planing for fish in 40 gal tank

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by Stirfry

yo ppl i have currently a 40 gal set up and upgrading to a 80 gal and i want to turn my 40 into a fish only tank and i want to put some triggers and some eel's and lion fish and stuff like that any clue on good fish to put in??? help too many fish give me some help???

How a about doing a FOWLR tank? The rock'll help handle the bioload. Make sure the rock is fully cured before adding the fish, which you probably already know.

Also, if you do get a lionfish (which are so cool looking) make sure it's eating at the lfs and that you can feed it what the lfs is feeding it. They are notorious for starving to death in home tanks.

Though I have had no experience with them, but won't triggers get pretty large, and perhaps aggressive, for a 40 gal?

If I was going to do a small FOWLR, I'd probably go for the dwarf angelfish, like coral beauties, flame angels, etc., and maybe a butterfly (always wanted a copperband, but they're not reefsafe).

I'll bet there are folks out there with small FOWLR tanks who can give better suggestions.