Howdy folks. I'm not planning to do this for a few years, until I have stopped scrapping bare bottom because of my spendy tuition, but I though I'd ask now in case this place isn't around anymore or some reason. I was planning to set up two 180's with a nyjer trigger, a picasso trigger, and a snowflake moray on one side with a volitans lion and a panther grouper in the other. I'd link them up with PVC (I've seen this done, veeeery cool) and have a grate on both ends so the eel doesn't go meandering around. Then have a common 75 gallon or so stocked with LR for filtration. Anyways, would these fish work in the specified sizes? Thanks alot.
Larger Fish Tanks
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You should be okay with both set ups. I have a 209 currently that houses several baby triggers, two eels, 3 wrasses, and two damsels. The tank is thriving and looks the best ever but the problem is the baby triggers are getting to be big babies faster than I imagined and planned! I was planning it would take 3 years or so to get big enough to disperse them out, but I think they will be adult size within two at this rate. Oh, in case you're wondering there is a baby Queen, Clown, Two Nigers, Huma Rectangle, and White tail that I think might have been mistaken for a Halfmoon. I can see the Queen is starting to grow along with the Clown. The others are growing kinda slowly, but not slow enough! Oh well, guess I will have to get a couple more 180's and 200+ tanks. Oh darn! Anyway, enough rambling. Good luck with the predator set up whenever it happens. Marine Predators are my favorist group of fish available in the whole fish trade. Such personalities!
Thanks for the info Mono. I tried the Formula Two cubes and stuck one on a toothpick like recommended. The clown (a tomato...melanopus I think but still trying to figure it out) picked at it a bit, but my scarlet hermits were scaling the toothpick and playing king of the mountain for the thing. They polished most of it off pretty quickly. Anyways, I was also wondering, do you think I could get away with one more fish in the lion/grouper tank? I was thinking along the lines of maybe a moon wrasse, a squirrelfish, or a decent sized angel, like maybe a regal. Thanks again.
I wouldn't do a Regal Angel since they have one of the worst survival records of all angels (I think only Rock Beauties are higher). You could do like a Singapore or Cream (I wouldn't get one that gets more than 9" or so). I have two Lunare Wrasses (Moons, Lyretails, etc. Thalassoma lunare)in the 209 one 5 inch male and a 3 inch female. I wouldn't do a Squirrel, I find them to be kinda nasty. It might have a problem with the Volitan. I would think it would be okay to have one small fish like either the Lunare or one of the above mentioned angels but wouldn't do any more than that due to the adult size of the grouper.