Puffers and lions and eels?

[palmer373]

A friend mentioned that a cool setup in a 75g would be an eel, lion, and a puffer. My two problem are I dont know if a lion and puffer would work, and if a puffer would even work in a 75. I know a toby would work in a 75 but it might become a snack later. The eel i was thinking of is a Snowflake because there cheap, and i was thinking of a mombasa, antennata, radiata, or barberi for a lion. Im still working out the kinks so I'm open for suggestions. If a puffer wont work just say so, cause im not sure if there is one that small enough for a 75 and big enough to not be eaten by a medium bodied lionfish.

Thanks for the help.

 

[StephLionfish]

I'd say No on the Puffer. I'm not a Puffer fan, but I don't know of any that would be small enough for a 75g, but big enough not to get eaten... Also, Puffers have a sweet spot for Lionfish fins.
Snowflakes can get mean...and I've seen a pretty big one before...so not sure that would be the best option...but it's all up to you.
Any of those lions would fit in 75g. And, if you're wanting something that looks like the Antennata does, go for the Mombassae. Much more striking stripes, IMO. Radiatas tend to ship poorly, but if you find a healthy one, and want one, then go ahead and get it. Barberis are neat...but I'm not sure where you would find one... ( and if you do, let me know )
What you could do is go all scorp tank. Nothing neater than that, IMO. I've always thought it would be funny to have a trio of Fuzzies, and come dinner time see them all swim up to the top at once. And there are some pretty dashing Fuzzies out there.

My .02

 

[palmer373]

Im not sure if i will even do the eel/puffer/lion idea im just throwing it out there so thanks for the tips. Ive thought of doing a scorp tank for a while so that might work. I dont stick to plans well so whatever i 'plan' to do will end up being a reference lol. Ill keep an eye out at the LFS for odd-balls.

Thanks