How Would You Stock A 120 Gallon

ya it is sort of wierd haha 60x18x25.5. They have a couple desjardinis at my LFS that i have been eyeing that are around 2-3 inches and they have a dogface i want thats a pretty good size (around 4in) but im too far off of that right now which makes it even harder looking at it everytime i go in there. So do you think this list is ok? or should i take something out or replace something?
-Niger Trigger
-Humu Trigger
-Dogface Puffer
-Snowflake Eel
-Sailfin Tang
-Vol. Lion

 

Sounds like an awesome list. Compatibility wise should go well together, Not sure about eels though. Never really looked into them. Really it will come down to the order you add them to the tank.

 

ya it will be quite the competition for food and will be alot of different colors for sure. I know what you mean about eels though. i know a guy who said that in his 250 gallon predator with groupers and puffers and triggers and eels...one of his snowflake eels thought he could eat one of the triggers...long story short he had to pull the trigger out of the eels mouth an both somehow survived.

 

Wow, thats crazy. Sailfins get hugeeee like 16 inches or so. I almost would like to see that eel try.. lol

 

oh yea i know haha ive seen a huge sailfin on youtube almost as big as someones head but the good thing about some fish is you can enjoy them for a couple years untill they get to an unmanageable size. For me the eels are great because the different movement for the tank and i want to make a cool tunnel for him. For the aquascape what do you suggest as far as alot of caves or more of structures they can hide behind although i have already set up 2 caves i just want to see if it made that much difference.

 

I went the cave route with all my tangs rather then a higher structure, gave them places to hide when stressed and alot of swimming room in the front of the tank, small passage in the back and alot of open water on top.. Im not to familiar with what triggers like

 

alright...i have heard that triggers like caves to latch on to so i will do that although i will leave the middle open. i am not planing to stack them high though just 1 story because i dont want those clumsy triggers knockin anything over. I will probably need bioballs tho because i wont have enough rock for all the bacteria needed.

 

Eh I have about 190 ish lbs in my 120g, The thing that makes the tank go for me is my supersized skimmer 220g version ... works pretty well for a hob, granted it can be converted into a sump skimmer.


lol

 

nice tank. The only thing is i cant really do what you did because the triggers and other fish will need bigger caves and i in no way plan to stick my hands in that tank if you get what i mean haha. im not sure how im gonna work this out.

 

Haha Oh yeah the eel and lion lol. I forgot bout that for a moment, See what almost 3am does to a person! lol. Im planning in the next few months to redo my scape a bit and make some bigger holes for the fish since they have grown a bit. Pig passage ways arent hard to do with alot of rock, it just means going higher in the tank thats all.