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[reeferJ]

Hi All,
I haven't posted here in about 2 years. During this time I had some personal tragedies and as a result my reef tank had a severe meltdown. Well she's all cleaned up now and ready for restocking. In the past I had PB Tang, Foxface, Keyhole Angel, 2 bangaii, 7 chromis, neon dottyback & a tomato clown. Corals included Open Brain, Colt, Hammer, Frogspawn, Fox, Bubble, Toadstool, Shrooms, & Assorted Polyps. Live sand & rocks, 240 gallons, 30 gal Fuge, 30 gal. sump, MH lights, Ca Reactor, RODI, skimmer, etc. Basically can handle most anything.

I'm thinking about going in a different direction fish wise, & still want to repopulate the corals. I'd like to start with a Volitans Lionfish, everything else would be added around the Lion. I would appreciate any suggestions as to what other fish I could possibly add.

Thanks

 

[WRASSER]

reefer,



when i started my 150 i put together an agressive tank. i had black lion, gold stripe grouper, snowflake eel, chainlink eel, 5'' dragon wrasse, and a 5'' formosa wrasse. it worked very well. all were hand fed. it took the lion a little longer than the rest to take food from my hand but he did come around.
from what i understand is if the lion can fit it in it's mouth, don't put it in the tank. i had some damsels that were just a little too much,but the lion would stalk and try to eat them.



good luck,



wrasser 8)

 

[reeferJ]

Thanks for the reply wrasser, was deffinitely thinking about eels, also a panther grouper, but I heard panthers loose their spots as adults. Did you feed the damsels as you would normally feed reef fish? ie everyday? Did the Lion cause the damsels to school?

 

[WRASSER]

reefer,



no, the damsels did not school. there was only two or three and they did there own thing, when the lion wasn't stalking tham. and yes, i fed them daily. well, i should say that i put spectrum in daily and both wrasses and damsels ate. be careful with smaller fish and the eels at night my eels ate them. :wink:


good luck,


wrasser 8)

 

[reeferJ]

Would it be OK to keep clams with this kind of tank? I was also thinking about a marine betta, boxfish, or puffer. Any thoughts?

 

[WRASSER]

reefer,


i know that the puffer is aggressive, no sharks or sting rays, the puffer will eat the eyes and sort. so if the tank is going to be aggressive i say yes with the puffer. :? i don't know, but from what i understand of bettas they are kinda passive and any tang could pick at the fins. and i know nothing about boxfish, sorry.


good luck,



wrasser 8)