Compatible?

tywtly13

Member
Ok, I've been doing saltwater tanks for around 2 years. I've had many setbacks recently, so right now I don't have any tanks set up. In the past, I had a 12 gallon community mini-reef and a 55 gallon FOWLR. I was planning on setting up a tank for an octopus, but then I ran into the major setbacks. Now, I'm thinking about setting my 55 gallon tank back up as a FOWLR. If I do this, I'll most likely have a couple lionfish, an eel, maybe a picasso trigger and whatever else could be appropriate. My question, though, is, whether or not volitans lions can be kept with dwarf lions?
 

texasmetal

Active Member
A couple dwarf lionfish, a snowflake eel, and no trigger maybe. 55's just not big enough for a Volitans. A full grown one is going to be about the size of a football, not including its fins.
Also, triggers tend to munch on lionfish's fins.
 

tywtly13

Member
...Animal mother?
Thanks for the help, I'll prolly do like 2 dwarf lions, a snowflake eel, some other stuff. Would a maroon clown be ok with them?
 

texasmetal

Active Member
Originally Posted by tywtly13
...Animal mother?
Thanks for the help, I'll prolly do like 2 dwarf lions, a snowflake eel, some other stuff. Would a maroon clown be ok with them?
Haha, yup. That's me.
Yeah, a maroon clown would be fine... would probably be the dominant fish of the tank as they are kinda mean. If you do get dwarf lions, go for the fuzzy dwarfs. The zebra dwarfs and fu-manchu's tend to starve to death unfortunately, don't take to dead foods as easily.
I had a Fuzzy Dwarf for a while. He was very attentive, like a puppy. Then he got ich
 

tywtly13

Member
I knew it! lol
Thanks for the info, I'll keep that in mind. I love fuzzy dwarfs, so that'll work out good. I think my tank inhabitants will prolly be like a couple fuzzy dwarfs, a maroon clown, a snowflake eel, and maybe some other things. A cleanup crew will be ok in it, right?
 
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regina13

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Originally Posted by tywtly13
I knew it! lol
Thanks for the info, I'll keep that in mind. I love fuzzy dwarfs, so that'll work out good. I think my tank inhabitants will prolly be like a couple fuzzy dwarfs, a maroon clown, a snowflake eel, and maybe some other things. A cleanup crew will be ok in it, right?
The clean up crew the lion will eat it, and if you do a trigger it will eat them to.
May I ask why you want more than one Lion? I just don't see why not only have one and get another fish for more color and variety.... Thats just my opinion.
 

tywtly13

Member
Ah, I'm just weird like that. I really like lionfish...they're probably my favorite fish. I knew that my voitans lion ate the cleanup crew, but I didn't know if dwarfs would. I think I'll have to risk the lions eating the crew, because I'm lke seriously OCD about algae in my tanks. Hmmm...any suggestions?
 
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regina13

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Originally Posted by tywtly13
Ah, I'm just weird like that. I really like lionfish...they're probably my favorite fish. I knew that my voitans lion ate the cleanup crew, but I didn't know if dwarfs would. I think I'll have to risk the lions eating the crew, because I'm lke seriously OCD about algae in my tanks. Hmmm...any suggestions?
I quess I know wnat you mean... I am the same with angels and tangs, but the only difference is I can't have them in my tank at the moment
 
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