triggers and lions and eels o my!

[greggy]

Hey I was wondering what is the minimum gal. tank that u could have to keep a triiger fish or a lion fish or a snowflake eel.
Thanx,
Greggy

 

[fmarini]

Hey:
So what type of lion? the large bodied lions like P Volitans, russells, miles will easy fill a nice 100 gal+ tank, The mid bodied lions like antennata, radiata, mobassae maybe a 75 to a 100, and dwarfs easily undr 50gal.
Also what type of trigger? Planktonic feeding ones (like pinktails, niger, blue cheeks) are pretty mellow and won't shred a lion. My minimum would be 75gal for one, but bigger is much better.
I would say over all a 100 or 125 would be the smallest for this mixture (lionfish dependent-small lions wi ould drop to a 75)
frank

 

[greggy]

I was think of a blue cheeks or a niger trigger and a fu man chu lion. what size do u think i would need then??
Thanx,
Greggy

 

[fmarini]

Hi:
w/o the eel, maybe a 50gal or better. W/ the eel a 75gal minimum. Again you will be better served w/ a 100gal.
m opinion
frank

 

[trigahappynigerog]

niger need at the least 75-100g w an eel. they can turn very aggressive in tanks as small as a 50