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It's hard to estimate the age of the fish, in the wild they can reach 22" but that is probably not realistic in captivity. I would guess the owner had this fish for some time as they are not widely available I doubt it was collected at this size. I don't know about the lifespan but the fish is...

took some pics today, for scale he is in a 75 gallon tank by himself.

You right Aqua, they are intelligent and that is what makes them unpredictable. This fish is completely aware of it's surroundings and responds to any movement. It will dart out of it's hiding space as soon as anyone moves the magfloat on the glass and it watches everyone that passes by. That...

Thanks for the reply aqua, watching the vid I now do remember triple T's thread. I know this is a fish that you do not see everyday, which made me want to bring it home immediately. Fortunately I learned the pitfalls of impulse buys a long time ago. That being said,while at the store meand the...

wow, I just realized that as of today I have been here for 4 years. So to recap, fours years have passed without an original thought, and I also noticed my friends list is empty. I guess the internet can mirror reality

Hello all, I have been out of the loop for awhile and I hope everyone is doing well. I am seeking any input anyone has with giant hawkfish, I was at my LFS today and they have a huge giant hawk that came in. I was able to negotiate a screaming deal on it. The fish was brought in by someone, and...

looking great Kirk, those shrooms are huge

indeed some of the large stars can be nasty, but they are no match for triggers, puffers and the like. Urchins are a favorite snack of triggers. I have a choc chip and a brittle and had a red general for a couple of years in my aggressive tank, but I dont have aggressive triggers or puffers. i...

Not to pee in the punch bowl, but I have always been a fan of lions, I have 2 adult volitans in my 220 and they are actually very active. I would go with an eel, lion, aussie tusk, and then add a tang last, but thats just me.

As far as the tangs go I would go with the yellow, sailfin will get too big, and powder blues require experienced care and a mature tank. In that tank I would do something like this Yellow tang, 6 line wrasse, long nose hawkfish, a pair of percula clowns, shrimp goby, black cap basslet, a few...

if your new to salt, consider adding a couple of lions, a tang and an eel like a zebra moray. These fish are very tough, and forgiving of mistakes. Rays and sharks need alot of depth (front to back) in a tank for swimming room and the 24" in a 180 limits keeping these guys long term. Also sharks...

what size is yout QT? 8 fish might have been a little too much bio load. I am assuming that since your doing hypo the fish have Ich, so adding them to the DT is not an option? If this is the case keep your ph steady at 8.0 like beth said, and do water changes regulary. Use a water conditioner...

In a 125 you have alot of options, but the lion won't mix well with aggressive triggers. You could add a tang, yellow or purple. An eel would be cool such as a zebra or snowflake, a harlequin tusk would fit in nice as well. some other things that come to mind are a foxface, large clown (tomato...

I already have a pair of volitans in my 220, which is why I was thinking of an aggressive trigger or eel was kind of looking for something different that I can't do in my 220. 220 stock is as follows. 2- volitan lions 12"+ 1- 3' zebra moray 1- 10" orange toadfish 1- 7" male blue jaw trigger 1-...

if I recall correctly there was a guy on here a while back that had 2 adult dme's in a 6 foot 210. I think the key would be to have plenty of spaces for them hide, usually once an eel picks his favorite spot they stay with it. The issue would arise if both liked the same spot.

the bottle trick, and hook are the best options, but you may just want to try opening the tank lid and turning the tank lights off, and letting the tank sit in the dark for an hour or so and then stand in front of the tank with you net ready and turn on the light. The fish are usually slow to...

Crypt, I got your pm. I sent a reply but I don't know if it went through. I obviously won't be ready for a little while, but I will keep that in mind.

On the other hand, i could just ship the tank and stand to Kirk and avoid the setup all together What I really need to do is stay off of craigslist, that way I can avoid so many things that are too good to pass up.

Great looking tank OleMiss, I like the shrimp and damsels in there. Do you lose many of the damsels or are they able to avoid the eel? Ok, I have about ruled out the undy due to slow growth, unless I can find a decent sized one. I really like the clown trigger idea even though they are reported...

Srfisher beat me to it, a small hook will do the job, or see if your LFS has a grouper or lionfish loaner program