Show Us Your Lionfish

[xrayjeeper83]

I thought it was a bare bottom tank lol

 

[cooterbrown]

Don't want to hijack a thread about my favorite fish. But the remora is about 18" long. He's a remora shark if that helps with species. He eats 5 large table shrimp or a whole tilapia fillet per feeding 4 times a week. So I would imagine bioload is high. I have to feed him on one end and the other fish on the other end. This would be my least recommended fish o any one. He spends 99% of his time stuck to the glass and thy get giant. I compare keeping one in captivity like putting a tuna in a tank. There is no way they can possibly live a normal live in a home aquarium unless your te sultan of some middle eastern kingdom and have a 10000 gallon tank. I got this one based solely on the fact I felt sorry for him. He was dropped into a tank at the lfs with a 6' tesselata eel and a nurse shark. Right when he hit the water the eel bit him in half. I figured he was a goner. When I went back to the store 3 months later his stump wasn't quite healed but he was still alive. I paid 10$ for him and brought him home and have had him about a year. In this time he has doubled in size. And gets around fine without a tail. He's definitely a conversation started and to people outside the hobby is te highlight of my tanks. But to me it's a sad reminder of the irresponsible practices in this hobby. I really feel bad for him. If I wasn't such a sofie I would have euthanized him, bc I have probably the largest tank in the area that would put up with such a creature. So for what it's worth. They're very hardy but quite boring, eat a ton, and get giant. On top of the fact that they don't live very normal lives in aquaria. Here's a full shot of him. Begging for food. Now back to the lions!

 

[namxas]

Yes. Coldwater for sure! I keep my tank at 60 currently. I also have a erosa erosa in this tank, both waiting to be moved into their 100 gallon lobster tank.

For some reason, I didn't think you were running them quite that low, but I know they're doing well for you.

 

[CuttleKid]

These were my lions before a power outage happened while I was on vacation and they all passed.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/67407801@N08/8323503024/" title="Sphex by JP Is UW, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8084/8323503024_aaafddae15_c.jpg" width="800" height="534" alt="Sphex"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/67407801@N08/8323501426/" title="Fu by JP Is UW, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8216/8323501426_5049f6fc8f_c.jpg" width="800" height="534" alt="Fu"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/67407801@N08/8322439307/" title="Fuzzy by JP Is UW, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8358/8322439307_a21e459332_c.jpg" width="800" height="534" alt="Fuzzy"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/67407801@N08/8483893402/" title="Sphex Lionfish by JP Is UW, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8086/8483893402_25c0b66476_c.jpg" width="800" height="534" alt="Sphex Lionfish"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/67407801@N08/8482802239/" title="Fuzzy Dwarf Lionfish by JP Is UW, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8521/8482802239_636308a130_c.jpg" width="800" height="534" alt="Fuzzy Dwarf Lionfish"></a>


Fu Man Chu Lionfish by JP Is UW, on Flickr

 

[hossa81]

Nice specimens, where did you get that fuzzy?

 

[namxas]

CK had some really nice fishes for sure (as well as great photo skills). P. sphex is an awesome find if you can get one...we've got a newish 2" juvie that's almost weaned (it's eating frozen guppies and ghosties off a stealth stick now).

Our adult Hawaiian:

Any food down there?

Nope...darnit!

The sphex was fairly new in these pix...you can see that it was a little "ruff" at the time.

 

[shse666]

http://youtu.be/CyyZMVl71k8

 

[hossa81]

Man those guys are huge! What size tank do you have them in.

 

[shse666]

http://youtu.be/4F42anovcFQ

 

[shse666]

Everyone is getting along in a 90 long right now. It is quite a bit of work to keep up the water quality though. The end game is to transfer all of them to the 715G that is sitting in my garage waiting on a different tank build so I can free up some space.

Man those guys are huge! What size tank do you have them in.

 

[hossa81]

Everyone is getting along in a 90 long right now. It is quite a bit of work to keep up the water quality though. The end game is to transfer all of them to the 715G that is sitting in my garage waiting on a different tank build so I can free up some space.

Wish I had a 715 gallon tank sitting around in my garage. Got a tank stock list.

 

[shse666]

Do scorps count?

 

[hossa81]

Scorps are fine, is that first lion a sphex?

 

[Daniel Machado]

Awesome topic... Full of great fishes.

A couple pics of my red volitans. :thumbsup:

Best regards.

Daniel.

 

[Daniel Machado]

A few pics of the female fuzzy dwarf I had some time ago...

Best regards.

Daniel.

 

[Daniel Machado]

And another red volitans.

Best regards.

Daniel.

 

[namxas]

Cute little feller...

 

[shse666]

Just like puppies. Look what they grow into!

 

[nirvanaandtool]

At some point, I have to get a nice big tank for some vollies.

 

[namxas]

The thing about vollies is that you generally don't see them as full adults in "all their glory", so that makes them a bit rare, even tho the fish itself is fairly common.

Out of all of the lions we've kept, there's still something about a foot-long aquatic puppy that you've raised from a little "peanut". These fishes are second to none in terms of sheer "presence".