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Old 09/24/2007, 10:54 PM
lincoln park lincoln park is offline
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new achillies tang

here is my new achillies tang its only 3 inches, i have waited 6 months to find a small one, I have him in a 220 gallon


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Old 09/24/2007, 11:00 PM
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Very nice! How much?
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Old 09/24/2007, 11:04 PM
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$90 I have a hook up at a local store he held him for 2 weeks and he never had ich or hlle, he said it was the nicest one he had seen in a long time, I have him in there with a yellow purple, and hippo they all get along good
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Old 09/24/2007, 11:40 PM
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Looks great and good luck with him. Four tangs in a 150 is pushing it though.
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Old 09/25/2007, 12:00 AM
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I have a 220 gallon with a 205 gallon sump fuge, 425 gallon total I use to have a 150 but it split at the bottom seam and leaked out 75 percent of the water but it all worked out now I have a bigger tank with 300 lbs of rock
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Old 09/25/2007, 12:04 AM
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You should change your tank info on the bottom then ! It's nice that a disaster like that had the little upside of a chance to upgrade, at least.

Great looking tang. I hope it does well. I love all those rics back there, too!
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Old 09/25/2007, 10:19 AM
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day 3 still in perfect shape
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Old 09/25/2007, 11:48 AM
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Beautiful!

I like your rics too...nice!
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Old 09/25/2007, 12:08 PM
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Nice fish and tank, have any other pics? FTS? Just make sure you give that guy TONS of flow!
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Old 09/25/2007, 12:24 PM
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Give him a good variety of food. I feed 3X a day and nori once in a while.
Looks good.
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Old 09/25/2007, 01:10 PM
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Nice fish would also like to get my hands on a small one in the 3inches range.
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Old 09/25/2007, 01:35 PM
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very nice looking achilles. I am not a huge tang fan, well we can consider more tang envy as I dont have the tank for em, but if/when I can afford an upgrade to a 200+ an achilles is the kind I want.

Awesome fish you have there.
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Old 09/25/2007, 02:02 PM
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Fantastic! What kind of flow do you have?
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Old 09/25/2007, 02:10 PM
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about 60 times turn over
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Old 09/25/2007, 05:36 PM
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Got a FTS?
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Old 09/25/2007, 05:54 PM
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Nice to hear 60 times turn over rate, many fail with this fish do to lack of flow, 50-70x is needed at least, the more the better! a FTS would be nice, with the achilles in it of course!
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Old 09/25/2007, 05:58 PM
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Very nice.. Achilles are my favorite tang by far. Good luck!
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Old 09/25/2007, 11:53 PM
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im thinking of using a wave box, will it work with corner over flows
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Old 09/26/2007, 07:03 PM
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does any one use a wave box
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Old 09/26/2007, 07:08 PM
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i use one and love it,my tangs love it as well.the overflows will probably hinder the wave somewhat but i think it would still work.
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Old 09/26/2007, 09:03 PM
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Gorgeous tang!!! I have read too many threads of people with these beautiful tangs who just dont have the right system for the fish. It sounds like your giving this achilles a good home!!!

More pics would be great especially a FTS!!!!
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Old 09/27/2007, 04:13 PM
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great fish man, i'm on my 3rd achillies now, the first one lasted 1 week, 2nd one lasted 2 weeks and the one right now in my tank is about 4.5", a lil bit over a month now, eating really good, but he never look good from the day i got it.
 


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