My Tank

locoyo386 · October 9th, 2009

It's a 55 gallon

Gouramiguy17 · October 9th, 2009

That makes me want to switch to saltwater even more

locoyo386 · October 9th, 2009

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Originally Posted by Gouramiguy17

That makes me want to switch to saltwater even more

Yeah, they are very attractive. In general they are harded to keep though, and more expensive to. By the way this tank will be running for about a year before they out grow the tank. If it had been freshwater I could have easily kept for like 2-3 years.

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Originally Posted by Gouramiguy17

That makes me want to switch to saltwater even more

If you decide to go into saltwater let me know I will help as much as I can.

Shawnie · October 9th, 2009

nice colors! the tank is very active ..

locoyo386 · October 9th, 2009

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Originally Posted by Shawnie

nice colors! the tank is very active ..

Thankyou, they and other are going to go into a 3500 gallon sometime next year.

Peffico · October 12th, 2009

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Originally Posted by locoyo386

Thankyou, they and other are going to go into a 3500 gallon sometime next year.

Dang.... that's crazy. My LFS had a saltwater aquarium set up. I think it was about 400 for a 35 gallon set up. I would have gotten it but then i remembered it was 400 dollars and my landlords would have killed me if i got another tank.

aquarist48 · October 13th, 2009

Beautiful tank and fish Locoyo

Ken

locoyo386 · October 19th, 2009

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Originally Posted by Peffico

Dang.... that's crazy. My LFS had a saltwater aquarium set up. I think it was about 400 for a 35 gallon set up. I would have gotten it but then i remembered it was 400 dollars and my landlords would have killed me if i got another tank.

Well with fish and all, I probably spent that much on this one.

locoyo386 · October 19th, 2009

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Originally Posted by aquarist48

Beautiful tank and fish Locoyo

Ken

Thankyou

Je55*e · October 20th, 2009

Beautiful fish! I love your adorable background =) makes it so happy.

locoyo386 · October 22nd, 2009

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Beautiful fish! I love your adorable background =) makes it so happy.

Thanks, I like it too. I like it so much I used it in most of my tanks. It gives the fish something to wonder about, they try to go out in that direction sometimes specially my freshwater fish.

Je55*e · October 22nd, 2009

^Where did you get it? I've never seen it before.

locoyo386 · October 23rd, 2009

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^Where did you get it? I've never seen it before.

I got it at a local pet store where I live, Fresno, CA.

Je55*e · October 23rd, 2009

Dang. :P Oh, well.

locoyo386 · October 23rd, 2009

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Dang. :P Oh, well.

Yeah, well if you ever here you can look for that store, lol.

Je55*e · October 23rd, 2009

haha, will do :P

ATP · October 30th, 2009

love your tangs (I like all tangs). What kinds do you have?

I plan in getting a naso soon. I already ordered one in fact. (blond naso). It's going to be in my 125 until it reaches about 7 inches, it'll be in a 250 or hoping for a 300.

ATP,

locoyo386 · November 4th, 2009

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love your tangs (I like all tangs). What kinds do you have?

Thanks, I love tangs alot aswell. I have a sailfin tang and a Mimic Tang (I think it is a Chocolate Mimic Tang, the place where I bought it told me it was just simply a Mimic Tang and that they are the same. They are wrong there are several Mimic Tangs).

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I plan in getting a naso soon. I already ordered one in fact. (blond naso). It's going to be in my 125 until it reaches about 7 inches, it'll be in a 250 or hoping for a 300.

They are awsome specially the male Blond Naso Tangs. I will be gettnig a couple of them once I upgrade my tank, along with a bunch of other Tangs.

ATP · November 4th, 2009

Sail fins are awesome. Their shape is similar to the shape of yellow tangs, but they're fins are a lot more beautiful.

I'm all so getting a tomini tang for my 65.
I can't wait for my naso. It's probably in quarantine in the LFS because I ordered it 2 weeks ago.

Mystic54 · November 5th, 2009

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Originally Posted by locoyo386

Thankyou, they and other are going to go into a 3500 gallon sometime next year.

Wow, your tank is gorgeous and all the fish are so beautiful/active. It must be wonderful just to sit there and watch them swim.
Also, I'm not sure if this is a typo, but did you mean a 350 instead of 3500? A 3500 would be incredible!

locoyo386 · November 5th, 2009

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Originally Posted by ATP

Sail fins are awesome. Their shape is similar to the shape of yellow tangs, but they're fins are a lot more beautiful.

I'm all so getting a tomini tang for my 65.
I can't wait for my naso. It's probably in quarantine in the LFS because I ordered it 2 weeks ago.

I know, I want to get a cuple of Desjardini Sailfin Tang and some Yellow and Purple and Black Tangs. Also a Sohal Tang, Clown Tang, Chevron Tang. Then others but the bove most definitely. They are awsome, but they do take alot of space and volume from a tank.

