Marine vs Tropical vs Nano vs Predatory
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Dtackett
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nano marine and predatory marine. you can place all your coral in the nano and fill it quickly, then the predatory can be all the big fish that we all want but cant keep with our coral.
Thanks for the advise! I have gone for a nano freshwater (I know this site is more for marine, but you know) because I'm liking these little endlers and plus then I can get a betta which I really love! I am also taking your advise as well and going for a predatory marine. I am going to build a custom 685 gal. approx. tank for an antennata lionfish, banded cat shark, blue spot stingray, porcupine puffer and a zebra eel. Any comments on that? Thanks x
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eatbreakfast
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Take out the puffer and you will be fine. They nip pretty badly on slower moving fish.
eatbreakfast
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A shark and ray has about as much of a chance of being stung by a lionfish as any other fish in the tank. While they may not be the most 'graceful' swimmers, sedentary sharks and rays, generally stay on the bottom of the tank, and the spines of lionfish are on the top of their bodies, so not much issue.
eatbreakfast
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Not ys, but several species of bamboos and cat sharks. They are not very active and do not leave the substrate frequently by any means. Anyone that has kepr them will attest to this.
eatbreakfast
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As small nocturnal sharks, they are low on the food chain of nighttime predators. Their nocturnal activity is done in the search for food. Once satiated they quickly return to their cave of choice. A well fed shark is much less active than one that is search for food, but not in an unhealthy way. This is what they are instinctively hardwired to do. Understanding the 'whys' of husbandry helps one to better adaquetely care for them, rather than following rote rules. Anyone that has kept a hungary shark vs a well fed shark has observed this.
Also when I said they were graceful swimmers gracefull was in quotes impling not being graceful.
Also when I said they were graceful swimmers gracefull was in quotes impling not being graceful.
Maybe if you had a properly sized aquarium for your shark you would understand. These sharks are extremely active at night even being fed to satiation. In fact, they are pretty active during the day as well with a properly sized enclosure. Tell me, does this shark look skinny to you? Because she is swimming 20% of the time.
Ok so by this we mean (without the arguing) to drop the lionfish and keep the puffer in the group. You can add angels and other large tangs as well but leave the lion out of it
