Terry's 120g money pit - Page 11

panmanmatt · 01-15-2008, 06:45 PM

Terry,

You can also try him on some live feeder shrimp to see if that entices him to eat.

tbittner · 01-15-2008, 06:47 PM

Actually, if you look close, there is a small piece of silverside laying on the bottom in one of the pics. He ate all the other pieces, and it was a BIG silverside. He seems really healthy.

He is only about 3" so I'm really concerned about putting him into the predator tank. The triggers are about 5" and the snowflake is about 14". Obviously, the 55 isn't connected to the large water volume so I guess we'll just be changing 10% of the water every four days or so.

We did add around 90 lbs of LR to the predator tank last night so he would have a ton of hiding places. I'm really concerned about being able to get food to him though. It's tough to get food past the triggers and eels. Even Ghost comes out and chases others around in order to get food. He is a brave little eel.

hmmmmm, come to think of it, Ghost IS a fairly small eel and everyone leaves him alone, so maybe the grouper will be fine in the predator tank. I really don't want to put him in the reef tank, although with his colors, he sure would add to the beauty of it. At least for a while. I wouldn't look forward to catching him at some point though.

tbittner · 01-15-2008, 06:51 PM

On another note, I DID request pricing for an "L" shaped aquarium from a couple different companies. Each side will be 120x30x30 for a total volume of about 1,000g. I'm thinking of having slide guides installed in it so I can slide a piece of acrylic into the tank to separate the volume. Predators on one side, reef and "nice" fish on the other.

Do you think my 330g sump/fuge would be big enough to support a tank of that size? At the spot that I would install this tank, in the basement, I can easily drain the water into the 100g sump, then circulate the water through the skimmer tub and additional skimmer, and through the fuge. A different pump would pump water back into the tank.

Dentoid · 01-15-2008, 07:26 PM

Great grouper Batman! Nice fish Terry. When did that come into your reef-world? Where did you get it? On-line or LFS?

Craig Manoukian · 01-15-2008, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tbittner

He is only about 3" so I'm really concerned about putting him into the predator tank. The triggers are about 5" and the snowflake is about 14". Obviously, the 55 isn't connected to the large water volume so I guess we'll just be changing 10% of the water every four days or so.

I wouldn't look forward to catching him at some point though.

I'd wait and let him get acclimated and bold in the 55, good chance to QT for 6 - 8 weeks. You can then judge how he will do in the predator's lair.

tbittner · 01-15-2008, 07:40 PM

I order him from Vivid Aquariums. He isn't the easiest fish to find.

Great suggestion, Craig. Thanks! I think I'll move some LR into the 55 to give him a few hiding spaces. He does come out from behind the pump and swims all over the 55 already though so he seems to be pretty bold already.

He really is one of the prettiest fish I've seen.

Here is one of my other favorites. I LOVE the personality on these guys. He's like "la, la, la, da, da, da, doobie, doobie, doo" all the time.

JoJo · 01-15-2008, 07:45 PM

Nice Terry! I think your sump/fuge set up is surely big enough to handle both tanks. At the most more LR & additional skimmer.

tbittner · 01-15-2008, 07:50 PM

Yeah JoJo, I also have calls into a couple companies to see what kind of deal they would give me on 1,500 lbs of LR.

JoJo · 01-15-2008, 07:50 PM

great pic too

Craig Manoukian · 01-15-2008, 07:51 PM

Love the Puffer!

JoJo · 01-15-2008, 08:24 PM

kind of makes me wonder if i should beginner with a fowlr tank, then slowly progress to reef

tbittner · 01-15-2008, 08:45 PM

Why? I love my reef. Such beautiful colors and it's really going to be a show piece.

I also really love our predator tank which is FOWLR but to keep predators, that's the way it almost has to be... FOWLR. With the right setup, neither is any more difficult to maintain then the other.

And you are certainly building a great setup and positioning yourself for success with a reef. It would also be successful as a FOWLR.

framerguy · 01-15-2008, 08:55 PM

[quote=tbittner;377883]On another note, I DID request pricing for an "L" shaped aquarium from a couple different companies. Each side will be 120x30x30 for a total volume of about 1,000g. I'm thinking of having slide guides installed in it so I can slide a piece of acrylic into the tank to separate the volume. Predators on one side, reef and "nice" fish on the other.

[quote]

1000g?!!

What? Did you rob a bank recently?!

tbittner · 01-15-2008, 09:38 PM

Life is good! (especially when business has been so good)

framerguy · 01-15-2008, 10:25 PM

I couldn't be happier for you. It's going to be CRAZY AWESOME!!!

