Recent content by pufferlover

I too like my Prism and highly recommend them for those who want a low cost, well designed hang on Skimmer. Yes the secret to them is to open the flow control just a hair in the beginning or else you only get a lot of water in the cup. Wonder why they do not tell us that in the instruction...

I take the easy way out. I bought a 1 gallon plastic critter container at my LFS and a cheap 5 buck air pump. I buy live brine at my lfs every Tuesday night when he gets his in take it home put it in my container with new SW at about .1020 salinity and it lasts me a whole week. Yes Brine is like...

Pork and Eel Ok. I would not do the Lion tho for reasons stated above. Make sure the Eel is fatter then the Porks mouth and that way you will avoid problems. I have a snowflake that is growing in a 45 gallon waiting for the day I can add it to my 120 with my Mated Pork pair who have very large...

Unless the snails have rounded shells and slits to get into the Pork will devour them as a snack. Lions are not my expertise so someone else will have to answer that for you.

jwt; I love your analogy of the Lion-Eel in a tank. I love my aggressive tanks but as you say it is a dinnertime action thing more then a sit and relax watching them thing.

I cannot say it will not work in a 75 but I wanted you aware it may not. I do think in a 75 those 2 fish will be all it can handle as that Pork in time will get to 6 to 12 inches and the Lion well that depends on what you end up getting. They will need the space to keep out of each others way...

Its one of those things that can and does happen due to the way a Puffer will bull over other fish for the food. I realize all books say they can go together and they can in a big enough tank, but anything less then a 90 to me is too small. In answer to your question a Lion can sting anything it...

Do not mix a Pork with a Lion in a small tank unless you want a dead Pork. There have been at least 2 former posts on this board where Lions stung the Porks at dinner time and the Porks died From what I am reading you are taliking about putting them in a 20 gallon to start together! As suggested...

Cowfish are members of the Boxfish family; These fish have a rigid body made up of bony plates covered with a sensitive skin that can be damaged by cleanerfish. Most are poisonious, releasing a poison into the water when threatened in the confines of a tank, this often proves fatal to both to...

A Flame and Regular Hawk can go with each other, but the problem will be when they grow large and the tank is to small for both to have their own spots. I had a Spotted and a Longnose in my 135 for about 3 years, they both ended up a good 5 to 6 inches and mostly stayed away from each other. The...

I to would lose the mirror for the reasons stated above.

There are many Wrasses that can be housed together in the same tank. For example a Red Coris and a Iridis Wrasse and a 6 Line Wrasse can be kept with each other without problems (I have had that combo for close to 2 years in my full reef tank). Most of it is just figuring out body sizes and...

I will let you all know how it works once I get it (probably Monday or Tuesday I went for 2nd day air). I hope it solves my problems as I am afraid all this fighting for the Eels food might get my Clown Trigger to forget how good it has been for the 4 1/2 years I have had it.

Ordered the feeding tube tonight should be here Monday or Tuesday and we will see how it works for me. My fish are to big to get their heads in it but will the Eel put its head in it is the question I have. Once I see if it works let you know.

I would be concerned about a Boxfish in with a Puff and Lions. If the Box gets stressed it can release a toxin that will kill its tankmates. Second there have been posts here before from people who had one Lion with a Puffer and one night during feeding the Lion stung the Puffer who then died...