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Doesnt look like a Darth Maul. DMs are a dark black with a crimson red with bright red highlights. If the color is true in that pic, those look orange. I think think they may be a close relative perhaps or a different colormorph.

The same people who eat only wild Fubu and not aquacultured fubu because there is no risk to it.

I am with you on that one. One of my professors in college was a PHD in Ichtheology and on one of his trips in the Pacific they were dragging nets along the bottom and pulled one of these up and when they dumped the net one flipped out and spiked one of the sailors. The only reason the sailor...

Thats a toadfish, not a stonefish. Thats a good thing though, it wont kill you if you arent paying attention while cleaning the tank. I am pretty sure there are no stonefish on the east coast, I believe they are Pacific normally. I used to catch those off my dock all the time and kept some in...

In addition to the above mentioned fishing license(probably) you will also need permits to catch said fish and stuff and every state is different. Then you will need a business license in order to sell to fish stores as it will be an expense of theirs and income for you and Uncle Sam wants his...

Thats outstanding Dcoyle. Hope that happens more often. As much as I love lionfish, they need to go. I dont see foxfaces as that disruptive. Alot of the reef's problems is algae overgrowth due to a lack of urchins. Yes, I know that anytime you release alien species there is possibility for bad...

Easy sea sheep? Never heard of a sea sheep. What I had was a red sea whip, which if they are not gorgonians, they are very close to them. We find washed up ones on the beach all the time. They also come in yellow. My tank at the time was a 65 gal with some PCs. It was primarily a softy/LPS tank...

Oh definately. The price is still extremely high. We are talking a standard house setup being something like 30k installed and thats with 2 or 3 large panels and the conveerters and batts to use properly. If you arent in one of the lucky sunshine states then you are kind of SOL unless you are in...

Hmm where are they from? Turbo snails from the Gulf of Mexico cannot take reef tank temps and will die. A couple years ago this area was a major collection point for these snails, I havent heard of this practice changing. --Next time you are at a seafood rest. request grilled Atlantic lionfish...

Hmm I had some red sea whips in my tank I caught while fishing in GA(yes i caught them and the shell it was attached to on hook and line while shark fishing(catch and release only)). Out of curiousity I put them in my reef tank under decent flow. Whenever I fed Kent phytoplankton(the dropper...

Hmm as to the tank question, very true. A halide would not provide enough power to power one. As to personal use on your homes, thats a different story. You can actually with enough investment(I did not say they were cheap at all) put on your home depending on your location enough solar panels...

I used to do this. I never had any problems with lions in my 55 reef. Do yourself a favor and go with one of the smaller prettier lions as opposed to one of the big boys. Antennatas and smaller will do fine. I personally never had a problem with them perching on my coral. Mine tended to perch on...

Hmm This was a career path i looked into and got my minor in it college. I still might go back and take some further classes just out of sheer interest but as for a career, umm I already was a poor starving student, dont need to be a poor starving biologist. Not saying some jobs might not pay...

I read about someone in a holding station out in the Pacific wandering through with the article writer and they came across a weak lion. The native simply pulled it out of the tank, skinned it and ate it raw like sushi, so they are definately edible. As much as i dislike the fishing industry...

In my continuing design plan for my tank, I am going to go bare bottom(just to try it out and for ease of moving when that happens) so I am going to use pvc for frame work. The plan is to have two "trees" on either end of the tank, think coincidently enough, of artificial Christmas tree design...

In my continuing design plan for my new 75 gal tank, I am going to go bare bottom(just to try it out and for ease of moving when that happens) so I am going to use pvc for frame work. The plan is to have two "trees" on either end of the tank, think coincidently enough, of artificial Christmas...

Its only cruel and unusual unless its been done only once and then its only cruel therefore not able to be classified as cruel and unusual.

Didnt know that was even considered an aquarium species since it is sub-tropical rather than the normal tropical. Note that I have seen them up to almost 6 foot, of course i was catching them on rod and reel too heheh. Hey Reqium, where are you that you can find them so small? I am in their...

depending on the size of the tank and how far away it should be fine. I have had several friends who have dobe it for long term just because websites like this said it couldnt be done. My ex has several in her 45 tall under 192w of PCs and another friend has had one for 4 years now in her 15...

Best thing I can think of is get hold of a 20-30 gallon tank, put a slow return pump and fill the tank with LR, have the in-flow on one end and the pump on the other. Buy some of those bottled pods you have read about above and put them all in this tank, do not put any fish or crabs in this...