01-15-2008, 06:45 PM	#151 (permalink)
panmanmatt Acropora Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Waretown, NJ Posts: 1,904 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Terry's 120g money pit Terry, You can also try him on some live feeder shrimp to see if that entices him to eat. __________________ The mind is like a parachute, it only works when opened. (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(")

01-15-2008, 06:47 PM	#152 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Terry's 120g money pit Actually, if you look close, there is a small piece of silverside laying on the bottom in one of the pics. He ate all the other pieces, and it was a BIG silverside. He seems really healthy. He is only about 3" so I'm really concerned about putting him into the predator tank. The triggers are about 5" and the snowflake is about 14". Obviously, the 55 isn't connected to the large water volume so I guess we'll just be changing 10% of the water every four days or so. We did add around 90 lbs of LR to the predator tank last night so he would have a ton of hiding places. I'm really concerned about being able to get food to him though. It's tough to get food past the triggers and eels. Even Ghost comes out and chases others around in order to get food. He is a brave little eel. hmmmmm, come to think of it, Ghost IS a fairly small eel and everyone leaves him alone, so maybe the grouper will be fine in the predator tank. I really don't want to put him in the reef tank, although with his colors, he sure would add to the beauty of it. At least for a while. I wouldn't look forward to catching him at some point though. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

01-15-2008, 06:51 PM	#153 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Terry's 120g money pit On another note, I DID request pricing for an "L" shaped aquarium from a couple different companies. Each side will be 120x30x30 for a total volume of about 1,000g. I'm thinking of having slide guides installed in it so I can slide a piece of acrylic into the tank to separate the volume. Predators on one side, reef and "nice" fish on the other. Do you think my 330g sump/fuge would be big enough to support a tank of that size? At the spot that I would install this tank, in the basement, I can easily drain the water into the 100g sump, then circulate the water through the skimmer tub and additional skimmer, and through the fuge. A different pump would pump water back into the tank. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

01-15-2008, 07:26 PM	#154 (permalink)
Dentoid Over Achiever Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 10,239 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Terry's 120g money pit Great grouper Batman! Nice fish Terry. When did that come into your reef-world? Where did you get it? On-line or LFS? __________________ Scott Dentoid's Reeforama

01-15-2008, 07:40 PM	#156 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Terry's 120g money pit I order him from Vivid Aquariums. He isn't the easiest fish to find. Great suggestion, Craig. Thanks! I think I'll move some LR into the 55 to give him a few hiding spaces. He does come out from behind the pump and swims all over the 55 already though so he seems to be pretty bold already. He really is one of the prettiest fish I've seen. Here is one of my other favorites. I LOVE the personality on these guys. He's like "la, la, la, da, da, da, doobie, doobie, doo" all the time. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

01-15-2008, 07:50 PM	#158 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Terry's 120g money pit Yeah JoJo, I also have calls into a couple companies to see what kind of deal they would give me on 1,500 lbs of LR. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

01-15-2008, 07:51 PM	#160 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 17,911 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Terry's 120g money pit Love the Puffer! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

01-15-2008, 08:45 PM	#162 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Terry's 120g money pit Why? I love my reef. Such beautiful colors and it's really going to be a show piece. I also really love our predator tank which is FOWLR but to keep predators, that's the way it almost has to be... FOWLR. With the right setup, neither is any more difficult to maintain then the other. And you are certainly building a great setup and positioning yourself for success with a reef. It would also be successful as a FOWLR. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

01-15-2008, 08:55 PM	#163 (permalink)
framerguy Manta Ray Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mount Airy, Ga Posts: 3,326 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Terry's 120g money pit [quote=tbittner;377883]On another note, I DID request pricing for an "L" shaped aquarium from a couple different companies. Each side will be 120x30x30 for a total volume of about 1,000g. I'm thinking of having slide guides installed in it so I can slide a piece of acrylic into the tank to separate the volume. Predators on one side, reef and "nice" fish on the other. [quote] 1000g?!! What? Did you rob a bank recently?! __________________ ___________________________________ Greg All time fav quote: "Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."-Guillaume Apollinaire "Being happy can be as easy as deciding to be!"-Greg Kimsey (framerguy) Still Workin' on it! 390gDT built in wall, Gargantuan DIY Beckett Skimmer, 150g sump, Sequence Hammerhead closed loop, 75 gallon seagrass/mineral mud refugium, 55 gallon crushed coral/live rock refugium, 30 gallon DSB/ cheatomorpha refugium, algae turf scrubber, DIY calcium reactor, DIY kalkwasser mixer, DIY light system w/4x 250MH & 4x54w T5, etc, etc, etc... chronicles-akwareum (\___/) This is Bunny. (=O.o=) Copy and paste him into your signature (")__(") to help him gain world domination

01-15-2008, 09:38 PM	#164 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Terry's 120g money pit Life is good! (especially when business has been so good) __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

01-15-2008, 10:25 PM	#165 (permalink)
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