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I debated as well, and am glad I went with the 1500 for that same reason. It fits perfectly in the space I have while still allowing me to open the side doors. Would've been a real struggle for the 1800. I'll look forward to following your build thread if you make one! Always cool to see what others do with the same tank as you.Just caught up, I'm currently in a mental debate between the 1500 or the 1800 as an upgrade for my 90g. Leaning towards 1500 so I can have a small storage section to the side and still be able to move and access that door. Looking good!
How's your tank coming WarEagle? Need an update here big dawg....Y'all. I am so in love with this tank. The shipment arrived from TSM early this morning and the fish were all extremely well packaged and in great condition. Each fish was triple bagged and they were very securely packaged with the big packing bubble bags to make sure they were secure and stationary inside the cooler. I got them all acclimated and added to the tank and moved over the two tangs from my old tank so they could all be introduced at the same time. Everyone is getting along great and they're all eating like pigs. Nori, pellets, frozen...all of it, no questions asked.
The red velvet fairy wrasse went in first. This is my first experience with owning a wrasse, and she is much more outgoing than I expected. I'd heard so much about wrasse hiding for the first few days after being introduced, I expected her to dive into the sand immediately. But she's been out and about all day, even taking some grief from Benny, who is very displeased that he is no longer the big fish in charge in the tank, without even batting an eye. What a beautiful fish that brings great movement to the tank. I think she will quickly become one of my favorite residents. My good friend has suggested I name her Wanda after the Scarlet Witch, which I said would work well because I can just change her name to Vision if she transitions to male.
The Red Sea desjardini tang went in next. This one is officially the smallest of the tang residents, but holding his own really well. I look forward to seeing how his pattern evolves as he matures.
The gem tang came in a significantly larger bag than the two smaller fish, so while he was taking extra time to salinity match, I moved over the blue and yellow tangs from the old tank. And last of all, the gem went in. He had an interesting white pattern on his sides from being in the dark, but that quickly faded after being out of the box. Overall a beautiful, fat and healthy fish. Very glad I went with TSM's recommendation to take the bigger gem tang over the baby. He is pretty much exactly the same size as my yellow tang, and as expected she has been the most dominant/testy of the bunch so far, so I'm glad everybody is fairly evenly matched size wise.
So far none of the tangs have shown any problematic signs of aggression (knock on wood) outside of the occasional display of fins and harmless gentle tail flashing.
I've got a couple videos of everybody up over on Instagram at WarEaglesReef. Having all the tangs in the tank along with the new wrasse brings a lot of dynamic movement and activity that was definitely missing without them. Even the clowns are much more active instead of just hiding in the back most of the day. Hard to do anything other than stare at the tank today. Haha.
The firefish has been hiding all day since adding the tangs, which is mildly concerning. I'm hoping that he comes out to explore and realizes that the tangs want nothing to do with him. The midas blenny hid for a couple of hours, but is now back to swimming out in the open completely ignored by the tangs. Can't say I blame the firefish though...four new big fish in the tank has got to be a bit intimidating. Gonna keep an eye out as the lights dim this evening to see if he makes an appearance. If he doesn't get comfortable in a couple of days I will probably look into rehoming him somewhere thats a little less intimidating, or setting him up in my old 13.5 gallon EVO tank so he doesn't have to be stressed.
That's all for now. Exciting day in Bikini Bottom Reef!