southpaw23's reef

[southpaw23]

Couple more random shots of the tank...

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Last shot for the night

[NavIgatoR]

Bravo...awesome setup u hav bro haha

[fishtalk1517]

Gee... tats some nice shapes of the rocks and great scaping . the elevation of the base would provide water current passing thru the rocks, good work. Intending to add more rocks ?

[southpaw23]

Don't have any plans to add anymore rocks for now. My wife doesn't quite like the cluttered look so i'm keeping the scaping as is. Kinda like the open space on the sandbed

Speaking of circulation, yes the elevation of the rocks help...but i think i need more circulation cos as of now, it's only handled by my 12m3 plus Wavysea. So current is pretty gentle for now. I'm concerned about deadspots along the swim thru caves etc.

[fishtalk1517]

well, time will tell where the dead spots are... then maybe to add a smaller wavemaker to help further strengthen the circulation to prevent dead spots:)

[MAG]

Don't have any plans to add anymore rocks for now. My wife doesn't quite like the cluttered look so i'm keeping the scaping as is. Kinda like the open space on the sandbed

Speaking of circulation, yes the elevation of the rocks help...but i think i need more circulation cos as of now, it's only handled by my 12m3 plus Wavysea. So current is pretty gentle for now. I'm concerned about deadspots along the swim thru caves etc.

hi bro im goi to copy your style---chromis and yellow tang..but need to cycle longer 1st.

how long you cycle your tank b4 adding all the fishes?

how big are your yt and how muc???

[southpaw23]

Next on my list is a school of blue eyed anthias...and maybe 3-4 blue tangs

The tank has been cycling for a little over 3 weeks before i added the tangs. However, the rocks were pretty cured from the LFS i got em at, plus i used Live Sand so that helped the process out i believe.

The YT are abt medium sized and i got em from Iwarna. As for the price, check with Lilian...or pm me

[southpaw23]

Got another question for you folks..

What are my chances of keeping a clown tang and sohal tang in the same tank? I've read that clown tangs are equally as aggresive as sohals and yet i've seen some folks with both in the same tank?

My plan is to possibly put a smaller specimen clown tang in first then when i've got all the tangs i want...get the sohal into the tank last.

And will the both of em get along with blue tangs? I didn't have much problems with the sohal and a blue in my last tang so i'm assuming it should be alright.

Your experiences and input would be greatly appreciated.

cheers!

[MAG]

Got another question for you folks..

What are my chances of keeping a clown tang and sohal tang in the same tank? I've read that clown tangs are equally as aggresive as sohals and yet i've seen some folks with both in the same tank?

My plan is to possibly put a smaller specimen clown tang in first then when i've got all the tangs i want...get the sohal into the tank last.

And will the both of em get along with blue tangs? I didn't have much problems with the sohal and a blue in my last tang so i'm assuming it should be alright.

Your experiences and input would be greatly appreciated.

cheers!

hi southpaw. well i used to plan in advance which fish to go in 1st but each time when at lfs lost all my discipline. simply buy and just put into tank. was told thew bigger the tank better survival rate-more room to hide i guess heehee...

but of course what i did was wrong..just stating facts. believe lots of ppl in this hobby hv this itchy hand syrdrome heehee...

[southpaw23]

Yeah...i guess we all tend to suffer for itch hands...but i try to stick to my plan as much as possible. It's especially crucial when dealing with the intended tangs i have in mind.

Getting the wrong ones too soon would be a bad thing as that might prevent me from adding anymore future tangs to the tank.

Besides...if we get all that we want right at the start...where's the fun left in the hobby? The funs in the researching and planning for me

[KenYeo]

From cost point of view, sohal tang cost must higher than clown tang and LFS does not bring in sohal tang that often.

For me, I will go for sohal tang first incase the clown tang get too aggressive and kill the sohal tang later...

[sky107line]

Couple more random shots of the tank...

That's a very nice rock scaping bro....Looks natural.

[southpaw23]

From cost point of view, sohal tang cost must higher than clown tang and LFS does not bring in sohal tang that often.

For me, I will go for sohal tang first incase the clown tang get too aggressive and kill the sohal tang later...

That's a good point...but i guess i would still need to wait it out before i put the Sohal in the tank. Gotta acquire all my other desired tangs first. Guess i gotta be patient

[Underwater]

Hi Kenny,

l have both of them in my tank and no prob so far.

From what i observed, usually the clown tangs tt are sold here are smaller in size as compared to the sohal which are much bigger. Maybe i'm lucky cos my clown tang never disturb new tangs added in...it's the PT and YT tt always bully the newbies.

Clown tang can be quite fussy in choosing food esp when introduced to a new tank while sohal is easier to get it feed. For me, i wld recommed introduce a pellet feeding clown tang (in the LFS) followed by Sohal. Either way, the first likely aggressor wld be yr YT.

Just my 2cts.

[southpaw23]

I've got plenty of YT so that's not a good thing if the aggressor is the YT...imagine 6 aggresors...haha

Anyways...i introduced a Powder Blue Tang later in the day yesterday and no fights broke out so that's good. The YT so far seem to be fairly peaceful...with each other and even the PBT. Well, the PBT is larger

Oh btw...the coral banded shrimps are doing fine in the tank...the pair is back together again and take refuge under a cave in the smaller rockstructure. Will take a pic soon

[southpaw23]

That's a very nice rock scaping bro....Looks natural.

Thanks...it's tricky trying to scape a 2 sided view tank. Especially when one doesn't have enough depth to play with. Am pretty happy with how it turned out

[sky107line]

You have a lots of huge L/R there...And I believe that's a good investment and its

easy for future coral placement.

[southpaw23]

Yeah...i'm pretty happy with the rocks i got...at the price i got it for

[jervismun]

6 YTs? Slow down a little bro

[sky107line]

Aiya...His using AP701 lah bro...What is 6 tang man... By looking @ e skimmer of bro southpaw23, I think 8-10 oso no problem.