tltgf
New Member
Hello everyone, my name is Tim, i'm an aspiring aquarist, i've been on Monster Fish Keepers Forum for about a month and have gotten lots of invaluable information from the other people... i'm hoping that being that this is specifically a sw forum that i may be able to squeeze out a little more help... to make this short and sweet here we go:
I have absolutely nothing yet... what i want is a 180+ gallon tank with a volitan lion as my centerpiece, as this is my fav sw fish of all.... My questions are these: i want to have about three tankmates. What size tank will i need to not be overcrowded? The mates i want have to be obviously compatible with lion and each other very beautiful, colorful fish, something that not everyone and their brother have, and also relatively easy to keep as this is my first time with sw. Any ideas? what do you all suggest for equiptment, lighting, etc.? what i do know is that I'm prolly gonna have 200lbs of liverock and also about 4 inches of live sand. i'm also looking at outting in a red sea pacific sailfin tang and possibly a dragon wrasse(rock mover wrasse) any objections to these? I basically know that i will have to cycle my tank first and whatnot and i'll get to that when the time comes... for now i'm just trying to figure out if my dream tank can become a reality in the near future on my budget.... I'd like to stick with new equipt simply for the fact that i can depend on it working and easier to find exactly what i need. I also plan on using reef equipt in case i do decide in the future to go to a reef tank. Any input will be appreciated, thank you all.