Predators galore

saltynay

saltynay

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RO water costs money to buy or requires equipment which costs money to buy. The frequent water changes will enable me to keep my water of a lot higher quality.
I am new so maybe I am missing something.
 
levinjac

levinjac

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i see no point but you could i mean why go through all the trouble to go out to the ocean every time you need to do a water change
 
saltynay

saltynay

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Maybe a picture will help illustrate the location and why the ocean is no trouble to reach.
To the right (keep clicking to enlarge/zoom)

And the left (keep clicking to enlarge/zoom)

Those are fisherman that will be catching my feeder fish they trawl by hand
 
saltynay

saltynay

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I am not arguing with you, were just discussing and I appreciate it. Sorry if it comes off confrontational in anyway. So are there any corals I could have hardest of the hard as such?
 
spanko

spanko

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saltynay, sounds like you have a great resource available to you in the ocean. Where are you located? seems to me you have a very unorthidox mixture of critters to keep in a tank as you wish list. Remember the lion fish will eat whatever can fit in it's mouth, and their mouths open very wide!
Is the tank going in a home, business? Seems you have a very large space to use and a tank that large is going to require a lot of maintenance and money to setup and keep up.
 
saltynay

saltynay

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Whoops double post although a convenient response popped up. I am in Da Nang Vietnam. The tank is for a work space although atm I am working 95 hour weeks so its for me mainly and I can just convince the bosses that its work related trust me its easily done. I know lionfish are highly predatory but there mouths will be well fed on smaller fish. The setup cost is actually very low I can get the tank for about 100USD and the sump around 15USD, trying to find quality equipment is a different matter. The fish are also very cheap as I can purchase them direct from the fisherman so overall costs are quite low. Maybe 5USD worth of food per week and 10USD power.
 
spanko

spanko

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Okay, still gonna be some predation IMO. If it were me I would forget the shark and go with the rest. Using the actual sea water will be a good thing IMO if you are getting it far enough off shore to ensure little to no contaminants from runoff for the land. Sounds like a great project. Can you post up some pictures even if for now they are just the space where the tank will go etc?
 
saltynay

saltynay

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Sharks are awesome though and it is a shame to deny awesomeness. lol I want this tank to show people what is living in our oceans and to get them excited so that I can sell them diving trips ect. having heavy hitters will help in that cause. I am also a passionate fish lover so I don't want to cause unnecessary harm to my livestock which is an interesting balance at times.
 
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