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02-28-2006, 07:37 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Rochester
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Lionfish Q
How are they best kept?
tank size, tank mates, feeding..etc.
thanx 
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02-28-2006, 07:39 PM
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Milkshake Man
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SW Florida
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Originally Posted by oyam123
How are they best kept?
tank size, tank mates, feeding..etc.
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Tank size as big as you can go.....Tank mates anything bigger than his mouth, feeding anything smaller than his mouth. They are a cool looking fish i had one he died from stress from the hurricanes.
Tim
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02-28-2006, 07:44 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Shelby Township, MI
Posts: 1,126
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Originally Posted by Tim224DT
Tank size as big as you can go.....Tank mates anything bigger than his mouth, feeding anything smaller than his mouth. They are a cool looking fish i had one he died from stress from the hurricanes.
Tim
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What Tim said 
I've often wondered what you do in case of hurricanes!!! I live in tornado alley and don't know how long the fish would last if I had no power for a long time.....
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02-28-2006, 07:45 PM
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Milkshake Man
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SW Florida
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I have a generator now........
Tim
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02-28-2006, 07:55 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Shelby Township, MI
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Originally Posted by Tim224DT
I have a generator now........
Tim
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need to buy one, but can't afford the cost right now!
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02-28-2006, 08:28 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: alpharetta
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what kind of lionfish. theres ones that get about 5-6" to ones that get 15+"
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02-28-2006, 08:33 PM
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Professor Chaos
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Arkham Asylum
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Good mates that get along and have similar feeding habits are...
Eels
Puffers
groupers
anglers
DO NOT do more than one lion. they can and will eat each other. Lions seem to have a special relationship with Morays so you might look at a snowflake.
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02-28-2006, 08:37 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Baton Rouge LA.
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Originally Posted by oyam123
How are they best kept?
tank size, tank mates, feeding..etc.
thanx |
bigger is better
feeding depends some only like fish others will eat anything
and they can do ok in a 55 gal for a little while
tank mates any thing that wont fit in their mouth
if u get stung run ur hand under as hot of water as u can stand for like 15 min and be ready for a long week of one hella bee sting
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02-28-2006, 08:38 PM
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Milkshake Man
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SW Florida
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I had a snowflake with my lion, it was very cool!! Other good tank mates are tangs and my rainbow wrasse did well with the lion not so well with the eel one night.
Tim
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02-28-2006, 08:42 PM
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Electrical G "EE" k
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Milwaukee, WI
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I also hear you want to get the lionfish to eat frozen food if possible. They meaty, live diets are great, but to keep a lionfish health and alive for more than a year you should try and get it to eat frozen food. I am also planning on getting a lion in about mid summer.
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02-28-2006, 08:58 PM
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Milkshake Man
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SW Florida
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It isnt that easy to get them to eat frozen.
A- Ask the LFS if he eats frozen and ask them to prove it. If he eats frozen buy it!
B- Buy a lion that is really young and try to train him. It isnt easy but stick with it and you might get him on frozen
Lions will starve themselves to death if you are not feeding what they want to eat like live ghost srhimp.
Tim
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03-01-2006, 07:59 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Rochester
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thanx for the info....so feeding them FW rosie fish dont cut it?
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03-01-2006, 08:04 AM
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Milkshake Man
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SW Florida
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Originally Posted by oyam123
thanx for the info....so feeding them FW rosie fish dont cut it?
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What is a FW rosie fish? I knew of some people feeding their lions gold fish. So i dont see any harm if its meety.
Tim
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03-01-2006, 08:59 AM
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It can be rebuilt.
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Pittsboro, NC
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Originally Posted by ouccmich
need to buy one, but can't afford the cost right now!
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if you can not afford a generator than get yourself a power inverter for the car. all you need to keep a tank alive is a water pump and a heater. just get an inverter that can do this almost all will. we survived the big ice storm in 2000 with one of these.
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03-01-2006, 09:12 AM
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Skimmer and Reactor
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: East Atlanta Village
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Feeding freshwater fish is not appropriate for lions or any other saltwater fish, for that matter. They do not provide the nutrition that saltwater fish need. I feed my lion frozen krill and he absolutely loves it.
There is a lot of incorrect info in this thread. I suggest you read these Reefkeeping articles thoroughly before purchasing a lion. http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-11/
Here is a photo of mine:
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