Help me stock up.

Discussion in 'Tropical Fish' started by DevinH, Mar 7, 2013.

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  1. Toallhisdoom

    Toallhisdoom Dragon Wrasse

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    Yea a kole tang is a bristletooth tang! I had a copperband once... :( RIP

    very hard to keep copperbands
     
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  2. reefer Bob

    reefer Bob Montipora Digitata

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    It's to bad when I got into salt tanks, I didn't know any fish forums existed. This forum has saved me sooo much $ and stress. But when I started out we had a ribbon eel & he was blind as a bat. We had to put shrimp in a ziploc & let him swim into the bag to eat. So my wife thought he would look good in our reef tank. It was only a few minutes until he started to swallow the mandarin. I don't think it even tried to get away. But luckily we noticed right away & saved the mandarin. And the eel went back in the other tank.
     
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  3. Marshall O

    Marshall O Giant Squid

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    Sorry, I should have specified that the issue was they were from the same family. And Live Aquaria does state 125 for a Copperband, so I don't think it is cut and dry 75 min.
     
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  4. skyvern2130

    skyvern2130 Stylophora

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    thank you for saying the 1 fish per 10g rule i almost killed the person at petco when they were telling a person ooo you can do 1 inch per gallon, i had to chime in and told the person to plz do research before jumping in

    sry for the tantrum. i love firefish, i just put 2 purple ones in my 29g tank so funny they are
     
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  5. Stevefromtpsfld

    Stevefromtpsfld Bristle Worm

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    1 fish/10g is just stupid. I can have 3 tangs in my 29g? It's barely even a parameter. How many fish you have depends on the size of the fish your filtration so much more. Some fish need space to swim, some need caves, so much more to it. I do agree with adding them slowly. That's sound advice. That other rule though is just wrong. I wish I could put more than 3 barnacle blennies (1 inch each) in my 30 gallon. But I can only have three fish.

    See my point?

    Love the firefish, and I have a paired set of semi Picasso clowns that are beautiful and fun to watch, but didn't break the back like snowflakes.
     
    Stevefromtpsfld, Mar 11, 2013
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  6. Vinnyboombatz

    Vinnyboombatz Giant Squid

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    Vinnyboombatz, Mar 12, 2013
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  7. DevinH

    DevinH Montipora Capricornis

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    Oh I see, thanks for your help. I could have swore it was for 75 gallons. Whoops. What about the one spot fox face? Think he will have any problems?
     
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    DevinH, Mar 12, 2013
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