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I'm considering adding an appropriately-sized volitan lion to my 150. It has a clown, huma, niger trigger & a couple of eels (snowflake & fibrillated). I've heard that triggers like to nip the wavy fins/antennae of lionfish. Are these guys compatable?

Hey prime311, does your monster chaeto farm reduce the nitrate & phosphate levels in a predator tank? What's swimmin in your set up? How many gallons is the main tank? How big is the fuge? How do you run your lighting on the fuge? I figure if I become a water quality nut, I can reduce the amount...

My 150 trigger tank is a nitrate machine. Does anyone find refugiums to be effective nitrate controllers or will a predator tank just overwhelm it? I have a 30 gallon refugium that I just set up with caulerpa, chaeto, ulva. I wonder if it's gonna help...I know the plants need time to...

What types of snails or crabs can make it in a 150 with several triggers? I need some algae control... I have heard fuzzy chitons, banded turbos from Costa Rica & electric blue-knuckled hermits can survive, most others can't. Let's hear some feedback!

I'm wondering which inverts will survive a trigger tank? I get brown diatom blooms & I need a clean up crew that can withstand my fish. I was told certain turbo snails & electric blue knuckled hermits can make it. I like trochus snails, but I'm hesitant to introduce them. I need some feedback!