Fish only tank - no coral

Anyone have or have had a blue faced anglefish?

Nope, never kept one. You wanting to add one to your new setup?

yes as a juvenile. I think it will fit in just fine. Whats your opinion? You can be honest it's all good

I think they are beautiful fish. Im guessing it will be mixed in with the other fish list you posted a few days ago? Whats that list at now?

chocolate tang medium
clown trigger small
porcupine puffer medium
harlequin tusk medium

sounds interesting! a fairly agressive tank, 100+gal i assume?

yes it is... so far there is really no aggression.

how long has everything been together and the system been running? how many gal total is it? watch out when the clown trigger gets older, the ones i have taken care of that are in mixed tanks become really agressive at feeding time for a few minutes, you may want to target feed it first if it does become that way that tends to distract them well enough they only chase things not attack them

120 gallon with 100# of live rock... The tank cycled for 2 weeks then slowly put the fish in over a 3 week period. Seems to be all leveled out and testing out perfect.

sounds like a good start to me any pics anywhere??

watch the agression as they grow, you may have to upgrade to a larger tank in the future. i would recomend 200 gal minimum once everythings an adult

That does sound interesting. Rough and tumble tank for sure.

Keith do you think the colors between the angel and trigger will be a problem?

I put a dozen hermit crabs in the tank to keep the trigger and puffer occupied. Every week I plan on dumping a bunch in there so they don't pick on the other fish and cause problems.

hard to say, i doubt it since the juvenile is striped and the adult only has small reticulation under the face. i dont think that is similar enough to spark any more agression than usual. i would imagine the time its the most likely to be an issue is the transition between juvenile and adult when it has both stripes and reticulation.

sounds like a plan to me then

there she is!!!

Drs. Foster and Smith Diver's Den - Pomacanthus xanthometopon

Pretty fish

What about the puffer picking on it??

do you think 1 or 2 psuedo's will survive in the tank?

what are you feeding the tank?
my suggestion is to include both mysis and krill, bite sized peices of silversides, chopped scallop, chopped raw table shrimp, and if you can find it ether bite sized capelin fish or bite sized peices of mackerel..

thats what we feed the mixed tank at the denver zoo on feed days. oh and we feed small portions of all of that in the same feeding. (including some other stuff)

this sounds like a fun tank to have!

oh by the way i see no reason why the blue face wouldnt be a fine addition

beautiful fish tedio, when's the arrival planned?

Originally Posted by Kerickson978

what are you feeding the tank?
my suggestion is to include both mysis and krill, bite sized peices of silversides, chopped scallop, chopped raw table shrimp, and if you can find it ether bite sized capelin fish or bite sized peices of mackerel..

thats what we feed the mixed tank at the denver zoo on feed days. oh and we feed small portions of all of that in the same feeding. (including some other stuff)

this sounds like a fun tank to have!

oh by the way i see no reason why the blue face wouldnt be a fine addition

I feed PE mysis 2x a day and supplement with spectrum pellets. Every other day to every 3 days I throw in a couple cubes of herbivore food. I have a bag of mixed seafood, but the fish are just a little small to be taking the chunks. Seaweed is offered pretty often and fish are picking and getting use to it.