OldManOfTheSea
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Many already know of my long wait in order to start one of my SPS reef tanks. Also, I been waiting in planning too when I might replace the pair of dragon eels which I sold too an aquarium zoo. The price for replacing the sold pair is $1,200.
Now I a good few times when responding too the topics on either the yellowhead or blackedge morays, I often said that these two can be manageable in a very large tank, with feeding every other day with huge water changes, for the two equals when adults in their aggressive abilities.
Now after responding to a ribbon eel topic else where, im now considering in maintaining a pair of ribbons, other then get myself a new pair of dragon eels, and I already have a price quote for the pair of $1,200.
Now one of the biggest issues in keeping ribbon eels is that they are difficult to be maintained on a non live food diet and live feeders in this case is not an option.
Now my idea is simple, I would first need to redo the setup inside the tank by first removing a good amount of LR and in adding a DSB. This would be one of the only times that I would have a DSB for any eel. Also, I would make this tank up with a number of soft corals by adding VHO lighting.
In all the years from the time I moved to NC from NY, and had this system setup, I had the tanks nitrate levels at untraceable levels at all time since after the cycle. Also, I would have to do is keep and maintain a small fish stock for the ribbon eels. Understand something in this, for you all know that eels in the wild are extremely healthy for they not feed all as often and must hunt for themselves. And in a home aquarium, this option is lost to all these eels and are also being feed more often then they would feed in the wild.
This idea will be put into plan, for after the holidays are over, sometime following after X-Mas, I will begin talk of this project with the new person I found to help me do my tanks right. Without the lighting cost I will need to do over, all the other work to be done on the 40 gal breeder and 180 is more then $1,800.
So the whole idea to this will be is that the ribbon eels will hunt for themselves, they will be feed no feeders for which was something I never done, but yes, only at the beginning, in my starting years did I do this, feed feeders. We all done some of the same things in starting our marine hobby and if some one not admit to it, their a person who you shouldn`t be listening too.
SO yes, I will begin plans on doing this and later get a total cost to what it might cost to kick it off. I will as well be needing a small tank for the live marine foods the ribbons will hunt for. I not know if I will be able to do all this in the 40 gal QT with housing corals and fish for the 180.
I feel that I have a huge step a head in doing this hobby and understanding in what it be, what Im looking to do. I will post a update plan on the SPS tanks, when I know it will be done for sure, for I had too many let downs from others, but feel for sure that the person im now in touch for this, will do just fine by me.
Buddy ><{{{{">
Now I a good few times when responding too the topics on either the yellowhead or blackedge morays, I often said that these two can be manageable in a very large tank, with feeding every other day with huge water changes, for the two equals when adults in their aggressive abilities.
Now after responding to a ribbon eel topic else where, im now considering in maintaining a pair of ribbons, other then get myself a new pair of dragon eels, and I already have a price quote for the pair of $1,200.
Now one of the biggest issues in keeping ribbon eels is that they are difficult to be maintained on a non live food diet and live feeders in this case is not an option.
Now my idea is simple, I would first need to redo the setup inside the tank by first removing a good amount of LR and in adding a DSB. This would be one of the only times that I would have a DSB for any eel. Also, I would make this tank up with a number of soft corals by adding VHO lighting.
In all the years from the time I moved to NC from NY, and had this system setup, I had the tanks nitrate levels at untraceable levels at all time since after the cycle. Also, I would have to do is keep and maintain a small fish stock for the ribbon eels. Understand something in this, for you all know that eels in the wild are extremely healthy for they not feed all as often and must hunt for themselves. And in a home aquarium, this option is lost to all these eels and are also being feed more often then they would feed in the wild.
This idea will be put into plan, for after the holidays are over, sometime following after X-Mas, I will begin talk of this project with the new person I found to help me do my tanks right. Without the lighting cost I will need to do over, all the other work to be done on the 40 gal breeder and 180 is more then $1,800.
So the whole idea to this will be is that the ribbon eels will hunt for themselves, they will be feed no feeders for which was something I never done, but yes, only at the beginning, in my starting years did I do this, feed feeders. We all done some of the same things in starting our marine hobby and if some one not admit to it, their a person who you shouldn`t be listening too.
SO yes, I will begin plans on doing this and later get a total cost to what it might cost to kick it off. I will as well be needing a small tank for the live marine foods the ribbons will hunt for. I not know if I will be able to do all this in the 40 gal QT with housing corals and fish for the 180.
I feel that I have a huge step a head in doing this hobby and understanding in what it be, what Im looking to do. I will post a update plan on the SPS tanks, when I know it will be done for sure, for I had too many let downs from others, but feel for sure that the person im now in touch for this, will do just fine by me.
Buddy ><{{{{">
