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LionFish says...... First off welcome to the board. Secondly I think I have some bad news for you. Unfortunately a 38 gallon is not a good tank size to have aggressive fish. Basically the only aggressive fish you could fit in there would be one snowflake eel which can outgrow a 38 gallon. You...

Well to tell you the truth you can't really have any "schooling" fish in a 20 gallon. To have a school of fish it takes a much larger tank usually above 75 gallon to make a good school. A 20 gallon is very small and you can only keep 2 or 3 fish in there at one time anyways. Also, all tangs need...

LionFish says..... Well, Heithingi, seems to me the only thing that could even possibly be eaating your red legged crabs would be the Sally-light foot. They can be very predatory nand have been known to feast on a crab or two. They do like to eat smaller inverts and featherdusters. Also, PH is...

LionFish says..... Yes, eels have a large appetite which means they must be fed more often. I feed all my fish daily with a good variety of fresh small meaty foods. Squid, krill, shrimp, and silversides make up a balanced meal for my aggressive fish. It keeps them healthy, more active and can...

LionFish says...... Well, first off welcome to the board. Next, lets see here. Eel, huh? Well, they certainly aren't the nicest of fish so that limits some of the fish you can get. You mentioned a honeycome pattern which leads me to be it is a Tesselata eel. Thay are downright nasty fish that...

LionFish says...... Well lets see here. There are many fish that can go with Nigers but you have to factor in that triggers are aggressive and while the Niger is quite calm compared to the rest it can still be aggressive. So first thing to get cleared up is that you can't have any small fish as...

LionFish says..... There are a few reasons why you could be experiencing this problem. Number one problem could be lighting. Not necessarily your lighting system but direct or indirect sunlight causes major algea blooms. Also phosphates are a leading cause of small algea growths. Check your...

LionFish says..... Well, my personal thoughts are that I do a water change every 2 weeks as to make sure that my nitrates or ammonia don't go up. It really isn't good when you wait for them to raise because it can hurt some of the animals in the tank. Avoid waiting for ammonia to rise do one...

LionFish says..... Sounds like its just sand to me. My BlackCap that I got 3 days ago loves digging little holes in his gigantic rock fortress. The thing looks out of one cave and the next thing ya know he dives down and spits a bunch of sand out. Now my gramma does not have any dots on him...

LionFish says..... No need to let your wife down if you don't get any small crabs or shrimp. You must admit Ranger that is a rarity when one doesn't eat inverts. I know how you feel about letting wifes down. I told my wife that is was impossible to get a cute goby in with the lions. Hey, but if...

LionFish says...... I aint seeing anything but a big red X. That usually means that that where ever you got it doesn't want it to be copied somewhere else. I have had it happen a lot to me.

LionFish says...... Well, there is a very fine line between this subject. Technically if you keep a reef with inverts like shrimp and crabs you shouldn't get one. However, if you get large fish and have no shrimp and crabs then it is entirely possible. But you must remember that the smallest...

LionFish says..... Hmmmmmm........ I use a special kind of filter pad which is filled with a kind of sand. It is a new pad which can be used for a long period of time without falling apart. I think what you are doing will work fine. It seems like that would work the best. I think you should keep...

LionFish says...... Well, RO water is regularly referred to as Reverse Osmosis. It is free of bacteria that causes the tank to become polluted. It is much better than well water. You can get it at a water store and your LFS might sell it. I only use RO water. What kind of filter pads do you use...

LionFish says...... Well, folks what a day. Its not only Easter Sunday for me but it marks my 1 year anniversary today. Ah, one year. All the memories. Well, thanks to everybody here for a great year and I'm sticking around for year 2. Have a Happy Easter, everybody. C-ya.

LionFish says..... Well, I got the little bugger home this morning and he is quite happy with his numerous cave. He had none at the LFS. It was sad because he just sat behind a spong filter looking out at everybody. He swims around a lot and seems to like the 6-line wrasse, although he scared it...

LionFish says...... Well, guys I need to add water to my new tank. But here is the problem. I usually use RO water but I only have two 5 gallon jugs to get RO water. Is there any other kind of water I can use. It would take me 5 trips to the water store and I don't want to go through that. I...

LionFish says..... OK, folks there has recently been a small outbreaks of little incidents on the board. Some on purpose some not. I feel that it is my responsibility to clear up a couple of things so no one gets confused. It is my fault that I haven't cleared this up before so I will quickly...

LionFish says...... Thanks guys. I said that I would get rid of the HawkFish because of the reason of snacking on inverts. I have 2 cleaner shrimp that I really like so I'll avoid the Hawk. Thanks for all the help LeThaFace. You have educated me on these cool fish. I have made my decision to get...

LionFish says...... Thanks for all the help guys. I haven't made a decision yet. As this fish will be one of the few I can put in my new 50 I have to choose wisely. So, here are the basics. I will have 1 percula Clown, 1 6-line wrasse, 1 Flame Angel, 1 Goby, and 1 Flame Hawk. These are the...