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07/17/2008, 09:09 PM
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Moved On
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Downtown Palm Beach, fl
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Lion question?
My wife really wants a lion fish. Are they reef safe? I have a 70g. What type of lion would be good if any? fish consist of foxface, clown, damsel, scooter blennie, and flame hawk. Thanks!
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07/17/2008, 09:22 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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one potential disaster is that the lion will eat the skooter blennie. i was thinking the same thing about putting one in my reef, but would only go for the dwarf lion fish. im thinking against it though, too much waste
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07/17/2008, 09:48 PM
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they eat anything thats slow/small enough that they can it in ther mouth!
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07/17/2008, 09:48 PM
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Maybe Rogger will chime in on this, since he had one in his 375 for a while. They do eat and eat and eat, only large meals, which means large volumes of waste as well. Maybe you could try a dwarf one. They stay pretty small, but still eat a good amount. |
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07/18/2008, 03:56 AM
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Location: Ft Lauderdale, FL.
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I had a dwarf for my 125gal before I took it down. He was about 4" long. He didn't bother any of the smaller fishes...all about 2" long. I fed him every 3 days and he would only eat 2-3 silver sides that is about 2" long each feeding.
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07/18/2008, 05:07 PM
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Moved On
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Hallandale, FL
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bad idea..... i have a 9 inch lion right now. unless you get a dwarf speices i would not do it again. he either ate or stung my other fish to death.... but a dwarf will be fine. my dwarf left even my small damsel alone which he could have prolly ate.
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07/19/2008, 01:57 AM
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Location: Miami (Dadeland Mall Area)
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just take a look to what the lion fish are doing to our local reefs and in the bahamas....i would say no especially given the size of the tank.....but i understand the wife thing so my suggestion is just set her up a nice 55 with a couple of predators and you're set.
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