GKarshens

We went to Seattle a couple weeks ago. Thought I would share a few pics. The aquarium was at the Seattle Aquarium. It focuses mainly on sea life there in the sound, but had this beautiful tank set up. One of the best coral displays I have seen at a public aquarium. The rest are a few of the market. I may add some other pics later.

+1 on a Wrasse. There are literally hundreds of varieties and any of the Fairy Wrasses would be great in a 40. I also agree that a 40 is way too small for a Yellow Tang. Those fish need at least 100 gallons.

This is an Ehiem Canister Filter with media in it. Bruce at Aquatek told me this unit retails for $400 without media. Asking $200.

Thanks guys! Gonna keep the pump for now. I need something to feed my massive Euroreef! I think the plants would look great in a reef tank. Don't you?

Today I was at work when someone asked me if I had seen the aquarium outside by the dumpster. I went out to check it out. It is a 140 gallon glass euro-braced tank. The company next to us does high end audio/video and also manages remodels. The tank had been an in-wall setup that the customer didn't want anymore. So they were just throwing it away. Inside it was also a huge canister filter with an Eheim 1262 hooked up to it and a bunch of really nice plumbing parts! Total score! So instead of doing the 240 home built tank I think I am just going to use this one. It's not as big as I wanted but it is the perfect dimensions and style for what I wanted. It will still be a while before I get it set up but I am so happy to have it.

I am pretty sure it won't. I had read somewhere that red light was invisible to fish. I put a red gel over a flashlight to look at my tank, and it seemed to work just fine. Most of the inhabitants didn't react at all, and if they did it wasn't anywhere near the way they would with a normal flashlight.

Use the light sensors. Set them up with the lights off and then turn the lights on. They should come on at the same time.

I think you will get better results with them on the same end.

I would call John at Kingfish. He has a lot of experience with tuning waveboxes on big tanks and even 2 of them.

I use the light sensor. It comes on with the lights and goes off with them too. Like Mike said don't mess with the frequency once you find a sweet spot.

Now that is a proper tank for a gorgeous Naso like yours! I think the amount of rock and coral you have is perfect! As those corals grow they will fill in some of the negative space. You have a very nice tank!

To answer your last question I say a very loud YES! These are animals too. Just because they are not furry and petable (although I have had fish that let me pet them) I don't think they should be viewed as disposable. I think that is one of the major problems with this hobby. Too many people don't research to see how long these fish can and should live. They think 3-5 years is a good long life. The fish has just barely reached adulthood then. Or they view it as moving art, like those in that thread about the really expensive tanks. They don't even want to feed them. I know the argument is made that the fish could just as easily get eaten or die of other causes in the wild, but I think that is a moot point. Once we take them out of the ocean they are our responsibility. We should be doing everything we can to give them the best possible chance to live as long as possible. While some Tang maybe okay in a small tank for an extended period of time, doesn't mean they all will. Unfortunately the fish can't tell you he is stressed. He only shows it when he is sick and sometimes it is too late at that point. I say always error on the side of caution.

Not a mantis. Their claws do fold under like a praying mantis, hence the name. The crab is not a hermit. He probably chose another Acro to live in.

It went really well. Bruce was super cool and let me borrow a couple hermits, chocolate chip starfish, a banded serpent star, a pencil urchin, a mexican turbo, and a sponge crab. The kids loved it! Some of them were a little freaked out, but most of them got up the courage to touch the chocolate chip starfish. Big ups to Timfish for the tank and the mounted molts. Those went over big too. If anyone else wants to do one for their kids class let me know. Thanks Bruce!!!

OK so Timfish made an awesome carrying tank to display the critters and even mounted some molts in acrylic too! I talked to Bruce at Aquatek and he is willing to cooperate with us too. So I am going to do a presentation today at my daughters' school. I'll post how it goes!

Sorry Tim, but you are all alone on thinking that a Tang in a 30g is ok. Yes they are kept in fish stores in tanks that size, but stay there a couple weeks a most where they either go somewhere else or die in the store. I wonder how many more would live if they were kept in bigger tanks. The logic of a Tang being small so it is ok until it grows is flawed. Tangs swim a LOT in the ocean. Whether big or small. Put one with no room to roam and it gets stressed. My brother in law had a Yellow Tang in a 55 that was less than 2 inches. The poor thing paced all the time until it died a couple months later. Tiger's need large areas to live in too. Do you think a 200 lb Tiger needs less than an 800 lb one? How about a dog? Would you keep a puppy in a closet until it got bigger? I feel it is a bad idea to encourage new ones in the hobby to push the limits. They are usually so excited and under informed that they will make bad choices anyway. We all did when we started. It is our responsibility as experienced hobbyists to encourage patience, restraint, and proper methodology. That is not to say that we don't learn new methods or ways of keeping these animals. But something like big fish in a small tank will never change.