LadAShark

Any suggestions? And does anyone want to help out? My goal is to see if these guys could be turned into a food source for predatory fish, as I know sandperches on the oregon beach love them. The only issue I know of is that they are generally infested with parasites, which could be fixed by medicating and breeding them several times until we obtain a generation without parasites.

1000 gallons is amazing!!!! #GoBigOrGoHome

 

I'm super excited for you and more than a little jealous. That being said I feel compelled to make myself into something of a wet blanket, a damp blanket if you will... My concern is that a 1000 gallon tank is a huge undertaking!!! I know you have done your research, so I'm sure you know that (it could even be part of the reason your undertaking this challenge.) What I hope you will consider is that by starting so big you are in many ways locking yourself in. If you build a system perfect for large predatory fish it will most likely not be optimal for coral, I would go as far as to arguee that it would almost certainly not be. My advice is simply to entertain the idea of starting out with a smaller system (or two.)

 

I hope you don't take my advice because I want to see pics of a 1000 gallon build!!! Welcome to the hobby, your going to love it!!!!

All of which is good advice, but really sharks and predatory fish interest me a lot more than some corals ;P

 

But hey, who said I'm going to give up on corals? I'm going to have an aquatics/marine room, so the very next thing I plan to set up is a frag tank. I'm just interested in raised tridacna clams in the main tank as it seems like they would be pretty well rooted and none of the inhabitants will really be interested in eating huge clams. If, however, it doesn't work out, I'll have to figure out a way to salvage the clams and transfer them to another tank.

 

And I'm somewhat sure that some corals out there somewhere might do ok in that tank. But hey, if it doesn't work out, that means I need that much less lighting ;P

 

I just want to let you know that I originally wanted a 300 gallon, but, uh, when I realized I could have an aquarium room things, well, escalated. A lot.

 

Something I found out the hard way: shark and ray community doesn't really take well to newcomers. I was told I was "suspect" because I was interested in a shark that just coincidentally was available through vendors for the first time right before I posted. I had no idea. Worst part is the guy that said this was a admin/moderator/expert/ whatever you would call them on sharkandraycentral.

 

:/ As you can tell by my name, I f***ing love sharks. I'd keep a freaking great white if I could lol

 

Long post on my part. Long story short: don't worry, you haven't discouraged me. There's also a reason I said 1k+ gallons and not 1k. There's a possibility it might become a tank spanning the entire wall, at around 16 feet long, 4 feet tall, and 4 feet wide. That's 1900, which would make my life a lot tougher. Though I am planning ultimately not to make it that way, but it's a possibility. It could only get bigger, not smaller lol ;P

 

I should stop now or I'll end up convincing myself to turn it into a shark and ray pool just because I can.

I saw a whole bunch of nice red goniopora frags from colonies like Cherany's at The Premium Aquarium in Salem a few weeks ago.

I might have to head down to salem sometime then.

 

Plusses: frags

 

Cons: salem

Wish I could take good pictures like you guys.

 

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All I can think of when I see this tank is:

Blue

Blue? Blue, blue blue blue!

 

Nice corals though ahaha.

it really is... would it be ok if I down load it and print it up for my work wall? I print out different things like that to make my day brighter

I saw these guys for sale a while back at one of the stores here. They're so hilarious haha.

Both TBD are wild pieces from Goldenbasket

 

I've got CJ Pinky and it's quite different it's closer to RMF Gila Monster, orangish body yellow tips

Looks like I'll have to look into Goldenbasket when I start up my frag tank in the future then.

Yeah same here, the wife got really upset that I even mentioned moving the puffer but I was planning on sticking to softies. Thanks for the advice everyone. I look forward to posting pics as I add reef.

 

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And here I am, setting up a shark tank, and I totally can't add puffers because they would totally kill any sharks I could get.

This is going to be an exciting adventure. Glad we can be apart of it.

I'm glad to be here too.

Nuvo 8, RFA tank

Wow this looks really nice. Some people show off their reefs and it looks like the lichens here somehow got a hold of their tank, but this tank is nice and clear

It took me 5 posts to be accepted to post freely. And 25 to post in classified... I need an ato and chiller

Ah what a pain. I need to look at the classified as well. Looks like I've got some posts to be making :/

Wow that's gonna be one sweet build. Gonna be interesting to see how inverts and clams do with those type of fish. I'd add them with much caution! Looking forward to a build thread

Yeah, I'm planning to setup the invertibrates first, and then slowly introduce the smaller fish and then the bigger fish (ahem sharks).

 

My research indicates that these guys will basically not eat anything that doesn't fit into their mouth or they can't take a bite out of.

 

In fact nassarius snails and large hermits would be fine too if only harlequins weren't so ready to take a bite out of them >.<

Wow! 1000 gallon tank?!?! ​You've got to do a build thread so we can watch the progression. Welcome! Glad to have you here.

Will do when the I'm able to start. First I have to get the rooms built and ready for action, and then I'll be certain to have a progress thread after

Has anyone been able to cultivate/raise/breed feeder critters (not freshwater like mollies and guppies) for your saltwater fish? I'm hoping to set up a system where I could do that so as to be able to feed some catsharks, non reef friendly wrasses, and a remora (who will eat just about anything, so I can feed him some small shrimp).

Hahaha.

 

I would totally keep these guys if I wasn't going to keep a highly aggressive tank. A stressed cucumber can mean I lose my tank, which scares me way away from these guys as well as soapfish :/

That conference actually sounds pretty interesting. You should really do a water change sooner than later. I keep thinking back to the story Melevreef mentioned at the Bob Moore frag swap. Some guy lost 90 percent of his corals and found out later that his kids thought they would "help daddy" and dumped all his chemicals into the tank.????????????????

And this is why my upcoming aquarium only room is going to have a lock on the door.

 

And a bolt.

Maybe a padlock as well.

 

... I'm worried that won't be enough haha.

 

 

Only complaint is the pump is 45+ watts. I want to get a DC pump skimmer which only uses 8-12 watts. Just more efficient ya know?

 

I too would complain.

Just Portlander things ;P

It's fair to say that I'm new to the aquarist hobby, though I did keep fish and some inverts several years back, they were freshwater, and were a whole different game. After 8-9 years of researching and biding my time, I'm finally able to set up my dream aquarium room! Woo! Or, almost anyway. When my home extension is done ;P

 

The room is going to be 16'x16'x8' (or perhaps a little taller, same difference). I intend to set up a 1k+ gallon with at least 4' wide as a tank pretty close to being FOWLR, with the exception of some tiger cowries, abalones, and perhaps even some tridacnas if I can pull it off! Basically a tank with no small fish or invertebrates. Hoping to keep a small sharksucker (echeneis neucratoides/naucrates) with a couple catsharks (of the smaller variety), an eel or two, and a dragon wrasse alongside a harlequin tusk. I will be connecting this to a refugium full of chaeto and a bunch of copepods and the like.

 

Additionally, I wish to start trying my hand at coral after that tank is established. But until then I have to first get going on prepping the liverocks, live sand, and other reqs for the aquarium.