Recent content by lalaland

I have quite a lot of experience with tropical fish, so I am not 100% new to fish keeping, although I admit I know very little of marine stuff... I have read that the Lion fish is quite hardy and should be ok for someone like me.

I suppose I am looking for something interesting (hence the Lion), possibley something to eat live foods, not quite sure.... (no I am not blood thisrty, otherwise I'd have piranhas) If it's going to be a single fish then plenty of character and interesting behaviour would be important. If not...

Thanks for the replies, it seems like the lion may not be suitable for my tank then. Any other suggestions of what I could have for fish only? Thanks

Hi, Can I convert my fresh water tank to a marine one for a lion fish? I want a fish only setup and only want a lion fish, but I don't want to spend loads on live rock if possible. One person I spoke to said I should be ok without it, but I want to confirm if this is true before I go ahead...

How about the porcupine? Could I put one of those in with a lion fish?

I like the look of the lion fish and would love on of those. The colourful fish look excellent though. I see them everytime I buy my freshwater fish. Nothing in fresh even compares to them. Maybe a clown fish and a lion, would that work? Or could I keep a porcupine fish, a lion fish and a...

Is a Counter Flow Protein Skimmer any good for this sort of setup? I can get one for £25 at my LFS and it plugs on to the end of my pump. The guy in the shop reckoned it would be fine, but I wanted a second opinion. As for live rock, I will have to purchase some, but the LFS didn't mention...

Thanks for the reply. How much would I be looking at for a skimmer, power heads, neons and live rock for my tank size then? I can get an Air Driven Counter Flow Protein Skimmer pretty cheaply it would seem, would this be something that I need? I looks pretty much like a plastic tube and a...

BTW, I am looking to setup a fish only tank. Thanks

Hi, I've currently got a fresh tropical tank, it's 1000 x 400 x 400 mm (160 litres / 35 UK galons) and I want to change this to a marine tank. I've already found someone that wants all my fish and am prepared to part with them (even my favourate ones) to move on to a marine tank, but the guy...

My newt doesn't seem to move that much, if ever. In the tropical tank he spent most time sitting there and in the cold water tank he doesn't move that much either, just sits on his rock all the time, never going in the water. Should I add a heater to the water? I just have him in a cold water...

Thanks for the advice. I've been to my local store and got another tank for him as well as a filter and pump for £21 which isn't bad at all. Just circulating the water for him now. He's currently living in my quarantine / breeding tank, should I start dropping the temperature in there so he...

It's probably been said before, but just to point out that in the UK it's illegal to feed live goldfish to other fish deliberately. The chances of being caught are not very high, but if you are then the RSPCA will take action against you.

I thought bumble bee gobies only ate live food. Mine won't touch algea and only eat blood worm or daphnia. The don't have a swim bladder so they tend to chill out on rocks or on the side or bottom of the tank. They are also slow feeders so you have to sort of aim food their way to avoid the...

So it's not a good idea for me to buy a blue lobster that I've seen at my LFS and chuck it in with my convicts, plecs, parrot cichlid, loaches, puffers, corys and frogs then? Damn... it looked good too.. :(