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Originally Posted by Mystic54

Wow, your tank is gorgeous and all the fish are so beautiful/active. It must be wonderful just to sit there and watch them swim.
Also, I'm not sure if this is a typo, but did you mean a 350 instead of 3500? A 3500 would be incredible!

Well let me correct the number, it is 3,690 gallons. It will have it's own mechanichal room and it will wrap around on 3 of the walls. A 10 feet wall section will be seen as you enter the house. Then it will wrap around a hall way that takes you past the master bedroom and into the family room. That wall will be completely visible from the hall way and it is 20 feet long. Once in the family room the wall exposed to it is 19 feet. The wall will be seen from the family room and partially in the kitchen. Than it will wrap arond from the kitchen into the dinning room. The wall in the dining room is 12 feet long and it extends the full length of the dining room. In between the dinning room and the living room, will be the entrance into what is going to be the mechanichal room (or fish tank room). The room used to be a game room that measures 20'x19'. I might go with reef on this one, but not sure as I still have alot to learn about reefs. I am not sure about that, since all my experience has been with fish only tanks.

I made a floor plan that shows the fish tank room. It is in the center of the house. The entrence is on the left the master bedroom is on top and the family room and kitchen are on the right. The dining room is on the bottom of the page.

ATP · November 5th, 2009

Tangs to me is the most beautiful reef fish. I love clown tangs. They're so active and playful. The clown tang in my LFS display tang loves to play with a mag float. When people move it the tang rushes to the mag float and swims around it. lol.

My naso is going to be picked up tomorrow.

What size of a tank is in your mind for an upgrade ?

locoyo386 · November 6th, 2009

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Originally Posted by ATP

Tangs to me is the most beautiful reef fish. I love clown tangs. They're so active and playful. The clown tang in my LFS display tang loves to play with a mag float. When people move it the tang rushes to the mag float and swims around it. lol.

My naso is going to be picked up tomorrow.

What size of a tank is in your mind for an upgrade ?

Yeah, the Clown Tangs are cool but they tend to be aggressive as they get bigger. Not sure what is more aggressive if the Clown Tang or the purple tang.

I currently have a 250 tank, but I will be doing an in room tank that will be approximately 3,960 gallons. You could see post #21, there is a PDF file that shows the floor plan and the room at the center is giong to be the in room tank. It will have views from all four sides.

Mystic54 · November 13th, 2009

Wow! That is awesome!! When you do plan on starting this project? I will have plane ticket in hand lol

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Originally Posted by locoyo386

I know, I want to get a cuple of Desjardini Sailfin Tang and some Yellow and Purple and Black Tangs. Also a Sohal Tang, Clown Tang, Chevron Tang. Then others but the bove most definitely. They are awsome, but they do take alot of space and volume from a tank.

Well let me correct the number, it is 3,690 gallons. It will have it's own mechanichal room and it will wrap around on 3 of the walls. A 10 feet wall section will be seen as you enter the house. Then it will wrap around a hall way that takes you past the master bedroom and into the family room. That wall will be completely visible from the hall way and it is 20 feet long. Once in the family room the wall exposed to it is 19 feet. The wall will be seen from the family room and partially in the kitchen. Than it will wrap arond from the kitchen into the dinning room. The wall in the dining room is 12 feet long and it extends the full length of the dining room. In between the dinning room and the living room, will be the entrance into what is going to be the mechanichal room (or fish tank room). The room used to be a game room that measures 20'x19'. I might go with reef on this one, but not sure as I still have alot to learn about reefs. I am not sure about that, since all my experience has been with fish only tanks.

I made a floor plan that shows the fish tank room. It is in the center of the house. The entrence is on the left the master bedroom is on top and the family room and kitchen are on the right. The dining room is on the bottom of the page.

locoyo386 · November 15th, 2009

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Originally Posted by Mystic54

Wow! That is awesome!! When you do plan on starting this project? I will have plane ticket in hand lol

Well everything should be done by next year before my birthday on august.

Kerber23 · December 2nd, 2009

Makes me want to have a slatwater... o,o i would never leave home.. and when i would die i would stay becasue i would already be in heaven... nice tank

locoyo386 · December 3rd, 2009

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Makes me want to have a slatwater... o,o i would never leave home.. and when i would die i would stay becasue i would already be in heaven... nice tank

Thankyou, I told myself I would never venture into saltwater fish and keep to my beutifull freshwater fish. Well here I am and I just tore down my last of fresh water fish tanks I had. I am going to convert it into saltwater and now I am only keeping saltwater fish. I am starting to to think that they are smarter than fresh water fish.

charzar-g · December 8th, 2009

nice tank there buddy

locoyo386 · December 8th, 2009

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nice tank there buddy

Thankyou charlie, there in a 120 now though.

acolli51 · December 21st, 2009

I love how active the tank is and all the different colors of fish are brilliant. One day, a long time from now, I will have to get a saltwater tank.