Lionfish
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dustin_P74
Reef enthusiast
as long as you keep it well feed if it goes into a tank with small fish youll be fine
cthegame
Reef enthusiast
Lionfish are serious predators, i wouldnt put them in my reef.
Bifferwine
I am a girl
It would be okay in a reef tank as long as all the other fish you keep are bigger than it. Unfortunately, most reef fish are small. Most fish that are large enough to not get eaten by a lionfish are predators themselves, and could not be kept in a reef tank.
sicklids
salt water dummy
no no no no! it will eat everything it comes into contact with! if its smaller, its food! if its bigger, its a challenge the lion wont back down from! i have one in a FOWLR PREDATOR tank, i couldnt imagine seeing one in a reef!
RyanG
Reef enthusiast
Reef=no lionfish IMO FOWLR- go for it.
yote
In Memoriam
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sen5241b
Reef enthusiast
You might consider the dwarf lionfish but the above rules still apply. Lionfish need a multi-source food diet.
Melonbob
Reef enthusiast
I had a little tiny volitan, about 5" max, in a predator. I had a 5" christmas wrasse in my reef that was killing my clown, so I scooped him and put him in the predator as a temporary measure. I figured he'd be fine as he was agressive enough and the same size as the lion. It took about 30 seconds before the lion had half of the wrasse hanging out of his mouth. Of course he couldn't swallow it, so he spit it out. about five minutes later, he tried again. The second time ended up killing the wrasse. So my vote is no.
sicklids
salt water dummy
what size of tank?
I have a 125 gallon (72x18x22ish) Oceanic
It is not drilled but I will get it drilled for overflows etc at my LFS
Can you do a FOWLR without a sump, or is it a better idea to sump it. I can easily sell my 2 eheim 2028 filters to pay for the sump, or make my own from a 55 gallon which will fit under my tank
I suppose I will start a thread under newbies:frustrat:
It is not drilled but I will get it drilled for overflows etc at my LFS
Can you do a FOWLR without a sump, or is it a better idea to sump it. I can easily sell my 2 eheim 2028 filters to pay for the sump, or make my own from a 55 gallon which will fit under my tank
I suppose I will start a thread under newbies:frustrat:
dustin_P74
Reef enthusiast
for a fowlr i would do a sump so that you can have a skimmer and have it hidden under the tank and out of site
yote
In Memoriam
+1 for Dustin.
