitrates, also much less likely to go asexual and release those chemicals back into the water column.

[billyr98]

cool info on the gobies Craig... Too bad I would never see a fish in my fuge.. Rubbermaid tote

[aquaman3680]

Thanks for the info guys, What would be a good species to keep in a refugium?

I have to take my orange spot blenny out of my reef because he is picking SPS, could he go in there?

Are there any other algeas I could put in there that wouldnt go sexual?

Thanks,

Matt

[aquaman3680]

well no need to worry about the orange spot, he died yesterday. no clue why he died, did a full check and perams are excellent.
Any other info on algea would be helpful.

Matt

[sasquatch]

Havent seen you for a while Matt??have you moved yet? Steve

[deaclauderdale]

Aquaman what type of camera are you using to get such great shots?

[aquaman3680]

Nope havent moved yet ive just been kind of busy with packing and getting prepaired.

I am using a Nikon D50 with a promaster macro lense

I will be leaving califorinia on November 18th. Ill keep you guys updated on the progress of the move.

If you have anyquestions feel free to ask.

Matt

[aquaman3680]

Alright so its comin to be crunch time and I have the list of the fish that I am taking. Im taking my blue tang, flame hawk, my 2 clowns, sifter and my 2 psudochromis. I got my blue tang from a friend he is 3 years and about 2-2.5 inches long and hasnt grown in 3 months so i dont think hes gettin any bigger. I know i want to add a kole tang. I want to go for cool fish and nothing just normal. Any suggestions on a completly reefsafe fish?

I was thinking about a convict tang, any expierences with them would be great

Thanks,

Matt

[lcstorc]

I know nothing about convict tangs, but IMO 3 tangs in a 90g is iffy at best. It can be done, but i would be careful. Find out what type on tang the Convict and the blue are. Everything I read says two tangs of the same body style are very likely to fight sometimes to the death. To minimize get the new tang of a larger size than the established one, add the new fish when lights are out and re-arrange your rock, This means both fish will need to establish their own territory.

[Craig Manoukian]

What size tan did the Blue tang come from? I'm assuming it's a Hippo tang and "3 years and about 2-2.5 inches long and hasnt grown in 3 months" is stunted growth for that fish.

A convict tang, hippo, and kole would be a good mix, but as lynn advised, 90 gallons is too small long-term for three tangs.

[aquaman3680]

The hippo came from a 36 gallon bowfront. Kinda sad that he was locked up like that. The same guy in a 36 has a Purple tang, blue tang, niger trigger, 3 wrasses, 2 clowns, a sifter and a neon dottyback. This kid really has no idea what he is doing.

If the blue wont get any bigger and the kole stays small why would that be a problem? How big do convicts get? And how aggressive are they?

Matt

[Craig Manoukian]

Here is a link to the information!

So you want a tang?

[aquaman3680]

Thanks, Does anyone have any expirence with the convict tangs? Or a whitecheek I have been looking at them also. Both in the ancanthurid family

Matt

[aquaman3680]

well i made it safe to kansas about a week ago. It was about 30 hours of driving. Out of the stuff that I took i had one fish loss and 3 corals. I would say that it was pretty successful.

I have the tank setup and will get pictures of it as soon as i can find the camera. A couple months down the road i am planning on setting up something like a 40 or 60 gallon refugium, so i will be needing more information on that.

I have my 400 watt mogul pendants that i will need to put up on the 90. And i was thinking about putting about 120-140 lbs of sand. What do you guys think?

Any ideas about resetting up a tank to make it go smoother would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Matt

[boozeman]

wow 30hr drive!!