New 100gal build

[Million8]

Just set up my new 100 gal tank. Cycle completed and now adding livestock. What you think?

 

[lovefishys]

That looks great!! Love the trigger

 

[spoonman]

Tank looks great! My only question is about the clowns. Is that a reflection or do you have 3? I think that could be a problem. Two will more likely pair off and kill the third. Dont have first hand experience with that but have seen several posts of that happening.

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

Lol i thought there wasa reflection at first, but if you look close you can see each fish's reflection on the back glass... He has 3 :/ everything spoonman said is right, there will be a third wheel in this relationship and he will be killed eventually

 

[Million8]

4 clownfish
6 chromis
1 Picasso trigger
1 Auriga butterfly
2 turbo snails

The clowns seem fine together. They all swim and play together. The larger 2 are a mated pair. The smaller 2 were just introduced about a month ago.

 

[spoonman]

The clowns will fight. Are you planning corals? Some of those fish are not reef safe.

 

[Million8]

FOWLR only. I've had no probs so far. Fingers crossed. Hmmmm...

 

[carey]

I have to agree about the 2 pairs of clowns. I had the same setup in my 6 foot 125g tank and after a few months of bliss the one set decided out of the blue that they had to kill the other pair. This all happened in a days time and luckily I had a place to put the other clowns. I have zero doubt in my mind that the one pair would have been killed.

It may work for awhile but it usually ends in mad aggression. Just a heads up!

And I would watch that butterfly, they are notoriously difficult to get eating. I lost one after about a month of it eating fine and doing well out of nowhere. :-(

 

[lovefishys]

I have to agree about the 2 pairs of clowns. I had the same setup in my 6 foot 125g tank and after a few months of bliss the one set decided out of the blue that they had to kill the other pair. This all happened in a days time and luckily I had a place to put the other clowns. I have zero doubt in my mind that the one pair would have been killed.

It may work for awhile but it usually ends in mad aggression. Just a heads up!

And I would watch that butterfly, they are notoriously difficult to get eating. I lost one after about a month of it eating fine and doing well out of nowhere. :-(

sorry for your loss! We lost ours (yellow long nose) unexpectedly. We didn't have him long. I have read in a few places that you are lucky if a butterfly lives longer than a few months. Not sure if that's true. But we wont get one again

 

[Million8]

Moved my 2 smaller clowns into my other tank....looking a bit bare now.

 

[DFost]

Just means you have to get 2 new fish thats all

 

[Million8]

Any suggestions?