Coffs Harbour.Thanks Ash.And ive kept cichlids,thats what i started of with(south american mainly)all the big scary ones lol.Ive also kept saltwater before but was told Bio-balls were the bees knees ,but have since learnt that they were the cause of the high nitrate level.So im going to do things a bit differently this time around.Where are u located?
And i love Mantis shrimp,i saw a huge one when i was up at lady musgrave island a few weeks ago,but couldnt get a pic of him.I mainly want to keep the basic,with a nice pair of perculas,a angel or two more coral and anenomes.Good luck setting it up, A while ago I wanted to go marine, and just get one mantis shrimp, they are so cool looking and have vibrant colours, what sort of fish were you looking at getting?
here is a peacock mantis shrimp (I think)
Oh i catch my own fish $50 for a permit and a good lung capacity lol.well..if you find saltwater is to dear for you
freshwater is allways cheapest...and the fish are aswell
go for cichlids if you want bright colours
they are as close as you will get to salt water fish
look nice aswell
Yes ill probably be getting live rock,ill be careful and have a look over it,big mantis can break the glass in a tank with smaller thickness glass.are you getting live rocks? because i have heard of a few people finding mantis shrimp, pistol shrimp and that living the rocks, and they have been eating and killing their fish lol.
I love lion fish,had a couple in my old tank but if it fits in there mouth its gone lol.Nice stuff mate try getting a lion fish!
Ok ill have a talk to our local petshop guy and ask him about some smaller species of lion fish.And i do like the maroon clowns,there is a local guy who breeds clowns,the black and whits version of the perculas they look great.Im off to the petshop tomoz to get my first live rock cant wait.thats true but there are the smaller variaties as in Dendrochirus Brachypterus (Fuzzy Dwarf Lionfish) and Pterois zebra (Zebra Lionfish) They wouldnt be able to eat a full grown percula, but why perculas? I like the look of maroon clowns so much more!
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