lion fish

[morefire66]

Hey salt water crew, I need to know if I will have any problems
adding a lion with my Tigger(undulated) and dogface puffer...:happyfish

 

[txtwstr]

I have a vol. lion and a niger trigger along with a maroon clown. They all get along as long as they are too bigg to fit in the lions mouth.

 

[morefire66]

Thanks for the information txtwstr....I am still shopping for a
lion fish.....

 

[fishy411]

no undulates are evil triggers adn so are dogfaces. They will nip yur lion really bad

 

[morefire66]

Hey fishy411, am i wasting my money to invest in a lion fish? My stock includes undulated trigger, dogface puffer,pori
puffer, snowflake eel, a red grouper, blue velvet damsel and a
yellow back damsel.....the funny thing about my 75 gal is they all get along....except feeding time everyone as to fan for themself........pls replied...thanks

 

[lilstrup]

no you shouldn't even have the undulated in with your puffer he needs a tank to himself

 

[morefire66]

thanks, i think i will have to get rid of the trigger

 

[fishy411]

yeah and even with 2 puffers u r running a big risk of them killing yur lion. They will nip at its fins till it dies

 

[cubfan]

Even though some have been sucessful, the overwhelming concensus of the boards feel trigger + lion = dead lion.

 

[puffrbware]

What about a humab

 

[fishy411]

still a pretty good chance of it nipping yur lion. I would go with a Niger, Pinktail, or bluethroat trigger. They are the least aggressive species. Even with one of these u would sitll have to get rid of yur puffers to keep a lion.

 

[morefire66]

How often do you guys do a water change?? my 75 gal has been up about 2 yrs i have no problem with my nitrite but nitrate seen to been the problem, it is always a little on the high side though with about 80lbs of live rocks and a good wet/dry system everything would be cool......

 

[cubfan]

I change about 20 percent per month. Also, what kind of substrate do you have. crushed coral is a nitrate factory.

 

[morefire66]

Hey cubfan, I had crush coral about a year ago i changed over
to sand..

 

[fishnerd]

Originally posted by fishy411
still a pretty good chance of it nipping yur lion. I would go with a Niger, Pinktail, or bluethroat trigger. They are the least aggressive species. Even with one of these u would sitll have to get rid of yur puffers to keep a lion.
I have to agree, B. undulatus is one of the most aggressive triggers available.

 

[morefire66]

How can i mantain nitrate ? is there a easy way:help: :help: ........

 

[mumbulog]

if you have refugium put some chaetomorpha in there. It's a macor algae that feeds of nitrates and doesn't put anything back in the water that can be a problem like some macro does.