I am getting ready to get a 55gallon salt water tank i already know that i have to cycle it for about a month with live sand and rock for like a month before puting fishies in it. What would be some good starter fish that look cool besides like clownfish, i would really like a lion fish or a snowflake eel but idk if they would be good for me with my limited knowledge of salt water
Starter salt fishies
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Predators would all be beginner fish. They are all very hardy and take quite a bit to kill.
Triggers
eels
lion fish ( i find not AS hardy but still good)
groupers
Toughest of the bunch
Triggers
eels
lion fish ( i find not AS hardy but still good)
groupers
Toughest of the bunch
well a lion-fish wouldn't be the best for a new setup it can be kept but depending on species ur looking to buy there hardness will vary along with size of tank. A great key to having hardy fish is to be as educated on the fish or inverts, etc... that you would like to keep I have done research on every fish I have before I buy it and learned all the water chemistry to a "T". If you just put 30 minutes to learning about the fish u desire hardness won't matter cause you will know the husbandry required to keep them and keep them healthy and feed.
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mr.reef24
i think eels are great.... but get a snowflake only. anything else will grow out of a 55 in a matter of weeks.
Well that is perfect, because that was the kind of eel i was looking atnubz;3998637; said:
Would I be able to keep the lionfish in the tank with the snowflake? I'm asking because I have seen it before on youtube.
RedBellyRhen;3999475; said:Well that is perfect, because that was the kind of eel i was looking at
There are species that are more suitable for a 55 gallon. Snowflakes will eventually need a 75. the volitan Lionfish will get as big as a basketball
90% of people do things wrong on youtube.
But yes you can keep a lionfish and snowflake together. They will need tanks big enough to house them though,
holy crap that' awesome!!!! i plan on upgrading to a 180 pr 200 in the future so yeah that just made my day!!!TheCanuck;3999744; said: