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09-08-2003, 08:56 PM
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Maltese Reefer
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
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Oops!!
Just wanted to add one more oops to the search list!  I finally got a predator tank, this will be a FOWLR. My wife has been bugging me about getting a lionfish, or a dogface puffer, or any number of fish we can' keep in the reef! no no no, but I secretly wanted another tank anyway, hehe, not really all that big of a secret, just read the sig. Anyway, I had some money set aside for a predator tank and started reading the ads. I have got some crazy deals in the paper before, I knew what to look for and what I wanted, so I started looking for a 75 or so gallon tank. Well, ONE day later there is a 135 gallon tank sitting in the living room, OOPS! Pics may follow after initial setup....  
A volitan and dogface puffer are required to go into the tank according to the wife, so any thoughts on other fish that would live well with these two species, maybe a trigger, thinking a Niger Trigger??
Feel free to throw out some suggestions!!
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Last edited by Demogarr; 09-08-2003 at 08:59 PM.
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09-08-2003, 09:08 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: austin texas
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I have a niger trigger and mine is very shy and fairly non-aggressive. He definitely holds his own, though. they grow some pretty big teeth so could probably put a scrappy puffer in their place. I think (it just depends on the animal.) Their swimming behavior is really interesting, I think.
I have also heard suggestions of harlequin wrasses or other large aggressive wrasses (rock-mover or dragon wrasse, for example) in a predator tank, or even a surgeonfish, as they have those scalpel-thingies that they can and do wield to defend themselves.
this is just what I have heard! I havent set up my predator tank yet, as I need a bigger tank to do so, so none of my comments come from actual personal experience, so keep that in mind. But I DO think you will enjoy a niger trigger, which is my main reason for posting!
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09-08-2003, 11:30 PM
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Maltese Reefer
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
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Thanks, I hoped a Niger trigger would get a long with the others, I have read they are one of the least agressive triggers.
Keep em coming!
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09-09-2003, 02:05 PM
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RMMAC President
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Byron MN, USA
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You gotta have an eel in that tank |
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09-10-2003, 09:20 PM
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Maltese Reefer
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Yeah, an eel would be sweet, just got to convince the wife!!
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09-10-2003, 09:32 PM
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RMMAC President
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Byron MN, USA
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The wife was the problem for me  She really wanted the eel... and that is why you might catch me complaining about the snowflake eating people in my 90 gallon reef |
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09-10-2003, 10:28 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: colorado springs
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PURPLE TANG!
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125 gal
2 under tank filters.3 overflows. 2 Power heads 2 oceanrunner OR 6500
30 LBS LS, 150 lbs LR
,2 perc clowns, 1 med hippo tang, 1 med yellow tang, 1 bi color blenny, 1 royal gramma, 1 carpenter flassher wrasse, 1 tri color wrasse.
Snails , mushrooms, open brain, ball sponge, 3 gorgonian, hammer, bubble, frog spawn, devils hand, toad stool, xina, BTA, pogda, star polups, pipe organ.
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09-10-2003, 10:29 PM
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BRW member
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: austin texas
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(rolls eyes) you and my husband and your purple tangs!
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09-10-2003, 10:42 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: colorado springs
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I just wnat one..... but I have to many other fish and a reef tank. I guess i wont be getting one any time soon.
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125 gal
2 under tank filters.3 overflows. 2 Power heads 2 oceanrunner OR 6500
30 LBS LS, 150 lbs LR
,2 perc clowns, 1 med hippo tang, 1 med yellow tang, 1 bi color blenny, 1 royal gramma, 1 carpenter flassher wrasse, 1 tri color wrasse.
Snails , mushrooms, open brain, ball sponge, 3 gorgonian, hammer, bubble, frog spawn, devils hand, toad stool, xina, BTA, pogda, star polups, pipe organ.
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09-11-2003, 12:05 AM
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BRW member
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: austin texas
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aw, don't be sad....you can ALWAYS upgrade your tank size!!!
MORE TANKS! BIGGER TANKS!
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09-11-2003, 02:36 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: south of the north pole
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a panther grouper would be an awesome addition!
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09-11-2003, 03:17 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Mexico, Missouri
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Anglers anglers anglers......frogfish are great.
So what if you only know they are there when they are eating, they are still great! And they will add some color to that lion and puffer,
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09-11-2003, 03:26 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA
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If you are thinking about an eel, I can personally say that the Zebra Moray is the best I've ever had in a tank. They are very passive and mine was never aggressive towards any other fish. The Zebra was about 3 feet long, and the 8 inch Snowflake was by far the most aggressive thing we had. We also had a small stingray, which was one of the most playful creatures I've ever seen in a tank.
Congrats on the 135! |
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09-11-2003, 04:31 PM
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Maltese Reefer
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
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Thanks for reminding me about anglers!! I had a sargassum fish for awhile, actually I have had 3 total over all, and it was one of the coolest fish, they hang out at the top of the tank a lot more than regular anglers, since their native "sargassum weed" floats around in big mats. Ahh, decisions decisions....
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09-11-2003, 05:22 PM
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Jedi Master
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Orlando, FL
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Those are the kind of oops thread that I like to hear!!!!!
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