Recent content by orion5221

Hello, my tang also likes to scratch... must feel good! I read that this is normal behavior for them, as is the wedging. I have had mine for about 6 months now and she is no longer shy. Good luck!

Hello all, I woke up this morning to one of my puffers eyes being enlarged and looking hazy. The area were the eye attaches to his head is white in color ( maybe from the swelling?) DO you think this is trauma induced? He lives with a huma trigger and a radiant lion. He is eating and acting...

persistance Does pay off :) I have finally gotten my radiant lionfish to take frozen food! He now will race up to the top of the tank to get krill, clam,squid and anything else. It took a couple of months, but I am so happy that he will be eating a complete diet now. THANKS!

Hello all, my lion in the last day or two has devolped a cloudy eye in one eye. He is still eating, and all his fins and tail look great. and the water parameters are all within normal range. My hospital tank is up and running and I am moving him there tonight. After reading a few articles...

I am still pretty new at this, but I have 55 gal, fluval 404, bakpak2 and about 25lbs of live rock. I was told that the volilten lion would quickly outgrow the 55g soI got a radiant lion. I also have a snowflake eel, a huma huma trigger and a hippo tang. Everything is (knock on wood) going...

Has any one had any sucess with housing a huma trigger and a feather duster together? My brother is really adament about wanting a feather duster, but I think the humu is going to kill it... Also I am having trouble getting my lionfish ( radiant) to eat anything but guppys ( live ) and...

It is a 55g with 40lbs live rock. I have a backpak 2 and a fluval 304 ( which i might not even need) and 2 heaters. Hopefully at some time in the future, I will be able to upgrade and get a larger tank I got the radaint lion instead of the voiliten, because they do not grow nearly as large...

and here is the trigger :D

heres my lionfish :)

Thanks... got home today and it seems that it is leaking thru the clip that holds that air tube.... any advice????

Hello all, Just want to make sure that I am adjusting and using the skimmer correctly. I have the BakPak2, and have been emptying out alittle bit of water everyday( it does not seem that gross) The fine bubbles are traveling up, and all that good stuff.... how should I be adjusting the flow of...

Finally, after 3 and a half months my tank is how I dreamed about it :D I purchased my last ( hopefully) fish today.. so I have a small snowflake eel, radiant lionfish, small hippo tang and a small huma trigger :P SOOOOO let me keep my fingers and toes crossed that everything will continue...

I have gotten it from 5.99- 18.99 :!: It seems like a picked up this nasty little bugger on the cheaper rock :( Thanks for all your suggestions!

Hello, after reading another post I realized that I have aiptasia on one of my live rocks. 8O now, I have been checking out some websites and basically the negatives seem worse if you have a reef tank ( I don't) So.. Do I go out and buy a peppermint shrimp ( I think the radiant lion and or...

I am currently living in Lake Hills Ronkonkoma.. I grew up in Hicksville, Fort Salonga, Yaphank and Medford :) Enjoy, :D