Show off your tangs

[kar93]

woops double post

[kar93]

when will you be starting a new build thread then rt6? or are you just leavin it now.

[Reeftanks6]

iam just going to let it go for awhile then make my decision on what i am going to do but i will keep you updated on what goes on. I am going to the fish store today and i might grab a easy fish and some inverts.

[kar93]

you mean corals or shrimp, snails etc.

[Reeftanks6]

Yea i am going to get a fish, and some what of a small clean-up crew.

[Reeftanks6]

My fish store said they have a three nice Chocolate mimic's for 70-80 bucks but i thought that was a lot but i will look at them when i get there.

[kar93]

Maybe you could try some sort of goby or a dottyback.

[Reeftanks6]

yea i am not sure what i am going to get. But my LFS said that they have a lot of fish in there right know because they got an order during the week. But i will see when i get there. The fish that i get wont be anything hard it will be an easy to moderate fish.

[kar93]

The mimics are really nice if you have the money for it then i would go for it but its down to personal opinion and if youre willing to pay that amount.

[kar93]

US and UK must be o opposite fish status if you get what i mean. My LFS has hardly anything in know. especially coral they're running out.

[ClownReef®]

My 2 regals on the shallow reef..

[Reeftanks6]

yea iam not sure. I think that a lot of the places where people get the fish from dont ship to uk area and even if they do it will probably take a lot longer. But i am not sure. I am definitely going to look into the mimic even know i think that is a little much but i love those fish and i will be sure to check it out.

[kar93]

very nice Clownreef, have you got a front shot of the tank?

[Reeftanks6]

very very nice clownreef. Great looking hippos what size tank?

[kar93]

Yeah i think its due to weather mainly. An LFS i know orders them straight from Fiji he gets a huge box of fish every 2 weeks but unfortunately hes shutting down.

[Reeftanks6]

yea sorry to hear that. Do you have a lot of LFS around you or do you have to go out of your way to get your stuff?

[kar93]

Originally posted by Reeftanks6
yea sorry to hear that. Do you have a lot of LFS around you or do you have to go out of your way to get your stuff?

Theres 2 that i know of around me that do marines.. The rest are freshwater. The one that i buy livestock from is about 40-60mins away. I dont mind going that far because its a great place. Everything is healthy and well kept Next time i go ill try and sneak my camera in . The other 2 places are healthy and well kept too but on one the prices are too expensive i saw a 6" Naso for £90 thats $180 which i think is rediculous the other place is good but i dont buy from there because the tank sizes are small so the fish are probably stressed.

[Reeftanks6]

Yea some of my LFS are the same way they have some very small fish and put like two tangs in there. So right away i am like forget them there probably so stressed out. But i love both of my LFS because they usally always have nice looking fish and corals. The one place is not as good as the other but sometimes there about equal. the only reason the other one is a little less to my liking is that they dont clean there tanks to often and all there rock and sand is covered in algae sometimes and even in the corals tanks it happens which makes me not want to buy anything there but other times i go there i have to buy something because everything looks good. The one i go to the most is always up to par with there tanks and they take care of everything. There corals tanks are great as well. I rarely ever see any stressed fish in there. The only time i have ever seen that is when they put some big fish in smaller tanks and they did not like it.

[kar93]

As for cleanliness they are all great. The place i get livestock from, whenever i go he is always cleaning the tanks. But the only problem with them is the anemones the only healthy ones i see are the carpets. I asked him about them one day an he said they are the only ones that come in healthy when shipped. Everysingle coral is healthy as for every single fish. Ive seen some clowns with popeye sometimes but the guy who works on the marine section cares for the fish like they're his own.

[kar93]

Oh forgot to mention. i asked about what he feeds the tangs and he said he feeds frozen mysis and hell just throw some caulerpa in daily. and they are increibly healthy tangs so maybe this would work for other reefers.

[MAXreefer]

Originally posted by Reeftanks6
yea iam not sure. I think that a lot of the places where people get the fish from dont ship to uk area and even if they do it will probably take a lot longer. But i am not sure. I am definitely going to look into the mimic even know i think that is a little much but i love those fish and i will be sure to check it out.

I love my mimic/chocolate. Great fish and gets along very will with the others.

Michael
MAXreefer

[kar93]

Beautiful shot MAXreefer. I take it thats an adult?
rt6 when you get back from the LFS make sure to post pics

[MAXreefer]

Originally posted by kar93
Beautiful shot MAXreefer. I take it thats an adult?
rt6 when you get back from the LFS make sure to post pics

Thanks...
I only have him for 3 months now but it saw quite some changes and I think he is not done yet

Michael
MAXreefer

[kar93]

Heres a picture from MC;

[Reeftanks6]

Kar i will post pic for you a little later. man do i love this tang already. he has great color and is picking at the rocks like crazy. I picked up 10 snails, sand sifiting star and the number one buy the Chocolate Mimic tang.