cadillacs 72 bow in the tattoo studio

[cadillactattoo]

Sump , we will see if he makes it in an hr or so

 

[flatteringchild]

I really like the rockwork... very nice. That's a nice tank even in the "beginning" stage! Really a colorful array of fish. Good job!

 

[akunochi]

Lisa says: "yeah that rock work is awesome...."

/End message LOL

 

[cadillactattoo]

thank you for the comment on the tank flattering , the aqua scaping is courtesy of seth and lisa , and by the way clown is doa , new musshies were dropped off by adam , and hopefully ill be a psas member today !

 

[cadillactattoo]

so a while back my crab decided to get a little close to the skimmer pump

 

[cadillactattoo]

he pulled through just fine , hasnt done it since , but im going to update a few pictures here been doing some moving around in the tank , and a few things are taking off so stay posted for pics

 

[cadillactattoo]

this was a few weeks ago

this is today , i have n clue what the peach / brown things are but i think i started with 2 heads , a few weeks ago , now i have 9

 

[cadillactattoo]

picked this up from wild side , no clue if it has a name or not but its pretty large

 

[akunochi]

Chalice is looking good...

 

[cadillactattoo]

tank a few weeks ago

 

[cadillactattoo]

ok so i got rid of a few tank mates , now im looking to replace the so so fishies with some others that are super cool
.....
so current fish in the tanks are :
pr of tomato clowns
fox face \
squril fish
sailfin tang
lawn mower blenny
sand sifter goby
cleaner shrimp
coral banded shrimp
6 line wrass

, so i have removed ..... the clarks clown , damsel , and bangi cardnal

the big question is what is out there that is super cool / reef safe and that will fit with the rest of the tank mates . any suggestions ???????

 

[user 2204]

I'd suggest no more fish. You seem to have a BIG bio load on the fish and at least a few of those fish will get big. Peach brown things look like Paly's. With the fish that you currently have as residence in your tank I would suggest a larger tank in the 125+ gallon range and if you wish to get more fish I would suggest going much larger that a 125 gallon. Just my opinions. Here's what I know of the fish that you have at the moment and from looking at the photos.

Foxface average size is 7"
Tomato Clowns 5" Each
Sailfin Tang 1' 8" (Minimum Tank Size should be 180 Gallon)
Squirrel Fish 8" (may not be that reef safe of a fish)
And it also looks like you have a juvenile Carribean Tang (Yellow Fish) which can get to be about 9"

 

[user 2204]

Super cool reef safe fish with what you already have? How about a Candy Basslet? They get to be around 2-1/2" full grown.

 

[cadillactattoo]

the yellow was purchased as a damsel and is currently in my sump awaiting some one to take him to a new home , free to good home , the Squirrel Fish is probally going to be cycled out , as with the tang when he grows .

 

[cadillactattoo]

the clarks is also in sump awaiting adoption also
looking for movement and color in the tank , again it is in the tattoo studio ,and serves to calm my clients distraction is key to long sittings

 

[akunochi]

Then i am with SPLBND you need to drop all the bigger fish and replace them with small flashy fish if that is your overall goal with the tank....but we have had this conversation

+1 for chalk bass

 

[akunochi]

SPLBND: The Peach Palys have a name I just forget it. They are a nice pink with gold flakes throughout.

 

[luisse25]

SPLBND: The Peach Palys have a name I just forget it. They are a nice pink with gold flakes throughout.

its pink and gold....its tricky to get the pink skirt out of it...needs a lot of light....they open so huge color washes out...when they shrink thats when u see the nice pink on the skirt and the nice gold...very fast grower

 

[Tecnomage]

For flashy and reef safe I like the firefish goby. Ours are always out flashing and twitching up a storm.

Edit:
I just saw you have a 6 line wrasse. Ours harassed the firefish and had to go, but it's all on the personality of the particular wrasse.

 

[cadillactattoo]

i was looking at the purple fire fish at br , for 99 bucks but am concerned about them gettin beat up or worse lunch for some one