redrooster
Landshark
On Saturday I heard from a friend that was at somebody's house who was about to flush their fish. He knew they were valuable and figured I may want them, so he give me a call. I rush over (about 40 minutes away) and collect up these fish. These people gave me, for free, the following fish that they were acutally going to murder. A baby true percula clown that was living in their sump. A coral beauty angel, a 4" dogface puffer, a 5" undulated trigger, a 3" huma huma trigger and a 7" miniatus grouper. I gave my father the coral beauty and clown fish. I took the puffer and undulated trigger to my best LFS and he sells a lot of stuff for me for 50%. Considering they were free thats a great deal.
Now here is where things get tricky. I put the other trigger and the grouper in my reef tank. Without going into detail its a 75G overstocked reef. I already had too many fish on top of having too many corals. Before putting them in I bagged up a few of my least favorite corals and took them to the LFS for sale to help the overcrowding. Now I have 10 fish in my tank that are about triple the bioload I should have if it was fish only. I also have about 20 corals, not frags but full on large pieces of coral. I also have snails, shrimp, crabs, starfish, and such. I had been working on converting my tank to an SPS tank, but about a month ago I found out my wife was pregnant, and I started thinking a tank with less maintenance might be better, so I was thinking of going to fish only or a bare bones reef. Now I've got to do something fast because if I don't things will start being eaten or killed I'm sure. So far in 48 hours the Huma Huma and the grouper haven't eaten or damaged anything, but it is inevitable and the clock is ticking. Also I am buying a house soon and will need to move the tank. I'm figuring fish will be much easier to move than a ton of coral. I takes me a lot of time to set the rock back up and aquascape if coral is involved.
I know its a matter of preferance, but what are your opinions. Do I get rid of a few fish and a few corals and see how it goes? Do I get rid of most/all the coral and do a fish and LR tank? Do I tear it down so I can catch the trigger/grouper and trade them in? Ugh. Another tank is best solution but not possible at this time. Is there anybody near me (Chicago) that is looking for any fish or corals? I can give you some great deals, but I don't really want to deal with shipping. The corals are mostly SPS/LPS.
Now here is where things get tricky. I put the other trigger and the grouper in my reef tank. Without going into detail its a 75G overstocked reef. I already had too many fish on top of having too many corals. Before putting them in I bagged up a few of my least favorite corals and took them to the LFS for sale to help the overcrowding. Now I have 10 fish in my tank that are about triple the bioload I should have if it was fish only. I also have about 20 corals, not frags but full on large pieces of coral. I also have snails, shrimp, crabs, starfish, and such. I had been working on converting my tank to an SPS tank, but about a month ago I found out my wife was pregnant, and I started thinking a tank with less maintenance might be better, so I was thinking of going to fish only or a bare bones reef. Now I've got to do something fast because if I don't things will start being eaten or killed I'm sure. So far in 48 hours the Huma Huma and the grouper haven't eaten or damaged anything, but it is inevitable and the clock is ticking. Also I am buying a house soon and will need to move the tank. I'm figuring fish will be much easier to move than a ton of coral. I takes me a lot of time to set the rock back up and aquascape if coral is involved.
I know its a matter of preferance, but what are your opinions. Do I get rid of a few fish and a few corals and see how it goes? Do I get rid of most/all the coral and do a fish and LR tank? Do I tear it down so I can catch the trigger/grouper and trade them in? Ugh. Another tank is best solution but not possible at this time. Is there anybody near me (Chicago) that is looking for any fish or corals? I can give you some great deals, but I don't really want to deal with shipping. The corals are mostly SPS/LPS.
