Aggressive Reef

[andy51632]

I have just started to look at this and had some ?. Is a Volitan Lionfish Reef Safe(no motile inverts)? Will it knock over corals?

 

[snorvich]

It should not knock over corals but it does not do much either just sitting there waiting for its next meal. Obviously one cannot keep other fish with one as it can and will consume fish that are half it size and smaller. It will also over consume by eating fish that are too big and can die as a consequence. Gorgeous fish though. I used to have a 15 inch one accompany me diving in PNG and used my dive light as a hunting tool.