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Posted: April 12 2011 at 7:23pm |
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I was wondering if any one near layton area has one I can come see?
Also any ideas on putting one together like fish, what I can do to bring color in the tank. I got a dog face puffer and he took out my shrooms and few polyps I had within 10 min of me leaving him alone. luckly I didnt have much in the way of coral in that tank. It is 225g
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Posted: April 12 2011 at 9:07pm |
A picasso or humo humo trigger are agressive fish that will bring a lot of color to the tank.
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Posted: April 12 2011 at 11:15pm |
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I'm a fan of lionfish. I think they are very pretty, and they won't eat your corals!
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None at the moment
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Posted: April 12 2011 at 11:22pm |
I have 3 Lions in my reef along with 1-7in Panther Grouper and a 5in Black Spotted Grouper.Beautiful Fish.Cannot go wrong with any kind of Lion Fish.
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Posted: April 12 2011 at 11:23pm |
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I love some of the non-reef safe wrasses. The Red Coris Wrasse and Aussie Harlequin Tuskfish are some of my favorites!
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Posted: April 12 2011 at 11:36pm |
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def gettin a lionsfish I got a dwarf lion fish in my reef tank now he is way cool. on wish list is the red coris wrasse fell in love with on at I think it was summertops house.Would love the tuskfish but lil pricy lol.
Are the huma huma and picaso trigger fish different? I got a huma huma already that I picked up from del. He is cool love the colors on him.
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Posted: April 12 2011 at 11:44pm |
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If you get the Red corsis wrasse plan on replacingyour snails about every 2-3 months.I have a 5in Red and if it is not nailed down he is going to flip it over.
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Posted: April 12 2011 at 11:46pm |
 builderofdreams wrote:
If you get the Red corsis wrasse plan on replacingyour snails about every 2-3 months.I have a 5in Red and if it is not nailed down he is going to flip it over. |
It's about the same as owning a large trigger  . My 8" Blue jaw will blow my hermits/snails over so he can eat them. I go through 100+ snails every couple months.
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Posted: April 13 2011 at 12:12am |
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well I am sure my dogface will eat them too i will just buy them bulk from ebay or try breeding them. Has anyone tried doin that?
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Posted: April 13 2011 at 12:17am |
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They will breed in a tank, but for some reasons the small ones never seem to grow up. I have yet to figure out why. My tank has hundreds and hundreds of tiny cerith snails that cover the glass at night, but they never get any bigger.
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Posted: April 13 2011 at 12:25am |
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k thanx for all the info it is helping alot.
Also any kind of coral I can keep like I said to put some color in the tank? Or ideas others have used to make the tank more appealing besides the fish in it?
what about anemones? since they sting will they leave it alone?
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Posted: April 13 2011 at 12:49am |
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Anemone's would be hit and miss, puffers will nip/eat most things so you may have to experiment with what he does and doesn't touch. Maybe consider getting some different colored macro algae.
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Posted: April 13 2011 at 9:37am |
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I agree about the anemone thing. Josh got one form me and I think his Trigger got hold of it when it moved into his resting place. Unfortunately it happened while he was at school and when he came back all that was left was a small piece stuck in a power head.
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Posted: April 13 2011 at 12:23pm |
Here is the only thing I think a lionfish is good for IMO. http://www.reef.org/catalog/cookbook
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Posted: April 13 2011 at 12:57pm |
How about an Undulatus (or Orange- Lined) Trigger:
Very Pretty, not expensive, tough as nails - but they can be mean
And you might want to try a couple of larger Leather corals as they seem to hold up better against fish like triggers and puffers
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Posted: April 13 2011 at 1:46pm |
Flame hawk.
Dwarf angels: flame, potters, coral beauty, flame back, half black
Full size angels: emperor, queen, koran, bellus
Striped squirrelfish
Triggers: undulated (as Bob mentions), sargassum, niger, huma huma (as Burt mentions)
Puffers: green spot, blue spot
To name a few ...
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Posted: April 14 2011 at 9:06am |
It's been said that Gorgonian coral may survive untouched with Puffers,
but I'm sure that's hit and miss as well. I see three awesome Gorgornia in this pic. This was a tank that Asad/seti007 had years ago. He
collected the Gorgonia in Florida and shipped them home. They are free
to collect in Florida because they grow like weeds there.
Edited by Mark Peterson - April 14 2011 at 9:07am
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