lion compatability

[hobbeslax]

I am going to begin a 40 gal tank in a couple of months. Could I put a zebra lionfish and a fuzzy lionfish in the tank?

 

[hobbeslax]

How about a clown fish, fuzzy lionfish, zebra lionfish and a mandarin gobi?

 

[seafansar]

Pretty sure the lion fish would eat the clown and probably the mandarin. They will eat whatever they can fit into their mouths, even somethings you'd think they couldn't fit!

 

[hobbeslax]

I'm not talking about the volitans. I would think that the clown and mandarin gobi would be too large for the dwarf lions.

 

[nightfire76]

as long as they cant fit in their mouth it should be ok,ive seen a few lions with clowns and such but again do it at your own rick of knowing your clown or what not may always be in danger

 

[seafansar]

Well that's what this person thought too...bye bye purple firefish.

Just saying, they can fit a lot into those little mouths.

 

[tektite]

How about a clown fish, fuzzy lionfish, zebra lionfish and a mandarin gobi?

That seems like a very heavy bioload to me for a 40 gal tank with two lionfish - they are very messy eaters. 40 gallons is also very small for a mandarin, they need a lot of copepods. You'd have to have a massive refugium to get it enough food.

 

[lcstorc]

Love the pic Sara.
I feel bad for the fire fish, but it makes a good point.

 

[seafansar]

Love the pic Sara.
I feel bad for the fire fish, but it makes a good point.

Yeah, it's crazy when you think of how long those firefish are that it didn't choke on it!

 

[Clownfish518]

I feed lions at my LFS all the time, and you would be surprised what they fit in their guts. Its a lot for a 40 I agree.

If the fish can fit past their jaws they will eat it. Not sure they will eat a Mandarin though. They are brightly colored for a reason - the biological term is advertising. They have a poisonous slime that the lion is best advised to stay away from. They may not, which is bad news for both fish

 

[hobbeslax]

Poisonous slime and venumous spine sounds like a tank full of TnT. How about the two lionfish and a clown fish?

 

[Nigma]

just make sure that the clown fish is 3 times the size of the lion fish then your good to go. this way the lion fish can't even put it inside its body. lol

bio-load thing might be too much like said before