Show me your eels&large fish

[paveking1]

Thanks guys the sohal is 16" long . had him about 3 Years i got him at about 5" . hes going to be moved into my 400 soon as it is cycled.

[95Harley]

Awesome collection Paveking....is the Sohal the brute all make him out to be?

He's some looker!

[paveking1]

Yeah hes the brute had move the vlaminigi 3months ago they were fighting to much. I cant wait to put him in my 400 .

[joeyt66]

Originally posted by 95Harley
Awesome collection Paveking....is the Sohal the brute all make him out to be?

He's some looker!

i tried to put a 6 inch powder blue 4 weeks after i added my 5 inch sohal and he beat the PBT up pretty good i had to take it out. Put he is fine with the naso and yellow but they were there first.lol

[95Harley]

I'm just shocked he grew that fast! I thought SW fish grew much slower. I hope my Queen Angel and Blond Male Naso grow like that. They are about 7-9" each now. 16" will be incredible.

[paveking1]

I do alot of water changes. to much money to tropic marine for salt ,i do a 50 gal change every 2 weeks on all my tanks. i think they say that helps with there growth. I have a french angel that grew 3" in 6 months will get some pictures of him hes shy, but a bully.

[95Harley]

Wow I do a 60g WC on my 240g once a month...and it seems like a major undertaking.....bi-weekly is awesome...my hat's off to you.

[wannareef1]

I just put together a 135g FOWLR, list of fish

12" black lion
6" red lion
8" clown trigger
4" white tail triger
4" niger triger
7" yellow belly puffer
8" snow flake eel
here's a couple of links to some pitures of the clown and puffer.

and yes the trigger and lions get along just fine.


http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/h...newfish002.jpg

http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/h...newfish005.jpg

[95Harley]

"and yes the trigger and lions get along just fine."

For now, I have heard many stories of Clowns "Snapping"

But good luck to you I hope it works out long term. Hope your planning on a MUCH larger tank.

[wannareef1]

for right now there fine in the tank, there's lot of room for all of them, I should say for right now anyways, in about a year or so might be a different story. if they get to big I'll have to down grade the size of the fish and start over with smaller ones again, which I'm good with.

[Absint Reefer]

paveking1, you have a very nice group of fish thier do you get them locally or did you order them from some where else?

LisaD, I pretty sure my puffers a guinafowl

[I like Triggers]

Originally posted by 95Harley
Wow I do a 60g WC on my 240g once a month...and it seems like a major undertaking.....bi-weekly is awesome...my hat's off to you.

once a month? seems seldom. I do weekly 25-30g WC's. Here's a few of my guys.

[95Harley]

Mine is FOWLR, not a reef.

[FishyMel]

Harley,

I have the same banana eel, canary etc....You probalbly are aware...anyway, I noticed that you asked about feeding it. They do start out timid. I had to train mine with a feeding stick but then he started taking big krill off the ground, and then diversified to silversides too. Now, he eats like a beast, at 2 ft long. It took him 6 months to become a more aggressive feeder and he will steal fish and shrimp out of other fishes mouth. Give y our eel time. Try and introduce some kind of fish to his diet to diversify. He'll come around and eventually be ready for your 240.

[paveking1]

TO answer absint reefer ,i buy most of them lfs some i got from my brother in california at lfs & he overnighted them to me . i got my black longnose for 150 everybody here wanted 400 , my dragon eel for 600 here 1200. I like having brother in cal save ton of money on fish & coral.

[95Harley]

Thanks FishyMel....great news to hear.