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IMO, keep him in his own tank. He will get huge and pay a lot of attention to you when you're in the room. Watch your body parts in the tank. A friend of mine had one in a 150. When he, the fish that is, was about 10 my friend knocked something into the tank and reached in to grab it. The...

I liked the part where the zoo keeper described her personality as "demure". This reminds me of Jurassic Park when they said they were all females to avoid breeding and Jeff Goldblum's character said "nature will find a way".

LOL nice smiley!!! REMEMBER: SAFETY IS NO ACCIDENT

Fish mimic their surroundings. The darker the background, the more vivid the fish will be.

I think something like this would be good to catch spikes. You never know when something will die in a hidden spot. Once a tank is cycled, I only test nitrate except after after any new livestock addition.

A captive raised Komodo Dragon in an England zoo is pregnant and has never even seen a male. Apparently, another virgin one in a London zoo is also pregnant. Although around 500 know species are capable of this, they are unsure if this trait has developed or always existed in Komodos. Komodo

Besides the multiple unit precaution, get an uninterruptable power supply. Maybe the school computer department had one.

Charcoal.

Change it as per the directions on the bottle. I love it. Don't try to use it to stop doing water changes, still change water as your nitrate levels dictate. Although... I had a Tomato Clown, without a mate, lay eggs every 2 weeks in water that hadn't had a change in long enough to... well...

IMHO, reef dwelling fish are well aware of anemones sting. They very very seldom kill a healthy fish.

Fatalities from lionfish stings are very rare and are mostly the result of encounters in the wild. Death from insect stings are far more common. I'm going to have to blame the parents on this one. Allowing a kid to keep a poisonous wild animal without assuring he takes the proper precautions in...

IMHO, the same species should be ok. Getting an anemone to stay where you want it is a whole different story. ***)

Is your sand bed deep enough for the Tusk to bury himself?

That's fine. In fact there's no reason you couldn't leave the moonlights on overnight.

Originally Posted by nicetry Yes they have. Flames and a few others have been succesfully aquacultured in Hawaii. The chances of getting them to breed in a basic home set-up are probably next to nil. Any links to that info? I'm not sure that aquacultured and tank bred are the same thing. In the...

SFDS (sudden fish death syndrome) Consider getting a Rusty instead.

Uh oh, somebody attended the Dan Quaile school of spelling They are as likely to mate as any 2.

At the risk of sounding like a flamer, every book I've ever read in the past 40 years has said the same thing. Fish should be fed at least 2 to 3 times a day, and not more than they can finish eating in 2 to 5 minutes per feeding. What did the books that you've read say?

It's really a wide range. It's very hard to document in the wild. Kind of hard to tag a damsel. A lot of the info you find will be based on captivity. Some species actually live longer in captivity while others definitely don't.

Triggers, unlike the majority of fish we keep, have more need for water volume than tank length. They're not that good of swimmers, but they put out a lot of waste. Don't forget to add some coral skeletons for them to lock into.