Do you think My Tank is Too Crowded?

jam1e

jam1e

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well I had to put the Angel back up into the display becuause I'm going out of town tomorrow and I'll be back on Sunand the perday son taking care of my tank says that he doesn't want to feed the sump for some reason .. just too lazy .. but I put him back in and he's still messing with the butterfly ... I'm thinking about taking him back to the lfs so that I can get that pufferfish .. or .. if I put the puffer in .. do you think that it would be aggresive to my angel and that the angel would stop messing with my butterfly?
 
lion_crazz

lion_crazz

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Originally Posted by Jam1e
ok ... here's the plan ... I'm not going to get the Maroons or the Anemone because I want a Humu Humu Trigger .. and instead of the Radiata Lionfish .. I'm getting a Volitan Lionfish .. also .. in the future .. If I take the Indian Yellowtail Angel out .. would I be able to put a small Porcupine Puffer in? .. or could I do it without taking the Angle out?
Well personally, I think all three of those ideas are bad ones. Here is why:
-Your tank is quite stocked as it is. Even if you decide it is not overstocked, adding an even bigger lionfish is not a good idea. The Radiata gets 8", whereas the volitan grows to be 15".
-A porcupine pufferfish gets to be 18", and would need a much larger tank than 65 or 90 gallons.
-The humu humu trigger is also not a good idea because triggers are renowned for shredding lionfish's fins. I know that there will be someone who will post "My trigger and lionfish are fine together", however, please know, 7 to 8 times out of 10, the trigger rips the lion apart.
 
emperor11

emperor11

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Originally Posted by lion_crazz
Well personally, I think all three of those ideas are bad ones. Here is why:
-Your tank is quite stocked as it is. Even if you decide it is not overstocked, adding an even bigger lionfish is not a good idea. The Radiata gets 8", whereas the volitan grows to be 15".
-A porcupine pufferfish gets to be 18", and would need a much larger tank than 65 or 90 gallons.
-The humu humu trigger is also not a good idea because triggers are renowned for shredding lionfish's fins. I know that there will be someone who will post "My trigger and lionfish are fine together", however, please know, 7 to 8 times out of 10, the trigger rips the lion apart.
Yep..absolutely.
A lot of it, however, depends on the species of trigger. Generally, the blue throats, sargassum, crosshatch, etc are quite peaceful and won't harm the lion. On the flip side, putting a clown trigger or a queen trigger with ANY lion, even it the lion is twice its size, would be a grave mistake.
 
jam1e

jam1e

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ok .. let's try this .. this is a stock list of what I think I can get in my tank .. yo ulet me know if I can put all of these in my tank ... just so we're on the same page .. becuase I have the feeling you think I'm getting 2 lion's .. which I'm not .. here goes ...
1 - Juvenile Blue Hippo Tang
1 - Yellow Longnosed Butterflyfish
1 - 1 Porcupine Puffer
1 - Volitan Lionfish
1 - Flame Angel (maybe)
and if that doesn't work would taking out the Flame do alright .. I want the Flame but I don't want the fish to be overcrowded
 
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