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Hello everyone. I'm in the beginning of picking livestock out for a predator tank. Has anyone had any awesome experiences with certain types of predators?


I've been fond of puffers and lionfish but i'm thinking I want to break the normal for myself this time. I've been looking at trigger fish but I don't know exactly if that's one of the fish I'd like to have. From what I understand they really kill the general community and limit what I can get. I use to have a 3 foot long ghost eel but I found it extremely boring considering I never really saw it unless I snuck up on the tank under the moonlights in the wee hours of the morning.


I saw a shark egg at the store today and it intrigued me. Has anyone ever had a shark? Are they active swimmers and actually fun to watch? I like a pretty lively tank. I have multiple large tanks so size really doesn't matter at this point. Any advice would be appreciated!
 
Don't do the shark egg. I have had 2. They are fun and cool to hatch but super hard to keep alive as a pup. The bigger sharks are cool but they don't move around to much.
 
I have a lion, trigger, puffer, snowflake eel, rock beauty angel and raccoon butterfly. The minute my shark hatched the raccoon attacked the shark. It was devastating. Once the other fish saw it was dinner time they all attacked. I couldn't get the pup out of the tank in time.
 
I have a lion, trigger, puffer, snowflake eel, rock beauty angel and raccoon butterfly. The minute my shark hatched the raccoon attacked the shark. It was devastating. Once the other fish saw it was dinner time they all attacked. I couldn't get the pup out of the tank in time.

That's terrible. What a buzz kill that must have been.
 
I have a 110 predator tank w porcupine puffer, humma trigger, niger, wolf eel, snowflake eel, squirt eye and a naso tang. And a grouper everyone has done very well. Here are a few pictures.
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Clown trigger, Clown tang, red corris wrasse, maybe an angel. And I'd stay away from sharks IMO
 

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