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I want to set my new tank up with an aggressive setup; but don't lilke the fact that I can't have starfish or anything to stir up the sand, eat detritus, etc. Someone told me there is a starfish that stays submerged in the sand, aerating it, and can be with aggresive fish b/c they can't get to...

i looked at another site yesterday to see what i could find about them. it praised the wet-dry as being superior for biological filtration and, therefor, the overall health of the fish. But it, also, said that it's designed poorly for mechanical & chemical filtration b/c it lets a lot of the...

we're setting up a new 125 & i have an eheim canister chosen b/c i hear that brand name a lot & assume it's a good one. my husband's set on upgrading to a larger cascade b/c the cascade 700 has done so well on our 55 & "if it's not broke..." does anyone have any input on this? is eheim better...

i feel like a nuisance posting constantly but switching to a new set-up has me feeling like a newbie again. we now have a 125 gallon tank with an internal overflow in the middle & a 55-gallon tank to be the underneath sump. i'm trying to complete my list of everything to order for it so we can...

great! i already bought a setup to serve as a quarantine. This book just made it sound like reoccuring ich was the norm with them. i didn't want a hider either since i'm going to stock with a very low number of fish this time. books vary so much from one to another though. i'd rather trust...

i was set on getting a porcupine puffer but the book i just read said that they're nocturnal and ,therefor, hide most of the day & that you should be prepared to treat bouts of ich. is this true?

a lot of times fish look great in the books or on-line b/c they use one of the best specimens. then, you're disappointed when you see them. so, does anyone know whether a maculosus angel or a purple tang look better? i was steering toward the mac. angel b/c it's hardier; but i see all these...

i'm deciding what to put in my new tank & i've decided that i absolutely must have a porcupine puffer. i know they do well in an aggressive setup. I've ,also, read a customer comment on them, saying they were great with their non-aggressive tankmates. However, a species profile i read said...

yeah. it's for my 125 but i think i've just decided against the snowflake eel. it would be neat to have one; but not neat enough to give up most of my room for fish.

thanks a lot everybody!

i've read not to stock over 1/2" of full-grown fish size per gallon of water. i've managed to weed out my fish list to fit in those guidelines but the 24" max. size of an eel is killing me. will my 55 gal. sump increase what i can stock or would i be pushing it & jeopardizing my water quality?

would a large blue tang be ok with a smaller humu or niger trigger? maybe an angel if i can fit one in?

thanks!

i might be making my new tank an aggressive set-up & i don't know much about aggressive fish. first, since a blue tang's considered peaceful, can it hold its own in an aggressive setup or should i choose a different tang? what about a snowflake eel or a porcupine puffer?

i'm deciding how to stock my new tank & i decided to check out what i could have with an aggressive setup. i tried to start by seeing what was compatible with a trigger. however, not a single fish on the chart got a 'yes' with triggers. there were a lot that said 'caution' so how do i know...

i don't have the anthias. it's just 1 i've picked to get when i get the 125 ready. the clown's the only 1 i already have. he's in my 55 & i'm moving him to the new one. i'm just trying to come up with a neat fish to mix in with the others. i love the idea of the porcupine puffer but i'm...

I have an osc. clownfish now that's transferring over. Then, 2 I have in mind that I wouldn't mind giving up for a neat fish are a fridmani pseudo & a carberryi anthias. I definately want a blue tang. And I'm trying to decide on a good angel.

i saw a picture of one & fell in love with it. I had decided to get one until I read that they sometimes bite the other fish' fins. Does anyone know if that's a big prob with them?

yeah. i think they're neat too; but they're aggressive.

i'm planning out my new 125 setup & I pretty much have in mind what fish i want. i chose them for color but i'd like to leave 1 spot open for an interesting fish. what's a neat or different-looking fish that can be housed in a 125 g fish-only tank (semi-aggressive). I love lionfish but the 1...