Decorating FOWLR tanks?
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agreeive?fish
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Get some more colors, sizes, shapes of fish.... personaly iam not fond of store bought decorations
T-T-Trigger
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my most recent setup I did add some resin (gasp, P*tco) decor. with a titan trig I simply dont have the choice of adding more colorful fishes or live plants.
extremely important is to monitor lighting and source water for me - no clean crew means FO tanks can get ugly fast - so i try to avoid that as long as possible. The darker substrate seems to be helping too - hard to keep sand looking good.
extremely important is to monitor lighting and source water for me - no clean crew means FO tanks can get ugly fast - so i try to avoid that as long as possible. The darker substrate seems to be helping too - hard to keep sand looking good.
predator 1
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This is an interesting subject for a thread.
I have struggled for many, many years to enhance the appearance of Predator systems. The main problem lies in the fact that Triggers, Arothons, etc, find the natural attractive additions as a tasty morsel. Although I have no concerns about Groupers, Snappers, & Barracuda's eating fancy Corals and crustaceans, the destructive few, make it a frustrating task.
After attempting to introduce many, many, types of natural decors, I finally found that "Plated Montipora" are allowed to flourish in peace!! They must contain some sort of defencive mechanism that repels the inquisitive fish.
I want to share the pictures with you all. I cannot fathom-out how to upload on this Forum. I have had many unsuccessful attempts, but to no avail!!
I have struggled for many, many years to enhance the appearance of Predator systems. The main problem lies in the fact that Triggers, Arothons, etc, find the natural attractive additions as a tasty morsel. Although I have no concerns about Groupers, Snappers, & Barracuda's eating fancy Corals and crustaceans, the destructive few, make it a frustrating task.
After attempting to introduce many, many, types of natural decors, I finally found that "Plated Montipora" are allowed to flourish in peace!! They must contain some sort of defencive mechanism that repels the inquisitive fish.
I want to share the pictures with you all. I cannot fathom-out how to upload on this Forum. I have had many unsuccessful attempts, but to no avail!!
reefergeorge
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Get some gsp, and shrooms. Very few fish will find mushrooms edible, and they need minimal light.
predator 1
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I have tried "Mushroom Corals" on many occasions George. The Triggers,( but "Not" the Arothrons,) have destroyed them.!!!
reefergeorge
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The only trigger I have personal experience with is my picasso. He leaves everything alone except a cleaner shrimp (rip), and a few hermits. He has never bothered any coral or other fish.
