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You have to remember they live their whole life on one anemone...they are not what you call "active swimmers"

Generally you can run the lights for about 8 hours. If you don't have a timer ya can pick up a water proof one from a hardware store.

What is the size of the tank? What are the tank mates?

They eat fish poop and left over food. They arnt bad to have around but population can get out of control if not properly monitored.

Make sure you regularly check your iodine/iodide level. Sharks are prone to goiters which is caused by lacking in iodide in the water.

Zebra eels are fish friendly. They grow to be about 3-4ft long and about 2-3 in in diameter. They need stable secure rocks to live in since they are fairly strong.

I do soak all his food in garlic guard...i will pick up ghost shrimp for him ^^

78-80 is the regular range for tank temp

Our lionfish about 3 weeks ago hurt his jaw...the left side of his face was extremely swollen making his face on that side look round...even his gills on that side was puffed up...he looked like a chipmunk with stores of food in his mouth...(unfortunately no pics ; ; ) we are still not...

i would suggest doing either a weekly or bi-weekly water changes of about 3rd of the tank...just lightly syphon your sand to pick up the extra food/poop left on the sand...

you have a lot of meat eaters...as a result they will make a lot of poop :P...i would suggest investing in a nitrate reactor since they guys can be messy eaters...

brown water...that is a new one for me...so i am not sure what kind of advice i can give...how are your nitrates and ammonia? do you use carbon filters or that new bio-crystal(it is a chemical form of carbon filter can't remember name off by hand)...when was your last clean?

my magnificent foxface will draw in a piece of mysis and will spit it back out and will continue this until she feels like eating it...you can easily tell if a fish is eating by looking at its stomach..if the stomach is expanding than he is eating and you have nothing to worry about...

you will need to post a pic

not too much food...feed it about the size of a nickle...