Tang Tank Start Up

[jon carman]

That looks great

[bnoel210]

I agree. It looks really good. My opinion i myself would add just a little more rock to your two piles and call it a day.

[charden]

I need some fish and shells Jon lol

[charden]

Well went to see Jon tonight and loaded the tang tank. Always a pleasure Jon! I will post some pics once they get settled.

[bnoel210]

What you get?

[charden]

Um Jon may have to help but I got:

1 WC Gold Comp
1 Black Calvus
1 Red Comp
1 Yellow Comp
5 Brevis
5 Cyps
2 Synidontis Multi

[bnoel210]

That should be a great mix. Cant wait to see pics. Are they all adults or juvies?

[bnoel210]

By the way just wanted to say im glad you kept this tank. I think you would have been upset in the long run and this new setup is going to be amazing im sure of it.

[charden]

Oh I am already liing it more than the 125 believe it or not. They are kind of in between Juvie and Adult.

[fishguy]

IMO, you could use more structure and something to bring your eye more to the middle and upper parts of of the tank. The upper half of your tank is bare, so right now your eyes get drawn by the rocks down and to the corners - but better would be to draw them to the middle. Putting the rocks in the corners will also encourage your fish to hang out there, instead of the sweet spot in the middle of the tank. Also, I'd move the intake on the left if you could, it's right at the spot (about 1/3 of the way in) where you'd like to put what you want people to notice most, not what you want them to notice least. So I took those thoughts and here's what I came up with real quick to give an idea of what I mean.



Look at each one, and let your eyes wander around naturally but notice where they want to go. IMO, the top one will keep your attention more toward the middle, the bottom one will "pull" your eyes down and away to the corners.

[glenoweth]

OK what program did you use for that !! PS? that is really cool.... and what the crap are the bigger fish swimming around with the cyprichromis!

[fishguy]

This was 15 mins w Photoshop. The rocks are the same ones over and over. Just rotted and scaled differently.
I have no idea what any of those fish are. I just grabbed 'em off another photo on the web.

[charden]

Ok so I added another 25lbs of lace rock and scattered the shells. Here are a couple pics. When the fish get a little more comfortable I will snap a few of them.

[bnoel210]

Looking really nice

[charden]

Here a few pics of the fish. They are still kinda skittish.