lionfish?

[herzeleid]

any one seen lionfish ard these few days?

[pospeh]

Saw a 6 inch specimen at Marine Life at Hong Leong.

[optimus prime]

saw at rainbow yesterday, $30 for around 6 inch.

can buy 3 at othershop.

[wolfie]

since this thread is on lionfish... no harm askin' abt it eh?

Izzit safe to keep lionfishes with clowns or damsels? even if the lionfish is small than them? and are they reef safe?

[spade]

lionfish will eat anything that fit into his mouth fish/shrimp. simple rules

[wolfie]

alrite den... guess no lionfish 4 me den..

[dodo]

well...u can always put it in your refugium(if you are having one) or buy a dwarf lion fish instead

ever saw a huge lion fish with a school of small fishes....ask the owner y didn't the lion fish attack the smaller fish....he says it may/may not attack but it will definitely attack if you feed LH to them

[Bluebeard]

Reborn got a lot!

[wolfie]

a lot of wat? tiny lionfish?

[Bluebeard]

big small also have!

[herzeleid]

erm, pardon me, but where is Reborn? and Marine Life?

[spade]

erm, pardon me, but where is Reborn? and Marine Life?

u can refer to bluebeard's LFS listing

[pospeh]

Bluebeard,

Yer link of LFS is dead

[eprouve]

Dodo,

I did think of keeping a lionfish once my refugium is up and running... but would it disturb the DSB and impede the macroalgae's growth?

[bawater]

If its around medium size it won't. Its not very active either as long as u provide some cover for it to hide against. LR (which either come with the macro algae-or by itself).

i also thinkin of it- so mine is now in a 2ft with some algae & rocks.Amphipod population still strong.

[dodo]

i thk the bottom line is get a dwarf lionfish will be the best idea

even disturb the DSB...i doubt it can disturb the bottom layer of the sand which the crucial area which you must never let it happen...the top layer of DSB disturb abit never mind lar

[herzeleid]

nice batfish, dodo. just like them so much.

just want to ask, how big a tank can i use to house a lionfish? an antenna..

[Tanzy]

Saw lotsa Lionfish at Pac Marine today.

[Ian]

I've got 2 lionfish and a ribbon ell looking for a new home.

[dodo]

nice batfish, dodo. just like them so much.

just want to ask, how big a tank can i use to house a lionfish? an antenna..

tis avatar was given to me by Rumour...that's my favourite fish together with Emperor Tang...but my tank is pretty full now...so sad cannot add in anymore fish

i thk no hard rules on the tank size to house a lionfish lar...IMO, a 3ft x 2ft x 2ft tank wif adequate swimming space should be enuf

[eprouve]

Just out of curiosity... are ribbon eels compatible with other fish?? Like a wrasse or anthias if they are much bigger than its mouth? Are they even reef safe?

[kelstorm]

IMO, practise the same as what u would do towards lionfish....

[Kiong]

For info,

I saw a lot if lionfish at Pac Marine also, different sizes,

Big : $12 - $15 (I think)

Small : $8 - $10 (I'm sure)

I'm actually contemplating putting 1 small (dwarf) lionfish into my reef tank with 4 other fishes (1 purple tang, 1 flame angel, 1 gamma & 1 forget the name fish), against advise from a few ppl, saying that the lionfish will eat the other fishes, but I saw 2 big lionfish at Reef Aquarius together with many other fishes in its display tank and all are ok.

According to Derrick (boss of Reef Aquarius), he said he did it by NOT feeding any live food, instead feed the lionfish with dead prawn/fish etc. In time to come, the lionfish will be used to eating dead food and will not bother those which are alive.

Any comments on that?

I would like to hear from you so that I can decide on whether to try putting in a lionfish or not.

Thanks

[wedgee]

Hmmm pardon me if I'm wrong, but that tank at Reef Aquarius has mostly LARGE fish (big Tangs and stuff), and I didnt notice if he did keep any smaller ones... That would remove most of the dangers for them in keeping the lionfish.

In yr case, I guess the gamma would be the no. 1 choice for its first meal? If yr Tangs and angels are larger than the lionfish (dwarf lions arent large, so i guess shldnt be a problem?), then I guess they wouldnt be in immediate danger.

Just my 0.1 cent

[Kiong]

Thanks for your info.

Ya, I think the gamma will be the 1st casualty, in that case I will most likely abandon the idea as this will be very cruel, its like murdering, knowing that the lionfish will eat the gamma and still put it in is as good as commiting a murder.

Thanks