48"x18"18" tank for eel and lionfish???

[welsher7]

I'm thinking about pulling my zebra eel and russells lionfish out of my 125g reef, and putting them in a tank that is 48x18x18. I know that tank will be fine for eel but I'm not sure about the lionfish, what do you guys think? Or should I just buy a 75g tank?

 

[TheSaltwaterGuy]

I don't think the tank would be fine for any of them. At a max length of 5', the Eel will definitely be too big for this size tank. And the Lion, at a max length of about 10-11", that too will quickly outgrow this tank.

Just my .02

 

[LisaD]

I've had my zebra moray over 8 years, and it is somewhere between 3.5 and 4 feet long (hard to tell, I almost never see all of it out). It does fine in my tank 5' 120.

 

[sunfishh]

Welsher7 is this a temporary home or are you planning on putting these fish in the 75 for a few years?

 

[welsher7]

This will be a permanent home. I think the eel will be fine, it is currently around 28" in length. I was concerned about the hieght of the tank and the russells lionfish.

 

[LisaD]

I think the eel would be okay, I don't think this will be sufficient for the lionfish when full grown, height or width.