90 Gallon Wave Front Build (A LOT OF PICTURES)

Dark Desjardini Sailfin on the way!

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Well do I have an update for you guys! I will save the best for last though.

I wanted to see if anyone knew what kind of organism this is coming off my rocks at night. They come out of the rocks and out of the sand, they are a clear stringy material. Not to sure what to call them or to be worried about them, any ideas?





Next is a picture of one of my favorite coral in the tank, it is an orange Zoa frag I got from a local reefer. I was finally able to get some epoxy to stick it to a rock, since my snails kept kicking it off otherwise.





In anticipation of getting this new Sailfin Tang I wanted to redo some rock work, and I wanted to do it anyway. So I captured the Yellow Tang and threw him in the sump this way he wont know the new rock work.

So here is what I came up with, I don't like the top rock much but that was all that I had at the time. I am going to keep my eye out for some base rock and try to get two small flat pieces to make some shelves come off each side of the top rock.





FINALLY, the big news I got a Dark Desjardini Tang, and he sure is a looker! We call him Dino (took the "dini" off the end of Desjardini, and made it manly).

Here is a shot from before I got him, with a much better camera then mine.



Dripping him.



In the tank.

 

Gorgeous sailfin! Ive never seen one that dark before. Is that just from him stressing or his his coloration just darker? Either way its a beautiful fish.

 

Nice! I love Desjardini Tangs, but watch out, that dude will get huge!

 

That is what I thought at first, but these are its normal colors.

I know a few other guys that have 300-400 gallons tanks that want him when I decide to sell.

 

I forgot to mention, when I put the tangs back in together they were doing fine and kinda sorting the tank out. However after about 10 min of swimming around the Yellow Tang started to chase the Desjardini away from "its" area. I thought this would happen so I let them try to sort out their territories. However every time the Desjardini tried to swim down into the tank the Yellow would charge him and try to slap him with his tang. He was never successful, but had been doing this for a good 2 hours before I went to bed. It also never seemed to really bother the Desjardini, he would keep eating off the veggie clip and would swim into the power head for a ride.

So I shut down the lights on the tank to see if some darkness would calm them down, and let them bee for the night.

I came down this morning to the tank still patrolling the lower lever and when ever the Desjardini would get lower he would charge, and put him back to the top.

So in the end this morning I took out the Yellow Tang and back to the sump he went. I am hoping that the Desjardini can get some rest and claim some territory of his own while the Yellow is in "time-out".

I plan to re add the Yellow maybe tonight or tomorrow. You know another strange thing is the Yellow is about 2" smaller then the Desjardini.

Any of you guys have some tips to make them get along? Otherwise the Yellow is going to have to go.

 

Being that they are so similar in shape you might have to get rid of it.
I have heard putting a small mirror on the tank will distract them to bullying themselves.

 

i love sailfins.. my yellow and sailfin get along just fine now and actually swim together, you can check my vid i just posted in my build thread and see them swimming together.. the yellows are pretty mean, but should be fine, i just added a powder brown and schooling bannerfish and all my fish are showing no aggression

 

I am going to try to keep them separated for a little while, and then re add the Yellow. Maybe he will mellow out by then.

 

OMG, and OMG, Scott... the sailfin made me sigh... it's a beauty..