dwarf fuzzy lion

cdubbs

Member
well once again this is a judgment call..some people say no lions with sharks some say they have done it for years with no problems. My shark tries to bite my lion when its feeding time and the lion just turns and swims away. Other than during feeding they dont mess with each other. I ave seen the shark swim right over the top of the lion and right through the spines and the lion just let him go. If people are afraid of having lions poison there sharks why would they be ok with haveing them with any other fish? And sharks like bamboos dont even swim constantly like some other sharks or fish..But im not familiar with smoothounds, are they active swimmers? But i think that it is all ur decision whether u want to try it or not.
 

tony detroit

Active Member
smoothounds....
Just me, but I wouldn't keep a lion with any kind of shark. Not saying it can't be done but I am saying I wouldn't do it. Especially with smoothound sharks.
 

lionfish1

Member
With my lion i stopped feeding it fishes all together then w frozen i would splash it around the surface to get his attention then let it move with current and in about a week he had no problem with frozen foods:)
 

jp0379

Member
Cdubb, don't let the attitude problems of a few "All-knowing"'s here bother ya. That and "your tank isn't big enough" as well as "those fish don't go together" are the most common problems here. Just ignore 'em.
As for the fish, my lionfish isn't active other than moving around a bit until it finds another place to hang out. He sits on a piece of liverock most of the day, and then moves around when its feeding time.
And a lionfish and a shark will learn to get along just fine in most cases. Just keep an eye on 'em!
 

tony detroit

Active Member

Originally posted by jp0379
Cdubb, don't let the attitude problems of a few "All-knowing"'s here bother ya. That and "your tank isn't big enough" as well as "those fish don't go together" are the most common problems here. Just ignore 'em.
As for the fish, my lionfish isn't active other than moving around a bit until it finds another place to hang out. He sits on a piece of liverock most of the day, and then moves around when its feeding time.
And a lionfish and a shark will learn to get along just fine in most cases. Just keep an eye on 'em!

WTF are you talking about? Do you think it is a good idea to keep a potential 40'' shark in a 48'' tank. Maybe you do. I do not as well as many others.
Or better yet...do you think it is a good idea to keep a shark, which has a very hard time seeing with the lights on with a lionfish? A lionfish has poisonous spines. And guess what, the spines will kill your fish if it swims into them. Maybe you think that is a good idea as well since we're on the topic now of "just ignore them"
Do you think I type the things to do for the hell of it? We're trying to help this guy. Sure we are not saying what you want to hear. Unfortunately people impulse buy and then fish have to suffer unnecessary deaths.
If I wanted to make somebody feel bad I'd kick their ass. Better yet...if I really wanted to make people feel bad I'd get a job in law enforcement. Then I could screw people over all day long and get payed for it as well as a ridiculous pension plan.
 

cdubbs

Member
ok just wanna make sure everyone knows this, everyone should by now, i am going to have a tank that is about 7feet long and 3 feet wide for my shark in a few months..that is bigger than most of u people telling me that my tank is too small..so get off the topic of tank size cause like i said thats not a problem..i do appreciate all the help but there are some things that people decide on there own with opinions of others...so this is the last time im gonna be involved in this type of post..if u wanna help answere some of my questions thank you..but i just wanna let u know that i dont need to here anything about tank size again..thank you
 
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