volitan growth?

I have a huge skimmer on my tank! The fish only tank is probally cleaner then my reef tank. Its actually my sons tank but I do the maintaince after a lion sting a few months back! I will say the skimmer is a must on the tank. They are messy eaters unlike the reef tank. I would say rate your skimmer way over the size of the tank. they eat big and waste big.

 

wow alright, ill get him small (2-3inches) and save for a skimmer, or get the skimmer then save for him. ill get the skimmer first.

 

They arent messy eaters...they eat i one gulp...its when it comes out the other end..lol ;D

 

so would some detritus eaters help greatly? like sand sifting stars, and a sand sifting cucumber? what else would help?

 

Your right! I have a couple puffers in my tank so when I say messy its my tank that is mesy. They do eat in one gulp yes. Mine eats in one two threeeeeeee or more gulps so aa you say its a mess coming out the other end! my big one ate 5 med sized goldfish today. and was looking for more.

 

would he go after a sand sifting cucumber? i know he wont go after starfish, so im gonna do a brittle starfish and a sand sifting star, but should i get the cucumber?

 

Yeh i have a skimmer rated for a 300G tank on my 70g because i have triggers...messy messy...my Lion loves goldfish that have been swimming in garlic water for about and hr..lol he can down 5 of them like they are Pez...but he gets a belly bulge..lol so i try to only give him 3 a week, then a shrimp sometime between

 

instead of a brittle, since ur doing a predator tank, you should do Chocolate Chip star...they are MEAN too..lol My Star lives with 2 triggers and a valentini puffer in that tank...that is a star fish holding its own..and he does a great job at cleaning up the triggers mess

 

he wont attack the lion will he? and he'll eat the detritus?

 

Nah...mine doesnt eat anything but the leftovers...and if i put an unlucky crab in there he might hunt it down...but i have a HUGE hermit crab living in that tank too..and nothing has happened to him yet...but this is like the Arnold Schwarzenegger of hermits..lol in all...the Choc Chip will leave the fish alone, but will hunt on most inverts or corals