Lion fish?

[Cody_thenewguy]

So I'm thinking of doing a fowlr and want to base it around a lion fish, I really love corals but I REEAAALLLY like lion fish. I've been searching the interwebs for a while now and I can't seem to find anything substantial when it comes to what fish I can reasonably keep with a lion and if I put it in a reef tank what sort of thing would I have to do to make it happen? Can I get clowns maybe blennies in there too? I'm just lost in the sauce and don't wanna throw a bunch of money into something that won't work. So any sites maybe some articles to read up on... just a direction really to look at! HEELLLP

 

[spongeycrab]

No, you cant have clowns, blennies, basslets, dottybacks, chromis, dartfish, dragonettes, cardinalfish or small wrasse. List probably goes on. Now if you want a FOWLR lions are great! If I were setting up a tank around a lion. I'd go with lions, scorps, possibly goatfish but not sure and I'd get an eel.

 

[Sakura2282]

If you really want a lion fish you should go with fish that are venomous like they are. It is a big risk to have the normal fish like clowns, blennies, chromis, etc., in the same tank with a venomous fish. I like the idea of the eel. They look pretty cool in the tanks.

 

[Aquarian]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/general/compatibility_chart.cfm

 

[sankhamg]

In my experience lion fishes eat what ever is smaller than their mouths. So you will be fine with bit bigger fishes. I've had one with a Clarkii clown fish and they didnt have a problem. But lion fish will ear all your inverts in the tank.

 

[Shep]

I have a dwarf fuzzy lion fish and he gets along well with my Chromis and Christmas wrasse. He is a really neat fish, I have thought it to come up to the surface to get its food and it will wait there around feeding time :D