Reef Aquarium 180G

[hollabacknow8557]

i have a 180g also, thats why im asking you so many questions lol... and no no other fish are bothering him...he's bigger than they are except for the sailfin tang they both the same size..and the sailfin tang is so nice to me and friendly none of them are mean.. I have a total of 10 fish....i have a sailfin tang, scopas tang (juvenile size), the yellow tang, 3 chromos, 1 large purcula clown, 1 medium percula clown, 1 juvenile purcula clown, and 1 yellow watchman golbie,,thats all the fish

[hollabacknow8557]

Also what do you feed your tangs? Im trying to get them fatter and make sure they are healthy. How long have you had your tangs and what do you feed them and how often

[xgalrix]

@hollabacknow8557 I give them a sheet of sushi algea per day and for about 12 fish i give 2 table spoon of mysis shrimp and 2 table spoon of brine shrimp each day

[hollabacknow8557]

i recently got a yellow tang, scopas tang, and a sailfin tang...i've had them for a week and a half. They were doing fine swimming all over the place. Now the yellow tang is acting different he backs up into a rock and stays there for remainder of the time. He still goes to the side of the glass and peck at the algae sheet i have on the glass. But than he goes right back to the little spot of his. Is that normal? Why did he switch up like that and start staying in that hole constantly.

[xgalrix]

@hollabacknow8557 what about you tank size? tang fish are very territorial did you see the others tangs picking at him? swim and try to hit him with their tails? maybe hes just afraid... mine took about 2 weeks before he swim normaly.

[hollabacknow8557]

are sun corals hard to keep? do you have to spot feed them, If so how often do you feed them and what do you feed it,

[xgalrix]

@hollabacknow8557 sun coral are very hard to keep and im not recommend them to someone, like me don't have any much time to feed them... they really need special attention and need to be feeded by hands at least 2-3 times per weeks. thats a pain when you have fishes in the tank, they all want the coral's foods...

[xgalrix]

I just bought 5 moolight module (aquabus lunar simulator) for my Neptune Apex controler. But since A year and half im only running with those 3 halide lamps with no light source on night. I never noticed something wrong with the coral and tank.

And you right i had a sun coral on the spare tank, but the trigger never touched it :)

[hollabacknow8557]

@xgalrix you brought 5 moonlight modules? for moon lights were did you get them and how did you place them without a hood?

[xgalrix]

@hollabacknow8557 i bought "egg crate" a while ago to put on my tank. google it if you have no idea of what im talking about lol I will fix the moonlight on this. they are from neptune system.

if you have any questions you can send me a private message and i will give you my email, and I will send you some pictures.

[hollabacknow8557]

can you check that video again for me? Because when you showed the second tank i swear i saw 1 piece of coral in that tank with that fish and i wanted to know what type of coral was that

[hollabacknow8557]

ok thats why i was asking...im using 3 250w double ended metal halide bulbs now, thats all i have and i was told i needed actinic blues or some moonlights or my cycle would go crazy without the moonlights or something other than the halides.

[xgalrix]

The trigger was alone in a 70 G whit no coral in there.

The 180G run since may 2010 but all the live rock, fish and coral are from my old system who was running since september 2008.

My lightning is 3 mogul 250 watt 20 000K. Hard and soft coral grown very fast so i guess im doing it well :)

[hollabacknow8557]

also what type of coral was that you had in the tank with that trigger fish?

[hollabacknow8557]

how long have you had this tank set up? and what type of lighting are you using and does it give good coral growth? i love your set up

[xgalrix]

Dimensions is 72X24X24

[hollabacknow8557]

very nice tank...can you tell me the dimensions please?