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Old 24-05-2012, 03:32 AM   #1
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Still in the process of getting more corals. However, due to in-built light fixture, i can only get low lighting corals. sadly... 40watts florascent light for a 2.5ft tank.


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hope to get blue streak wrasses, scarlet skunk cleaner, and more corals/anemones. but anemones require high intensity light, i wonder if my lighting can cause the anemones to last.

hope you like my noob setup. thanks for taking time to read it!
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Old 24-05-2012, 05:31 AM   #2
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It seem like isn't a good idea to stock so many fishes in a 2.5ft tank? Or is it i'm wrong?

Anyway nice tank
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Old 24-05-2012, 09:06 AM   #3
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40W fluoroscent is insufficient for anemones. You would need it to replace it with at least high output T5s and to use at least 4 tubes.

Skip the bluestreak wrasse, their record in captivity is very poor and best left in the oceans. Most will just die of starvation in typical aquarium settings.
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Old 25-05-2012, 12:58 AM   #4
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i saw butterfly... can survive?
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Old 25-05-2012, 03:36 PM   #5
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If i remember correctly butterfly feeds on coral right?
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Old 25-05-2012, 03:44 PM   #6
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If i remember correctly butterfly feeds on coral right?
it will nip but normally it don't
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Old 25-05-2012, 05:13 PM   #7
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One thing i learned from my failed experience.. never stock so much in such a small tank.. just 1 live stock die it will warp out the whole tank in a day.. i think that blue fish and that butterfly will outgrown the fish tank.. anyway nice tank they don't fight? my ex bi-colored and clownfish pick on each other whole day..
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Old 25-05-2012, 08:42 PM   #8
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It seem like isn't a good idea to stock so many fishes in a 2.5ft tank? Or is it i'm wrong?

Anyway nice tank
I do agree its many. Im trying to remove my damsels 2-3 of them though.

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40W fluoroscent is insufficient for anemones. You would need it to replace it with at least high output T5s and to use at least 4 tubes.

Skip the bluestreak wrasse, their record in captivity is very poor and best left in the oceans. Most will just die of starvation in typical aquarium settings.
Thanks for the advice! Will not get it then. )
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Old 25-05-2012, 08:46 PM   #9
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i saw butterfly... can survive?
So far it has been good. This is quite an active piece that pecks at rocks quite often, and soon after intro to tank.

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If i remember correctly butterfly feeds on coral right?
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it will nip but normally it don't
Not all butterfly do, so far this has been reef safe.

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One thing i learned from my failed experience.. never stock so much in such a small tank.. just 1 live stock die it will warp out the whole tank in a day.. i think that blue fish and that butterfly will outgrown the fish tank.. anyway nice tank they don't fight? my ex bi-colored and clownfish pick on each other whole day..
bi color damsel has a tendency to be territorial. Hippo tang and copperband will outgrow but i dont suppose it will be so fast.
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Old 25-05-2012, 11:09 PM   #10
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so far this has been reef safe.
How long have this CopperB been with u? Dun judge too early.

Fish can only grow when there are a lot spaces and abundant foods...in small tank, difficult. Dun see food growing in tank...and seldom pple do that.
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