52G pred tank

[anti]

How is this for a pred tank.. will it work?
At. Lionfish
stripped dog face puffer
huma huma trigger
thanks!

 

[btldreef]

In a 52G? Are you being serious? Triggers and lions usually don't mix well and I definitely wouldn't suggest it in a 52G tank. Triggers shouldn't be in that size tank anyways.

 

[anti]

Yes Im serious.. sorry my ignorance I have never setup a pred tank..
The min for a trigger says 50 gallons on the sites i was looking at?

 

[btldreef]

I wouldn't put a trigger in anything under 90G, especially if I was going to attempt it being housed with a lion.

 

[anti]

Oh wow. I really like the picasso. does it change anything if I dont go with a lion?

 

[btldreef]

Not really. A trigger really shouldn't be in that small of a tank. Maybe someone else will chime in as well....
The Humu can get up to 10" or so, that's just too big for a 52G.

 

[1snapple]

I have a 95g 48" long tank and it currently has one of the smaller triggers, the niger trigger, and I still feel bad to not be able to give him the 72" 120g tank, triggers are swimmers.
they need the room or the stress w/ eventually kill it.
Lions + triggers = disaster.

 

[btldreef]

I've seen them jump in smaller tanks too. I actually had a 5-6" Niger jump up and hit me in the face about 2 years ago at a fish store. It was in a 30G holding tank and was very stressed.

 

[anti]

ah bummer, I really like those fish..
So what about a lion and a puffer then?
Any suggestions?

 

[btldreef]

That would work better depending on what type of puffer and lion you went with.

 

[anti]

I forgot to add that I will have a few starfish and urchins in this tank..
Are these fish invert save?
I was thinking leopard pufffer and antenna lion..

 

[hawkfish203]

Dwarf lion and leopard puffer would be fine. Think antenna lion is a dwarf, but im not too familiar with it.( same as zebra?) Puffers will eat snails and crabs don't think they will eat starfish or urchins.

 

[anti]

Yeah i figured they would eat crabs, thats why I went with a different CUC.. so how invert safe are these fish?