lionfish, tangs and porcupine puffers.. what do they eat?

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i just baught some new fish, a yellow tang, a red lionfish, a porcupine puffer and 4 domino damsels. the damsels eat the flake food quick, while the others dont... which has me in a panic since the others havent eaten since i purchased them the other day. can someone help me out here please? what to feed lionfish, puffers and tangs?


also... are crabs of any species ammonia factories like apple snails in freshwater aquariums? if so, i should probably just take the 20 i just purchased the other day huh? i mean, they arent particularly pleasing aesthetically, so no point in keeping them around if all they do is pump out ammonia
 
i just read that puffers eat shelled animals, will they to the job for me and eat the crabs i have in my 72 bowfront SW tank?
 
Actually alot of crabs reduce nitrates by eating left over food before it can decay into Ammonia, it also depends on what types of crabs you have.

Puffers eat mostly shelled inverts like snails and crabs, so if the crabs you are talking about are good crabs to have, the puffer might pick on them.


Lion Fish eat live food (do not feed them gold fish, only feed the marine type fish such as marine bait fish like silversides, live or dead), and odds are the Lionfish will eventually eat the domino Damsels.


It really helps to research everything you want before putting it in how big is the aquarium?
 
i have a 72 gallon tank with 73 lbs. of live rock. 4 bags of live sand. i tried feeding the lionfish frozen brine shrimp, will that suffice? not sure if he ate it, since he only moves in the dark.

also i did notice a few empty crab shells, must be the puffer :)
 
Please research fish before you buy them.

Lions: can be trained to take prepared foods, but will eat any fish and many inverts that it can fit into it's mouth. Lions produce a lot of waste, so filtration is very important.

Yellow Tang: herbivore--must have lots of algae to remain healthy. Does best in large tanks with lots of open swimming room, prone to a variety of ailments in smaller tanks. Anything less than 6 ft in length is typically too small for comfort.

Porcupine puffer--depending on species, can get up to 10-12 inches, or up to 2 foot--species identification is therefore very important. Without appropriate shelled food, the beak can overgrow and prevent feeding. Mussels, conckles, crabs, snails, etc are all critical to this fish being healthy.

Damsels--very cranky fish, territorial, willing to abuse just about everything else in the tank. Including the lion.

Was this setup cycled?
 
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