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His eyes are crystal clear. He's a beautiful fish, that's what's kind of strange. He continues to eat from the feeding prong, so he's doing better.

Lion Fish are easy to take care of. The do best with passive fish like Tangs. Most species of Tang are also easy to keep and do well as long as they have their veggies.

I have a Volitan Lion since May of '04 that has done very well in my 75 gallon tank and grown to about 6" in body length. His eyes are crystal clear and looks absolutely fantastic. He stopped eating 6 days ago and bumps into everything in the tank. I got him to eat using a feeding prong and...

I have a Volitan Lion since May of '04 that has done very well in my 75 gallon tank and grown to about 6" in body length. His eyes are crystal clear and looks absolutely fantastic. He stopped eating 6 days ago and bumps into everything in the tank. I got him to eat using a feeding prong and...

His eyes are crystal clear. He's actually a beautiful fish with great color and markings. He continues to eat from the feeding prong and continues to bump into everything.

I have a 6 month old lion that's about 6" long and has been doing very well. He has always eaten very well, from krill to guppies and minnows. About 6 days ago he stopped eating. He now bumps into everything in the tank. Last night I used a feeding prong and he gobbled up a krill. This...

A great place for these types of plants is someplace.com As a matter of fact, they have an outstanding selection from Seagarden that are very life-like.

3 weeks ago I introduced a maroon clown into my 75gal tank. His friends are a small volitan lion and a Naso Tang. He is always hiding behind the rocks, only coming out briefly to feed. Is this normal, or will he eventually swim around the tank?

Thanks to all for your input. I'm sad to hear my new fish don't have much of a chance, especially since they seem to be doing so well now. I wish I had asked this question last week prior to investing in these fish. I will do numerous water changes and hope for the best...

My kids named ours Peanut Butter & Jelly!!

I set it up this week end. I put in the live sand and bio-additive Friday night and added the fish on Saturday. the guy at the fish store said this was no problem...

Right now the ph is 8.2 It is a new tank that I just set-up. I used live sand and a bio-additive to cycle the tank. I just added a blonde naso tang, volitan lion and maroon clown. Any suggestions?

I'm new to the salt water game...in reading about using a "Buffer", I'm not sure exactly how to use it. I was hoping for some direction.