Volitan

No, it is not possible to train lionfish not to eat smaller fish. It is possible to train it to take frozen food though. If you want to keep lions with other fish, you need to make sure that the lion is smaller than the rest of the fish.

haha, so I guess this thread is now redundant? Anyway, congrats on your decision.

I guess it's really having kakis in this hobby. When I started my first tank there was a whole gang of friends and colleagues doing the same. Even went to LFS during lunch time. And of course, with SRC support, much discussion and knowledge transpired hence keeping the passion alive. Eventually all the kakis left the marine field. Worst still when my chiller stopped working one day, forcing me to off my MH. Then the corals started to die off, then my inverts, then filefish, then my 5 yr old YT. So now left with 2 clowns. sigh... So now contemplating if should decomm or downsize. Maybe go for nano. haha.

I am also thinking of decomm my tank. currently only left with 2 clowns. But with me for 6 years liao. Can bear to decomm them. Sigh. So if you don't want to decomm later, then don't start. Good enough reason?

You can try smaller lions. Many, especially volitans, will take frozen mysis or brine shrimps. Or can feed with shrimps or silver fish from the market. Good luck!

I only dose golden pearls once in a while. I thought there is no need to feed the softies? Afterall, they get food via photosynthesis right?

Hmm, after posting, suddenly can vote liao. Pl disregard my earlier post.

I cannot cast my vote, even after log in, but i can post a thread. How come?

There are some websites that do have mp3 & mp4 on crosstalks. Do a search in Chinese on 相声. So far I have only seen a few, but quality on video and sound is not clear, and loading time is very slow.

So far it has not disturbed my corals or inverts as yet. But I previously had 1 SGF that tried to nip my clam but was injured instead when my clam shut its mouth out of self defence. IMHO, best to get it when it's small, and wean it to accept "issued food" rather than having to develop their own taste.

There seem to have an influx of ###### shrimps recently. I saw some at Pasir Ris areas as well as ML, but they are all pretty small sized.

Try out the seagrass filefish. Works quite readily, unlike copperband. I had mine in the tank for about 2 weeks, and one evening I suddenly realised that most of the aps are either missing or shrunk into the rocks.

Yep, I will need to turn my sump around. My pipes are also already glued, and I think I need to switch my inlet & outlet (from the main tank) so that I need not break the glue. Or it there any way break it and glue back later?

Hi all I am thinking of re-setting my sump to optimise the return flow rate. The current set up is such that water flow from main tank to sump via a straight pipe, while return pipe has turning elbows which slows down flow rate. So I am thinking to switch the 2 pipes such that the over-flow goes thru the elbow-pipings, and the return flow goes straight up into the main tank. Is there anything I should anticipate or note? Any comments or advice please. Thanks in advance.

If it's for sifting your sandbed, you can try the sand-sifting starfish. Not very difficult to keep IMO. BTW, your tank does not look like 2x1.5x1.5. I also can't find any overflow from your pics. Are you running filtration with a skimmer? Nice efforts for a start though.

The farm is at Lot 35, Pasir Ris Farmway 2. Went yesterday, got only a few feeder shrimps left.

a lot pal. Needed to id it so that I can read more about it.

Erm, I really don't know the exact address, but it's along Pasir Ris Farmway 2, quite near to the T-junction leading to main road. BTW, the shop does not sell feeder shrimps, it just happens that they have some for their own consumption (I mean for their fishes). I have also seen some people catching shrimps at the coast along Sembawang Park. You may want to try your luck there as well.

From the picture, it appears to me that both are of the Pteriois sub category. The one on the right is a Pterois russelli, while the left is a Pterois volitan. Please refer to here for more details on Lions. It's my favourite page. Here's also a picture of the feeder shrimp I mentioned. Looks too cute to be fish food IMHO.

Can some kind soul advise what this may be?

Dunno the name of the LFS, but it's along Pasir Ris Farmway 2, 2nd or 3rd gate on the right, after turning right at the t-junction of Drive 1 & Farmway 2.

Perhaps before you even start the planning of the tank, you may want to ask yourself what attracted you into this hobby in the first place. Then look at the requirement to own it / them, and decide on the size of the tank. If your list of "loved ones" is very long, you can priortise them and decide which one suits your taste and pocket.

As you have mentioned that you just bought the lion, it is not surprising that it's not feeding yet. Lions can go for food for as long as 2 weeks. Have a little patience and try feeding again. Let the lion get accustomed to the environment first. Do note that with a lion in a tank, you need to be more selective of future livestock addition. BTW, I saw some SW feeder shrimps at Pasir Ris farm. Think the boss keeps them to feed her own stock. But you can try buying some from her.

Can we keep purephos in the box unopened infinitely? If not, how long can it last before "turning bad"? in advance for your advice.

My personal observation is that seagrass filefish tend to peck on the aps. As a result the aps retreat into 'safety', hence they seem to disappear when the filefish is around. The problem will probably recur when you remove the filefish. I suggest you get a permanent one so that the aps problem is well "hidden".