I am in the process of building a plywood FOWLR tank, the tank will be 100-120 gallons, I was thinking of stocking it with 2 snowflake eels, a lionfish, and 2 triggers still unsure what kind. Is this possible ? I will be putting a maze of pvc tunnels under the rock for the eels, would they get along in this size of tank for the life of these eels and fishes??? Will be using a HOB filter, protien skimmer, and something for water current in the tank. Had some nightmares with sumps so am trying to avoid them if at all possible. Any advise would be greately appreciated.
snowflake eels
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well it sound's like you are on the right path for the eel's what triggers you looking at too house in there most triggers can only be alone unless in a pair. the lionfish would work sound's fine to me I really like that your doing PVC pipe's through the sand under the live rock to give them some roaming room. I would buy the eel's at juvenile size though
mr.reef24
mr.reef24
I was thinking of getting 2 picasso triggerfish, I heard they are fairley peacefull. One Volitans lionfish, and of course the Eels they are my main focus of the tank, I never had them before, would you say that approx. 1 foot long would be juvenile size? With a 120 gal tank and these inhabitants and around 100lbs of live rock, a HOB filter and protien skimmer, would this be enough filtration? This will be my first marine tank so im trying to do as much reserch as I can before I get started and will probably ask ALOT of questions, and ofcourse i know lots of patience is required when it comes to cycling and quarantine and such.
~ocean;3434424; said:
3 feet is the max they get, and its rare to find one in captivity over 28". I had one for better than 10 years. It was about 28" when I gave it to a friend as I was taking down the tank.
Mine ate a niger trigger! They are hard on their tank mates. In addition to the pipes, you will also want a few piles of rock. They can fit into any crevice. If they are uncomfortable, they will jump out. If they are going to jump, they will do it with in the first week that they are put in the tank. However if you go rearranging all the furniture on them, you are again spending a week with the tank wrapped in cellophane to be sure they stay in. LOTS of hiding places is key. BIG pile of rocks in the middle of the tank is a good thing.
The two times mine jumped, he spent the 2 days prior to his jump rearranging gravel, so at least in my opinion, that is a warning sign that something is making him uncomfortable. It was the only 2 times in 10 years he ever moved gravel around.
are zebra lionfish easier to care for than volitans? would a volitan be to big for my size of tank? I was going for the volitan lionfish for its look and size but mabie not if they are hard to care for. I know that snowflake eels reach around the two foot mark but what size would be a juvenile snowflake eel be, this is the size I was told to introduce into my tank, are they more hardier at the juvenile size and would they fight less at this size?