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Disclaimer: I am in no way going to set this up anytime in the near future and I'm not ready for it yet.
However, I was watching the end of "Finding Nemo" the other night (funny right) and realized I know very little of the salt water trade. So I've been reading up for hours to try and see what the deal is. The outcome was that I need to master my fish skills so I can eventually get salty! It is a vast beautiful world that I will Have to at least try. So then I got into thinking of some crazy tank ideas. Let me know your thoughts about this, if it'd work, and ideas to build upon: (thanks)
*125G FOWLR tank. I'm hooked on Snowflake eels, so would want ONE. Built the tank from there. Basically need fish that won't fit into its mouth. Found a lot of people kept lion fish with them. So thought maybe a dwarf fuzzy lion. That way it won't get huge and also eat everything. Then I wanted to stick with the crazyiness and tried looking at puffers. Still have no idea which one would work in this situation. That's where your expert knowledge comes in. I did find one guy who had this combo but was on a different discussion board.
Those were my main attractions. From what I read, some clownfish (ocellaris) will just get eaten. But I like the idea of them and an anemone (which I read is tough to keep). Then I found maroon clowns get up to 6", so would they work? That would be more than enough fish. Any other ideas of fish that would work in that combo?
The only problem I might see is that I won't be able to have much of a cleaning crew and I read these guys have a big bioload. Would a protein skimmer and a lot of live rock be enough? I was thinking of a brittle star fish, so it could agitate the sand, and read they might work. I did find that someone mentioned his eel wouldn't pick on cleaner shrimp (like common skunk and even coral branded). However, how would these fair with the lion fish and puffer. Everything I read about FW or brackish puffers was something about them getting super aggressive and being killing machines. Would any shrimp, or even large hermit crabs, or Large snails work at all?
Being completely clueless to the SW side of things, I am Very curious for answers. Thanks, and be gentle, this was only a crazy idea...that would be awesome if it'd actually work.
However, I was watching the end of "Finding Nemo" the other night (funny right) and realized I know very little of the salt water trade. So I've been reading up for hours to try and see what the deal is. The outcome was that I need to master my fish skills so I can eventually get salty! It is a vast beautiful world that I will Have to at least try. So then I got into thinking of some crazy tank ideas. Let me know your thoughts about this, if it'd work, and ideas to build upon: (thanks)
*125G FOWLR tank. I'm hooked on Snowflake eels, so would want ONE. Built the tank from there. Basically need fish that won't fit into its mouth. Found a lot of people kept lion fish with them. So thought maybe a dwarf fuzzy lion. That way it won't get huge and also eat everything. Then I wanted to stick with the crazyiness and tried looking at puffers. Still have no idea which one would work in this situation. That's where your expert knowledge comes in. I did find one guy who had this combo but was on a different discussion board.
Those were my main attractions. From what I read, some clownfish (ocellaris) will just get eaten. But I like the idea of them and an anemone (which I read is tough to keep). Then I found maroon clowns get up to 6", so would they work? That would be more than enough fish. Any other ideas of fish that would work in that combo?
The only problem I might see is that I won't be able to have much of a cleaning crew and I read these guys have a big bioload. Would a protein skimmer and a lot of live rock be enough? I was thinking of a brittle star fish, so it could agitate the sand, and read they might work. I did find that someone mentioned his eel wouldn't pick on cleaner shrimp (like common skunk and even coral branded). However, how would these fair with the lion fish and puffer. Everything I read about FW or brackish puffers was something about them getting super aggressive and being killing machines. Would any shrimp, or even large hermit crabs, or Large snails work at all?
Being completely clueless to the SW side of things, I am Very curious for answers. Thanks, and be gentle, this was only a crazy idea...that would be awesome if it'd actually work.