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02-21-2007 2:35 PM  

Here are some pics of my new fishies I added to my 225G yeseterday after 6 wks in QT..

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02-21-2007 6:46 PM  
Very Nice, how is the yellow tang doing with them?
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02-21-2007 7:22 PM  
Yeah is the bully finally settle down. The new fish look great!
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02-21-2007 7:24 PM  
They Yellow Devil has been in the sump for the past 10 days. Going to leave him down there another 2 weeks so the new guys can get settled in.
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03-10-2007 1:48 PM  
Well I moved the Yellow tank to the display yesterday morning. All seems well in their world. The yellow won't mess with the Naso because of it's size. The Achilles won't put up with his crap cause he's bigger and the Dussimer seems to be holding his own with it. However, the Dussimer and Naso are best buds so the Dussimer can swim with the Naso and the yellow will back off. They'll get it sorted out eventually.
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03-11-2007 3:09 PM  
glad things are settling down.
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03-12-2007 2:03 AM  
Ya me to. The yellow is on his last chance, then he'll be out the door or in the toliet.
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03-12-2007 11:46 AM  
Well you can always trade him in to someone.
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03-26-2007 9:31 AM  
Posted By 5y5tem 0verload on 03/12/2007 2:03 AM
Ya me to. The yellow is on his last chance, then he'll be out the door or in the toliet.

That was sarcasm Glenn
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04-04-2007 5:18 PM  
Wow those are two of my favourite fish. The Naso and the Achilles. Hope they well for you. Some day when I get a bigger tank......

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04-04-2007 5:37 PM  
I agree. The Achilles has been a favorite for a long time. Guess I need to go post pics of my babies.
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04-06-2007 8:44 AM  
Thanks guys. They're all still behaving so I hope I'm outta the woods and they figured out their pecking order
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10-12-2007 11:01 PM  

how is the Achilles and where did you get him and what would you recommend as far as keeping them happy!  Any tips?! I want to get one eventually!

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10-13-2007 8:22 AM  

The Achilles is great.  Contrary to what is written, both of my Achilles have been very docile.  The one pictured is actually my second one.  My Yellow Tang who had a 225G reef all to himself for a year bullied, stressed, and eventually killed my first Achilles because it was the only fish added.  This meant it was the only target.  I added the second Achilles when I added the large Naso and Dussimer.  The Yellow was banished to the sump for a couple of weeks(did the same with the first Achilles) just so the 3 new additions could get comfortable and find a pecking order.  I recently had to move my second Achilles to my 40G tank because of my Yellow's aggression again.  The Achilles wasn't eating and looking very thin.  It is the only fish in the 40G so it was is a relative stress free enviornment.  I'll move the Yellow to the 40G after the Achilles fatens back up and is looking more healthy.

The Achilles tends to have a poor longterm survial rate in captivity.  This is mainly because they are poor shippers, they're finiky, and they succumb to disease relatively easy.  That being said get a healthy specimen.  Easier said than done though..  I've never seen a LFS with an Achilles, let alone a healthy one and when you order online you can't see what your buying.

I've ordered the majority of my fish online.  I've been very lucky to have received great looking specimens from all my online orders.   I ordered the Yellow Tang from liveaquaria.com, and the remainder of the online fish from marinedepotlive.com.  Both Achilles have come from marinedepotlive.

Ironicly I wrote an article about the Achilles in the Sept. issue of the DFWMAS newsletter.  Here is the link to the article for more information.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

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10-16-2007 6:45 AM  

awesome!  thanks for the info!  I think we need more pics though! 

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12-30-2008 1:30 PM  
I found using a mirror hanging on one side of the tank works wonders. The bullies will try to bully them selves in the mirror. I do this when I add any fish to my tank. I have 7 6”+ size tangs in my 300 gal display tank.

I have
12” Vlamingi Tang
7” Clown Tang
4” Spotted Yellow Eye Tang
7” Power Blue Tang
9” Saifin Tang
2 4” male BlueJaw Triger’s
7 3” Blue green Chrimis
3” Lemonpeel Angel Fish
I also have 2 Wrasses not sure of there names.

The mirror does help draw the attention away from the new fish.
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