210g Things with Stings tank.

I really don't know what the end stocking list is going to be. I basically will have a mini, a small, a medium and a large lion/scorp tank. The problem is, I like to buy my fish small.... like really really small, and grow them up. The smaller the fish are introduced into captivity, the smaller they end up being as an adult. I'm sure it's a diet issue. So, I never know for a year or so, what tank they would be a good canidate for.

The 3 lions I'm looking for will definitely be going in the medium tank along with the mombassae that's been in QT for the last 6 months or so....

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The Inimicus.....

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We have a second rare Inimicus that may or may not be going in.... depends on if he'll fight with the first one. I suspect they will.

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I have a young frondosa who is also a candidate, but I'll have to wait until they're grown to see their size. We have adults ones that I wouldn't put in there.... so we'll have to see.

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Then there's the Brasiliensis, he'll go in until he gets too big and then he'll move unto the 310g tank with the bigger lions. These fish are easy to catch, so removal won't be a problem.

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There will also be a couple of regular fish like a bristletail filefish and maybe a couple of others.

That's all that are really planned besides the 3 lions we are hoping to find. At the end of it all, we hope to have a complete collection of lions.... if I can ever find a bellus, that is.
 
I love that frondosa, saw a pair on dd a while back, but way out of my price range at the time, that and my tank wouldn't have been a good home for them. Beautiful fish though
 
Gee, if we find a bellus, maybe we can get a Neosebastes entaxis to REALLY complete the collection...I wonder if anyone I know in Japan can/would help.

I really need new pics.... maybe if Santa brings that iMac :-)

You could always try sitting in Santa's lap in that cute little elf costume...or maybe give him a nice grunt sculpin... :lol2:
 
I really enjoy your thread everytime; apart from the great pictures, your fish list collection is simply incredible, congrats.
 
YAAAYYY!!! i found your thread on here to haha the thread on RC is a lil more pic happy than 3reef haha :-P any more updates on the tank?
 
We actually did get some stuff done as we had several people available to move the tank off the stand. The plywood and foam board are cut and placed. Threw the little one in the tank to mark the bulkheads. Need to wait for someone to come back tomorrow to help move it off one last time for now.... (I hope). What a pain this part has been!
 
You have an amazing collection. I'm rolling around doing a reef with large predators myself. This thread is an inspiration.
 
OK, it starts again. I was crazy to think we could start this right away moving into a new house.

We decided not to custom build a sump housing, but went with a pre-fab.

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gosh, you have some amazing fish in there! makes me totally want to redirect my focus and get some lionfish... great pics too
 
well you're a good person to ask. I'm going to be setting up a 40g breeder, fish only tank. Are there any lionfish that would be suitable for a smaller tank? some of the searching around i did said that 50g is a minimum. I don't want to be cruel though. The tank will be fairly open with some a cave or two on one of the sides...
 
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