volitans and dwarfs together

[steven11]

Any issue with these two groups in the same tank?

 

[namxas]

None, as long as you don't mind the volitans eating the dwarf.

You may be able to pull it off if you obtain a juvie volitans and a larger dwarf (I recommend a fuzzy) and let them grow up together, but personally, I wouldn't try it. A better fit would be a large-bodied Pterois species (volitans, russelii) with a medium-bodied Pterois species (antennata, mombassae, radiata). Of the medium-bodied lions, the antennata has the largest mouth.

Whatever you decide, it's all about "size differential" and risk tolerance...if one fish thinks it can swallow the other, it will try. We've never had any of our Scorpaeniformes eat another one, but we're pretty conservative in mixing them.

 

[steven11]

Thanks Greg for the reply. My lion is pretty timid but it only takes one wrong look.

 

[ashtree68]

I had 2 fuzzies and a Volitan together but ended up moving the Volitan once he started getting bigger. They usually ignored each other but still, probably wouldn't want to risk it either.

 

[MrTuskfish]

Thanks Greg for the reply. My lion is pretty timid but it only takes one wrong look.

Being timid won't prevent a fish from using his instincts and ability to swallow stuff their own size. A lion eating another fish isn't aggression, its purely natural behavior.