unique fish????

[justinl]

Originally Posted by sphelps

I've never heard of the fu man chu being anymore difficult to keep than any other lionfish. All the ones I've seen at the LFS adapted much better than other types. I've also had one for over a year and it has always been easy to feed.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-11/fm/feature/
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/nov2004/fish.htm

I don't mean any offense, but your one success alone doesn't outweigh the majority. I honestly don't know much about keeping rhinopias or leafs. I always thought frogfish were supposed to be pretty easy to keep. True that the eel would require escape proofing; forgot about that.

Originally Posted by sphelps

Predator and reef is not done often but it's not difficult. Most predators like lionfish are not very active meaning they use less energy than most reef fish, so you actually can feed them less. Check out my tank, not too many fish but my bioload is small, I go through much less food than I did with a more standard reef tank.

You could say the same for any fish, but good husbandry means feeding the proper amount of food, not the convenient amount.