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if you buy the fish now, and don't mind the hassle of transferring to a larger tank you could be okay.....just be careful cause once they get older they will get territorial, but i thinks that your 120 should be good. Dan

as far as the eel-man goes that you want in your tank.....I enjoy snowflakes more because of their personality than zebras, although zebras do look more cool. Dan

I recently introduced a trigger I probably shouldn't have into my trigger tank, and it wounded by clown-trigger fairly badly. When I took the damned huma huma back, my lfs guy said i told you so and I felt really really dumb/stupid/annoyed at myself because I knew i was pushing the envelope and...

Goldfish: as to what to do about your algae, what type of water are you using? If you are using water with high levels of phosphorous or silicates in it, that will cause your diatom algae bloom. However, the novice error of overfeeding can also introduce some algae bloom so beware there. You...

Goldfish: if your triggers are not juvenile, and by juvenile I would mean under 2.5 inches, then there isn't much chance you can get away with putting some hermits and snails in there unless you don't mind an expensive snack. Some folks over in the aggressive forum would recommend trochus...

you know I have had the same problems, and a clean-up crew really didn't help much with the problem. They might stir up the sand some but they won't help you with your glass. You could get a phosph-silicate remover to put in your filter, but I have tried this and this too is somewhat...

Yeah I agree with che, eels can work out, what do you have in your tank already?

How is your clown now? He is still alive? I sure hope so.........

My advice would be that if he isn't eating healthily one week after introduction you may need to be worried, but yeah this little guy is just getting used to his environment and he has had a lot of stress recently so give it some time. Dan

A protein skimmer will also help out your algae problem. Get one.

Marillion if you want information on those varieties of triggers, I will need their scientific (genus species) name because I cannot find them by their common name. To clarify, I cannot find information on the dracula or lunula trigger so if you know their proper name let me know. Dan

Another cool trigger you all might not have seen: the blue throat trigger Dan

This is a picture of a titan trigger: This here is a pineapple trigger: Here is another titan trigger: Here is a crosshatch trigger: HTH, Dan [ May 14, 2001: Message edited by: dgs174 ]

How long as he been in your tank? If you just introduced him recently that his behavior is sort of normal. Also what size is he? Is he juvenile? He will need at least a 75 gallon tank when he is bigger, but if he is a juvenile now you can get away with it for a little while. If he has not...

You guys may be right, but I have never seen a really really really purple piece of live rock that did not smell like the ocean like cured live rock is suppossed to.

Sounds like you want a reef and not an aggressive setup. Triggers will munch on the lr sometimes, and you will see its fragments go through their gills. But for the most part triggers coexist will lr because in the wild they are reef bound fish. I think niger triggers a cool, they have nice...

Email me because I cannot post the name here. ;) Dan

Adding a SMALL amount of cured live rock will not hurt your tank, just make sure there is a lot of purple (coraline algae) on it. I had 4-5 pounds every now and then to add some diversity to my bioload (bacteria in the tank). So you can get away with it just make sure that it is cured, meaning...

You can post links but not to a competitors site. So pictures can be posted. I agree the forums are slow, but not necesarrily dead. I try to post alot when I see something interesting, and if everyone else posted alot than the forum would move quicker.

The cycle: When you put water in a tank, there are a bunch of ammonium ions floating around. Imagine these as bullets that will kill your fish. Gradually by chemically reacting with your water or bacteria that you may have introduced with live rock or live sand the ammoniom ions change to...