Trigger and Lionfish-bad, bad tankmates

[KRBNSOL]

a LONG time ago I had a humu trigger and a lion fish in the same tank and had this same thing happen to me. Wish I would have know then what is on this forum now. Then again...I think this happended BEFORE the internet was around!

 

[zhewitt04]

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[Bubbaboy]

Where Is vid?

 

[james-lee]

Wow crazy video! Never thought a trigger would be that aggressive towards a venomous fish.

 

[APBonds]

A eles are also bad tank mates. The frilly side fins look like taste treats to them. I lost my hawiian lion to a carriabean eel. It was sold back to my lfs as soon as I was able to trap it.

 

[jenn33426]

I had a niger trigger , 2 clown triggers and a dwarf lion all in the same tank. Never had a problem. The triggers weren't very big though. Maybe 4 inches.

 

[phill21]

I got a niger trigger and a dwarf with a fu manchu can they be introducted all at once

 

[danielbui23]

If you insist on getting all of those, then introduce the Niger last.

 

[matt randazzo]

Are triggers ok with other scorpion fish??? here would be some examples if you dont know what scorps are... http://www.lionfishlair.com/gregandreneegallery/galleryfront.shtml

 

[danielbui23]

Same principle as the Lion and trigger housed together.

 

[rayn]

Almost got a hums picasso tonight till I remembered this thread. Thanks for saving me the headache.

 

[Dragon moray ki]

I have had luck with a small Niger and a radiate lion fish
But I have had a queen trigger bite me and a lion fish while scubadivind in central America

 

[ultraxr]

I have an Antennata lionfish and introduced a pair of Bluejaw triggerfish (~ 3.5" each) about 1.5 months later. The triggers pay no mind to my lion, which is only ~2.5" right now. Then again, Bluejaws/throats aren't as aggressive like most triggers.

 

[evilss]

queens cant be trusted. most of them turn from all i have heard,

 

[StephLionfish]

Someone turned this guy into the LFS cause others were picking on it. Who wants to bet it was a trigger or puffer?

I saved up to buy him, but by the time I went for him, he was sold. I felt so bad for the poor guy...I'd have bought him right then, had I had the money.

I can't stand when I tell someone that Triggers and Lionfish are bad tank mates, and they say " I have a clown trig in with mine, and they do great together" or " I have a Humu Humu Trigger with my lionfish, no probs"
Two LFS's currently have a Clown trigger with a Volitans... I told them both what will happen, and they completely blew me off.:mad2:

 

[2reefnutz]

I got a lionfish now that someone gave me to try and save after a trigger beat him up pretty bad. He won't eat and when I picked him up the water he was in was 68 degrees. Trying to nurse him back to health and find him a new home.....

 

[MMsting]

I can't stand when I tell someone that Triggers and Lionfish are bad tank mates, and they say " I have a clown trig in with mine, and they do great together" or " I have a Humu Humu Trigger with my lionfish, no probs" Two LFS's currently have a Clown trigger with a Volitans... I told them both what will happen, and they completely blew me off.:mad2:

That sucks that he wasn't there when you were finally ready to buy him, as far as them blowing you off, I guess then karma will get it right? They'll just lose their merchandise but it's sad because then they'll tell people it's fine to keep these two together and disaster will strike. Dummies.

 

[Frost3839]

I have a clown trigger and 2 lions for about a year now. No probelms ever. The trigger nips at my ribbon eels though . He only nips at there tails. But no problem with the lions. I have one small lion and one larger lion. The trigger is the size of the smaller lion and they dont bother each other one bit. In a 180g tank though.

 

[Wolverine]

But no problem with the lions. I have one small lion and one larger lion. The trigger is the size of the smaller lion and they dont bother each other one bit.

So far.
As they run out of room in a tank that size, you're likely to eventually run into trouble.

 

[namxas]

I have an Antennata lionfish and introduced a pair of Bluejaw triggerfish (~ 3.5" each) about 1.5 months later. The triggers pay no mind to my lion, which is only ~2.5" right now. Then again, Bluejaws/throats aren't as aggressive like most triggers.

The blue throat and other planktonic-feeding triggers generally make good tankmates for lionfish.

As for other triggers, some folks get away with it, but most don't. Nobody is as nuts about Scorpaeniformes as me, but I have to admit that way back before anyone knew, I kept an adult volitans with a picasso trigger and a porc puffer for several years with no issues. In this case, the lion was added first, but in a "feeding frenzy" the picasso ended up nailing itself on the lion's dorsals, became completely paralyzed (we're talking floating on the surface), and altho it appeared to recover, it died within a month.

So I guess the moral of the story is that it can end badly for either fish, but it's usually the lion that takes the abuse.