Too small?

[Mattcomptonassvanhorn]

Ive got a 55 salt and I currently got a 5'' Red Sea Pacific Sailfin tang, 6'' Panther Grouper, 3 '' baby Volitan, 6'' Greenbird wrasse, and a 5'' Flame saddle Dotty back. Im planning on add ing a Fumanchu lionfish sooner or later and Im going to add a marron clown wants it matures. Is a 55 to small for all these guys.

[bluedempsey]

i think it will do for awhile
but eventully the tank will have to grow with the fish

[guppy]

Probobly not at the moment, but it will be

[Miles]

Ive got a 55 salt and I currently got a 5'' Red Sea Pacific Sailfin tang, 6'' Panther Grouper, 3 '' baby Volitan, 6'' Greenbird wrasse, and a 5'' Flame saddle Dotty back. Im planning on add ing a Fumanchu lionfish sooner or later and Im going to add a marron clown wants it matures. Is a 55 to small for all these guys.

:rofl:

Hahahahahah..

and your trying to tell me I don't know about Saltwater tanks?

Hahah..

I'm not even going to comment. Good Luck, buddy!

[thamunsta]

humphead wrasse get HUGE man not surte about greenbirds tho? and dont groupers get goliath 2 like 28" ?

[bluedempsey]

:rofl:

Hahahahahah..

and your trying to tell me I don't know about Saltwater tanks?

Hahah..

I'm not even going to comment. Good Luck, buddy!
:hitting: :hitting:

get napolian wrasse

monster wrasse!

[Mattcomptonassvanhorn]

:rofl:

Hahahahahah..

and your trying to tell me I don't know about Saltwater tanks?

Hahah..

I'm not even going to comment. Good Luck, buddy!

I never said you didnt know anything about saltwater, I'm saying you can keep salt with power as long as gravel just as well with live rock, and by the the way man I 've got a 240 waiting for all these guys they just need to grow. What I was wandering is do I need to get another 55 and split em up to let em grow.

[bluedempsey]

I never said you didnt know anything about saltwater, I'm saying you can keep salt with power as long as gravel just as well with live rock, and by the the way man I 've got a 240 waiting for all these guys they just need to grow. What I was wandering is do I need to get another 55 and split em up to let em grow.
i think if everything is well don't move anyone
if s**t starts happening then i would divide them

[CentralMayhem]

put them in the 240 now. they will all grow at a much faster rate and probably grow up a lot healthier and look their best. a 55 is pretty small. the big tank would do them a lot more justice. you have some BIG fish on your hands in a year or so. id at least split them up if you want them to all grow at optimum rates. is there already stuff in the 240 that could eat them, or do you just not want a huge tank with little fish. Go big bro, you are gonna need all the space you can get.

[Mattcomptonassvanhorn]

Ya there is actually ive got blue ribbon eel, a harlequin tuskfish, and an already pretty big blue spotted grouper so I got to wait or they will be expensive fishfood.

[Miles]

They should all be fine in the 55.

He just informed me that fish only grow to the size of their homes.

His father, infact, kept a Volitan Lionfish in a 45g Hex for nearly 3 years, and it did not exceed 5".. Congratulations! You've stunted the growth of your fish! Not to mention taken years off their life span, but they probably won't make it that far anyways. Good Work on providing an improper home for your 'Pets!'.. Cruelty is awesome!

Don't forget! Saltwater fish are disposable, and who cares if they die! It's likely that we ALL work at a Pet Store, and can trade/mix fish whenever we feel like it.. So just go through Saltwater fish like they are popcorn, because who wants to see the reef life in the Oceans anyways! Let's harvest the bright, pretty fish and throw them into tiny captive glass boxes, so we can stunt their growth.. All the cool people are doing it.

[Mattcomptonassvanhorn]

Wow man you are pretty pathetic. oh well this is probably gonna keep you up all night.

[Mattcomptonassvanhorn]

Well sleep tight. dumb****. oops that slipped. my bad ***. God damn sorryy. Its not my fault your a giant Vagina.

[Mattcomptonassvanhorn]

I tryed to apologize but he just keeps going on. oh well not my fault. :headshake

[bluedempsey]

o.k. everyone play nice now!
:headshake

[mbhw]

Your tank is too small. If you truly have a 240, set it up and place the fish in there. FYI - blue ribbon eels - in 20+ years in the hobby, I've only seen one that ate in captivity. They shouldn't even be allowed to be sold, they don't live. Don't waste time with them again, your throwing money down the toilet. I used to work in a pet store and sold hundreds of them, and they always died. People just never learn. Good luck with your fish.

[guppy]

Your tank is too small. If you truly have a 240, set it up and place the fish in there. FYI - blue ribbon eels - in 20+ years in the hobby, I've only seen one that ate in captivity. They shouldn't even be allowed to be sold, they don't live. Don't waste time with them again, your throwing money down the toilet. I used to work in a pet store and sold hundreds of them, and they always died. People just never learn. Good luck with your fish. They can be kept but it takes a lucky expert. The only healthy ones I have seen were kept proffesionally in public aquaria.

[Mattcomptonassvanhorn]

Ive had the blue ribbon for about a 4 months now so he is alright.

[mbhw]

Have you ever seen your blue ribbon eat? That is a rarity. They can go for quite a while with no food, then they waste away. I'm not criticizing you, just stating a fact. 99.9999999% of all BRE imported into captivity die. Good luck, I hope you are the rare exception.

[Mattcomptonassvanhorn]

Yes he is eating and I knew the risk before I bought him and I made the store I got him from show me he was eating. and he did so I bought him and hes been eating regularly since. Hes pretty young.

[fishnthings]

nice, id get one if i knew it ate!!

[Mattcomptonassvanhorn]

Good luck Id been lookin for about three years now for one that eat. Finally!