Agressive Question

[heaf]

Hey I am a new Hobbist. I got my tank set up and have a few damseels to get the bacteria started for setting up a tank. I had a question I wanted to get four possibly five fish i want a Radiata Lionfish, a porcupine Puffer a clown trigger and a snow flake eel will the all do fine together? Tank size 75 gal

 

[regina13]

the clown trigger needs a much larger tank that a 75

 

[heaf]

How big does the trigger get?

 

[regina13]

the smallest i have herd is 16" and the largest 22"

 

[limitedslip]

porcupine puffers will outgrow a 75 as well.

 

[ccampbell57]

Heaf - you can survive with the 75 for maybe 18 months if you get the fish when they are juvis. Once they are around 4-5 inches, you will see their aggression increase due to the tight space.

 

[nigerbang]

Originally Posted by ccampbell57
Heaf - you can survive with the 75 for maybe 18 months if you get the fish when they are juvis. Once they are around 4-5 inches, you will see their aggression increase due to the tight space.
I think you will see the aggresion long before that...

 

[srfisher17]

I think your lion will be in trouble with a clown trigger, and probably the porky. Lions are not aggressive fish and their slow moving fins are very tempting targets. I know these fish are often kept together; but ,IMO, more often than not, the clown and/or puffer will get nasty with the lion. On the plus side, your damsels will be history soon enough; I sure wish lfs would stop suggesting these fish as cycle starters, a dead shrimp works just as well; and I've never seen a post asking how to get a dead shrimp out of the tank.