New tank - Need some advice

[coffeetwitch]

these are from liveaquaria

Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Kole Yellow Eye Tang
Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Bristletooth Tomini Tang
Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Mimic Half Black Tang, Acanthurus chronixis
Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Spotted Bristletooth Tang, Ctenochaetus truncatus

 

[slitherbomb]

I don't really like liveaquarias min tank sizes. According to them, the mimic half black tang gets 10" and needs at least a 70g tank, yet the yellow gets 8" but needs 100g.....

 

[Kio707]

I don't really like liveaquarias min tank sizes. According to them, the mimic half black tang gets 10" and needs at least a 70g tank, yet the yellow gets 8" but needs 100g.....

Yeah, a lil contradicting huh....

 

[Kio707]

I don't really like liveaquarias min tank sizes. According to them, the mimic half black tang gets 10" and needs at least a 70g tank, yet the yellow gets 8" but needs 100g.....

But u go to aquacon and a blue tang needs 70g.... Idk..

 

[slitherbomb]

Idk, IMO, they can do well in a 4ft 75g tank. I have a yellow tang and a kole tang and honestly my yellow is slow and majestic while my kole is very hyper. It doesn't matter anyways since I'm upgrading in less than a year though lol

 

[Kio707]

I'd love to get the mimic black tang...

 

[matthewh133]

So jealous of fish prices in the US..

Any sort of tang here in Australia costs $100 +.

The Kole tang I saw up there from LA is $30, at my LFS they are $100. Yellow Tangs/Blues Tangs are the same. It's even more expensive for Powder Blues etc. I was also wanting to get a Yellow Watchman Goby.. looked at my LFS and they had one.. $110.

 

[huma-huma]

That's crazy!! And I thought prices around me were bad.... I paid 45 for my black volitan lionfish and 60 for my powder brown tang....both from my lfs

 

[matthewh133]

Volitans are like $120+ here from what I've seen. Power Blues the same.

 

[slitherbomb]

That's crazy!! And I thought prices around me were bad.... I paid 45 for my black volitan lionfish and 60 for my powder brown tang....both from my lfs

If they were healthy then those are pretty good prices. My lfs wanted $40 for a little fire shrimp....lol yeah right.

 

[huma-huma]

Yep the every fish I've bought up until now has been healthy as a horse

 

[matthewh133]

Cleaner shrimps in Australia are $100 each LOL! Peppermints are $30 each.

 

[hiltymj]

If they were healthy then those are pretty good prices. My lfs wanted $40 for a little fire shrimp....lol yeah right.

Ha they wanted 90 at mine. Little on the large side though

 

[Kio707]

Any opinions on the black mimic Tang?

 

[carey]

I like the semi black tangs for some reason. Very cool looking. Looks too much like my tomini so I could never add it, but for the tang in your tank that would be a good one.

 

[Kio707]

Sweet. It'll be my new tang as soon as my skimmer is good and LA gets them in... Hopefully this one will make it... That skimmer is really picking up a lot of stuff.. But I see the clowns are finally exploring the whole tank instead of staying in one spot... Hopefully I've solved my issues with losing fish. Time will tell.

 

[carey]

I wish you luck, you've had rough patch lately. It can only get better right?

 

[coffeetwitch]

Yes best of luck with everything. I think the mimic tang is pretty sweet too

 

[Kio707]

Thanks.... I'm just going to let the tank stick it out for a bit before I add anything.

 

[Kio707]

My heart just broke as I came home... My true clown and platinum where both dead... I looked like something attacked them... They where fine when I left this morning... I am so confused... All my inverts are fine... Why are my fish dying?!?