lionfish in my tank: yes ou no...

[hugorsf]

I Frank,

I read your lionfish article i and i'm wondering if i can add a lionfish to my tank.

The setup:

- 119 Galons aquarium.
- 53 Galons sump/refugium.
- 100Kg of matured Live rock.

It's a reef with many corals...

Other fishes:
- 1 Hepatus (medium size)
- 1 Yellow Tang (medium size)
- 1 pair of ocellaris (juvenils)
- 1 pair of Skunk clownfishes (Juvenils/adults)
- 1 Bicolocr Blennie

Do you think i can had a lionfish?

Necessarly a dwarf one. My favorite is radiata, but it'll grow to much. I'm thinking in Antennata. Is not so much bigger as Zebra or Fuzzy as i understand, and i prefer it.

My bigger concern is ocellaris (i don't think a dwarf lionfish could eat my skunk pair ) i presume. What do you think?

Another question is that it will help if a lionfish came very little to the aquarium and grow with other fishes that in the future'll became possible food to him? Its a psycologistic fish question

Thanks in advance.

 

[FMarini]

hi-
your right a dwarf species will not eat your smaller fish. A baby antennata will be fine and will prolly grow to just over 7-8" in another yr or so. i do recommend putting in smaller lionfish, just so they will grow w/ the tank and see tankmates as mates and not food.
But hopefully your clowns will outgrow your lion, i think your on the right track here

 

[hugorsf]

Ok that's the idea i have. If a lionfish or any other "agressive" fish grows with other fishes (that in the future could be food to him) i think that that fish'll be different in adult. Fish psycology, again

What about antennata Vs. other dwarf lionfish. The size difference is not that much, right?


Now another important question that i presume all future lionfish byers should think: his poison.

Reading your article i figure that a lion'll not hit you or any other fish/"thing" as soon as he see it, rigth? My impression is that a lion'll only hit in extreme situations like a bee for instance.

Am i correct?

And to finish and not to be so borring: Can realy a hit of a dwarf lion (including here antennata) kill a person?

 

[MarkKlier]

I have a fuzzy dwarf...love him dearly...anything under 2" seemed to just slowly go "missing"...he seemed happy!!!! MK