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They should be fed every day, they love shrimp to. In the wild they will eat 5-7 small crustaceans a night. Younger lions need more food than adults as well because of their extremely rapid growth rate. If you feed him properly expect to have a full grown 15 incher within 18 months.

My Ichthyology from last semester had alot of info on the subject. Fishes an introuction to Ichthyology 4th ed. Peter B Moyle and Joseph J. Cech, Jr. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 Try and find it on Half.com or Amazon

did I miss something the mods deleted somwhere? Freshwater feeder fish lack most of the proteins needed by saltwater predators and are very fatty. They will cause liver disease and eventual death. This is for any saltwater predators including rays, sharks, lions, eels and groupers and whatever...

A 135 is still too small for any species of shark, look towards more of a 180+.

Do not feed lions or any other saltwater predator goldfish or freshwater feeders. Its very bad for them. Besides that the primary food for antenattas are small crustaceans like shrimp and supplimented by small fish. Get some ghost or grass shrimp, mine love grass shrimp and feed them live and...

Here is the situation, I have a 65 gal pipefish/light reef tank with no real algae problem due to an abundance of macro. The only real problem i have is a brown scum/algae growth on the sand and lacking any bottom dwellers at at makes this a problem that is not going to go away. I need a nice...

Not condoning them in private aquariums at all but in some LFS's defence, a store near here gets them occasionally and they sell fast(a very upscale community) and usually his are already eating flake(relize that this is not the proper food) and eat anything put in the water. He showed me this...

It doesnt exactly feel pleasant and could be fatal if allergic. But remember they are not an aggressive species and wont come after you with the intent to sting you. they are like sharks, they generally will not mess with you unless you mess with them. By the way they are not a game species and...

Think a wasp sting and multiply that by 10. Same treatment though, soak it in warm water. If you are allergic to bee stings you might be in trouble so follow whatever you would do in that case.

This is actually pretty old news. Since they were first spotted off of Grey's Reef in GA they have been seen from New Jersey to FL They do have predators. Sharks can and will eat them, frogfish seem to have no problems eating them as well. Plus the myriad of fish that enjoy picking ie. big...

I have a zebra and antennatta in the same tank with no problems with aggression. The only real issue is the antennata is faster than the zebra so usually will get food first although if it gets away the zebra has a longer attention span and will hunt it down longer. Neither of them are faster...

The liver one is easy, start feeding him saltwater foods as suggested and the liver should clear up. The problem with the FW feeders are the large amounts of fatty lipids and not the right proteins. but like human livers, after a time the liver will fix the problems and be normal again.

You do realize feeding saltwater fish freshwater goldfish is REALLY bad for them right? You will destroy their livers. Try ghost or grass shrimp. That or feed less live and more frozen seafood so they learn faster to associate frozen with food. I did that with a wildcaught pipefish, both of my...

They coat themselves with a slimy cocoon which holds in the moisture when out of water, They can live for a very long period of time, I have read 8 or nine hours but my LFS says one of their other customers claimed most of a day. Just takes them a little while to wake back up again. Just a form...

Fu Man Choos are very difficult to get eating and ship poorly and even if they do eat its hard to get them off anything but live shrimp. Dont feed them goldfish or freshwater feeder guppies, thats just evil and deserves a good thrashing heheh. Oh and as to the aquarium sizes, lions are one of...

I would say yes if you do not need him. Occassionally they can become aggressive as well. Additionally the less fish the better water quality. But the exception are corals that like dirty water like zoos which flourish in water thats less than pristine. For much anything else more difficult...

Well here are some smaller sharks, whether you will be able to find them without hook and line is another question. Bonnetheads 5ft Atlantic Sharpnose usually no more than 4ft there is a smaller species of hammerhead that has a max size of 5 feet too These are just off the top of my head as far...

All self contained without a room supporting it. Outstanding. what are the dimensions on that and how big is the shark?

That sounds like a full load. If you want to put corals in, you dont want to even be pushing the envelope since you want good water quality. Get a good skimmer if you do not already have one.

I was looking at the fish list and I found something to prove my point fairly quick. Look at the two species of pipefish they have listed in misc. fish. Moderate and easy care levels it says. ummm I dont know how many of you have ever tried pipefish but there is nothing easy about it, I would...