Should I get a dwarf lion or not???

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fishykid9212

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I need to snazz up my tank with something, I have a hippo tang, pink anthias, chromis damsel, blue yellow tailed damsel, clarki clown, and ocellaris clown. Will a dwarf lion eat any of these? Reff safe? Are they hard to feed? Also whats the chance it will sting me and what would happen? Thank you very much in advance
 
i had one with a hippo, foxface, trigger , and a pair of clowns. when I first set up my tank i had 3 mollies in there and he ate 2 of the 3, i also had a lawnmower blennie go MIA. but besides that he was cool, not very active though. a real treat to watch eat, he ate like a champ.
 
Mine eventually ate my clownfish. I honestly, to this day, believe it was an accident. I ocassionally fed him feeder goldfish, which looked just like the clown. He had plenty of shots at eating him, but never took it until I fed the clown once and I think the lion mistakenly thought it was 'feeding time' for him as well. :(

Quite dramatic too - I saw it all happen and could hardly believe my eyes. He was swimming around with his tail sticking out of his mouth.
 
Do you have problems with mixed clowns?

I wouldnââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢t put a lion in your tank they will eat your clowns. If it will fit in their mouth they will eat it.

The sting wonââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢t hurt you unless you are allergic. Or yes it will hurt but not kill you unless you are allergic. No they won't sting your other fish it is used as a defense if they are eaten.
 
If you care about your fish at all, I wouldn't do it.

He won't sting them, but he *will* inhale them. :D Just like popcorn.

If you introduce him dead last, you might have a shot for a while, but really, its only a matter of time until nature takes its course. This is a predatory fish - its going to do what comes natural to it.
 
I HAD A SMALL ONE IN A 75 GALLON I GOT HIM CAUSE THEY SAID HE WOULD STAY SMALL..HE WAS ABOUT 4.5 INCHES WHEN I GOT RID OF HIM. HE ATE EVERYTHING..DEFINATLY NOT REEF SAFE ALL MY SHRIMP AND ALL THE GOBIES WERE EATEN..HE WAS COOL BUT NOT COOL ENOUGH TO HAVE 6 DOLLAR SHRIMP AND FISH DINNERS....DONT GET ONE IMO
 
Fire shrimp are pretty high on the "coolness" scale, though not a fish. Otherwise, typically the weirder the fish, the less reef safe it is. :p There are some cool looking wrasses though, might want to look around online for something cool in that family.
 
You'll eventually come to the same conclusion I have...you'll just need to have two different tanks. My initial interest in salt water tanks were the volitans....but then my interests were also really towards a lot of the inverts etc. I think the lion will have to wait for a 2nd tank down the road. I'll start off with some small fish in a softie tank with some giant clams. Someday down the road perhaps I'll get a 2nd, larger tank, and have those volitans I've always liked.
 
Buy a small dwarf lion and don't allow him to eat live foods. Feed him only prepared foods and there will be decrease in agressive behavior. I have had my dwarf lion for 3 years in a 30 gal hex with a Nemo and a blue chromis
 
Dwarf lions are great. THey can be kept with your current fish as long as they can't fit in its mouth. As far as being reef safe, they are coral safe but will make short work of your inverts, especially any shrimp.
It is not a good idea to feed them any freshwater feeder fish. This is why a lot of them die frequently in captivity.
 
it depends how big your fish are, anything that can fit inside the lion's mouth will be eaten. the blue tang and foxface should be fine though
 
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