new residents

[podman1973]

after 5 weeks of cycling finally started to put live fish in 8) sorry the pic is bad i used my phone lol

 

[Fluff]

A domino damsel, how cute! They are one of my favorite. Good luck with him.

 

[podman1973]

thank you 8) we have 2 of them and a lawnmower blenny just glade to finally have live fish in there after so long and so much money. after the tank has been running for 3 or 4 months well starte putting some coral in and see

 

[melosu58]

I love dominos also. Congrats on the new pick ups. Also good idea on holding for the corals for a few months. Give your tank time to stabilize.

 

[redchick2]

My first fish was a domino, he is now affectionaltly called Norman Bates, the psycho. I love him, he keeps the tank very interesting... Congrats on getting things going.

 

[podman1973]

thanks guys yea the 2 we have now are a bit psycho they keep the lawnmower blenny i have on his toes i hope they mesh well with the other critters we have planned??? dont want a war zone

 

[Menagerie]

Great pic for a phone pic! Good luck with the tank

 

[redchick2]

The dominos do tend to be rather territorial and like to think of the whole tank as their territory.

 

[podman1973]

lol i can see it they look like they have little mo-hawks, heres a pic of lenny (the lawnmower blenny)

 

[austinsdad]

How many more fish you gonna add, and what kind? Those dominos coould be trouble with new comers. I've heard of some nasty ones.

 

[podman1973]

the total number of fish we were planning was 2=dominos, 1= lawnmower blenny, 1=flame angel, 1=yellow tang, 2=clown fish and later a few pieces of coral and maybe a small clean up crew. If need be (but hopefully not) the doms can be relocated to a new home. Does this makeup sound do-able???

 

[redchick2]

They may end up being trouble for each other, but every fish acts different in different environments. Mine is a psycho, but does a lot more tail swishing and shaking at the others. He rarely nips them. 'Course they are bigger or faster than him.

 

[austinsdad]

Angels and coral generally don't mix.The tang and clown should be able to hold their own, but I'd still be wary of the dominos stressing a newcomer.

You know, there are plenty that think yellow tangs shouldn't go in a 72g FWIW.

 

[podman1973]

you think 75g is too small for tangs??? rember its not a reef tank (with mostly rock) it seems like it would have good room to move??

 

[podman1973]

cowfish

im not shure exactly how i ended up with him but hers the newest

 

[Patroklos]

I am assuming you mean the LFS talked you into it, and not that you woke up one day with a new fish!

Is that a box fish or a puffer? It is a puffer watch out, it will eat your damsels when it is all grown up!

 

[podman1973]

actually my girlfriend fell in love with him and bam... we got him! actually hes a helmet cowfish

 

[austinsdad]

I had a yellow tang in a 72 reef. I wouldn't suggest any more tangs though.

 

[fijiwigi]

Awesome I had a domino for about 1 week he disspeared I never found him I think he may have jumped into my cats mouth.

 

[podman1973]

its weird how the "bow front" tanks are a few gallons smaller than normal size ones i would of thought they would be a bit bigger lol