Stocking Input

[Wiggles92]

Grouper id say is about 7ish or so maybe a lil bigger. Hes already taken out a picasso trigg that I had. Triggers are pretty cool, I would like one, the picasso I had was awesome while he lasted. Id probably try to find a little bigger this time around though. I def would like a harlequin tusk though, I think he would workout in the setup. I am not sure if the lion will make it to the upgrade or not. His tail fin is losing the webbing, and some "spines" that were there, are falling off, but I think I would get another lion again, as thats the main reason I got into tanks was to get one. are all angels notorious for nipping?

not sure if I want to go to the trouble of fabricating a solid lid though, so I think eels are out of the equation

Too bad about the eel; they're pretty cool fishes. Some of them are less likely to escape than others; my snowflake eel hasn't made any attempts in the year that I've had him despite there being no lid. Angels can be nippers, so I would compare them on a species-by-species basis. Hopefully the lionfish gets better; they're awesome fishes. Harlequin tusks are pretty awesome fish, and they definitely seem capable of holding their own against the grouper; Live Aquaria has larger ones on sale now, too. It might be tricky to get a larger trigger, but it's not impossible. Have you considered grunts & sweetlips by chance?

 

[asing]

Yeah hopefull the lion does, though tonight he looks worse, so well see what happens. Wow I wish my tank was up! that is a steal for a large tusk. I just dont want to get one and risk losing 180 to the grouper, I can already tell the 75 is too small for the grouper and the lion, terriotyr wise (it is the groupers tank, obviously). What I plan on doing, though it is still up in the air, is keeping my 75 setup with just the grouper, then adding him towards the end of stocking of the new tank. I did initially look into grunt/sweetlips but stopped when I read they are somewhat hard to keep and get huge. as far as trigger, a lfs has had some decent sized triggs in stock from time to time,they have a big clown trigger now, though I thnk they are asking waayy too much for it, I think they want like 200 220 somthing like that