Will This Work

[biggystuff]

I was hoping to put these fish together but not sore if the clowns would be able to fend for themselves even thogh there fairly aggressive.
Pair of Yellow Band Maroon Clowns with anemone.
Clown Trigger
Spotted Puffer
Small Zebra Eel
Volitan Lion

 

[bama man]

I don't think I would risk losing my clowns. Especially if the lion is pretty large. The trigger is supposed to be aggressive too. The clowns are cool, especially if they are already hosting an anemonie. Maybe someone else can chime in here with some suggestions. How big is your tank? Do you have plenty of LR in it for hiding places?

 

[biggystuff]

I guess you could say it a medium sized lion. I have a 90 gallon tank with 75 pounds of live rock nicely set up so theres lots of caves and places to go or hide. I want to add a juvinile clown trigger after ive introduced everyone else

 

[browniebuck]

I am by no means an expert, but I don't think that this would work for two reasons. The first is that the puffer, trigger, and lionfish are aggressive fish...so unless your clowns are a good deal larger than any of these when you introduce them, I fear that your clowns would be bullied and eventually become a snack for whichever one dealt them the killing blow. The second reason is that your tank is not big enough to handle them all. The trigger and the lionfish both get quite large (around 20 inches for the clown trigger and around 15 inches for the lion).
You might be able to get away with the puffer, depending on the species (I have seen a couple different ones called spotted puffers...with one of them getting to around 5 inches). You could also possibly get away with a dwarf lion or perhaps a fu manchu lion...I would avoid the trigger as most of them get quite large. I am also not 100% sure on the anemone...not sure if the puffer and/or lion would bother it.

 

[biggystuff]

yeah i know that theyll out grow my tank eventually but i mean if i get them small a couple years in my tank would work

 

[browniebuck]

I used this same logic and spent a LOT of money that ended up in dead fish and me feeling horrible for allowing that to happen. I tried a hippo tang and a naso tang in my 55 before I knew any better and planned on upgrading when they got bigger....that didn't happen and they ended up dying.
As with most people, you will do what you want to do and hopefully learn from your experiences...I am just trying to help you avoid wasting money and ending up with dead fishies...

 

[olemiss]

The lion will eat the clowns. A smaller species of lion would be an option. Volitans grow very fast and can eat surprisingly large fish. Mine ate a wrasse that was about the same length of the lion(clowns would be much easier to catch than a wrasse). Depending on size- the lion will eat the trigger or the trigger will kill the lion. Triggers and lions do not mix.(Nigers, bluejaw, pinktails seem to be the exception). What type of anemone? Eels seem to swim where they please and a large carpet could easily take down a small zebra.

 

[spanko]

Rule of thumb...............if it will fit in the lion's mouth it is food.
Rule of thumb #2.......... the lion's mouth is much larger than you think it is.

 

[small triggers]

I tried a lion with my triggers, they bit all of its fins off, not a good thing. You could do a smaller lion and take out the trigger, or keep the trigger (much better choice IMO) and take out the lion. the trigger will get along with the puffer, eel and clowns, but I just had one of my GBT anemones kill one my blue jaw trigger as the anemone moved in on its cave at night.....Just to warn you. And yes you will have to upgrade and truthfully that wil depend on how fast your trigger grows, my clown has only grown 3 inches in the last 2 and a half years so he's still not even 6 inches long.

 

[srfisher17]

Lions, with few exceptions, just don't belong with triggers (especially a clown T.) The flowing fins if the lion are irresistible to most triggers and puffers.