lion fish habatats

[inuyasha_2266]

what do lion fish habatats look like???????? and what other fish can go with then??????

[graphixx]

you will want to give them some swimming space and as for fish make sure they are bigger than the fishes mouth. a lionfish will eat any fish he can pretty much fit in his mouth.

[jojo22]

Not to mention that their mouths open quite a bit larger than you would think they can.

[inuyasha_2266]

how much live rock should i put in the tank???? and can i get a pic of what there habatat looks loke plzz thx=)

[jojo22]

I would go 25 or 30 pounds.

[graphixx]

another thing you want to consider is that lionfish are very very messy. so you will want to be able to keep up with the mess and keep the water of good quality. I bieleve they like open areas between rock croppings.

[bobert]

what do they do that makes them messy

[carpenterwrasse]

mine used to chew up its food and spit it out and eat it again...but that was years ago and maybe the one i had was just plain stupid..

[Sweetpea]

LOL! I could see myself saying something like that!

[JustDavidP]

What kind of lion? There is no single, correct answer to your question....

Just use oversized filtration, largish tanks, good water quality and many, timely, water exchanges. Yes, they are pigs. The "large tank" will help you keep good water quality and allow you to have room to maintain the system and not get stung by one of these "Scorpaeniformes".

From Bob Fenner and the Crew at Wet Web Media:

The actual environments of these fishes and their provision in captivity are highly varied. Many species are sedentary, sitting on rocks or upon the seafloor, blending in with their personal camouflage of colors or skin flaps with possible algal and sponge growth settlements. Some sway back and forth (e.g., Leaf Scorpions, Rhinopias spp.) to blend in with surging weedy habitats. Others burrow partially or fully under the sand (e.g. reef Stonefish, Devilfishes) while living on open flats. The bold Pteroinines (Turkey-, Zebra-, Lionfishes), so popular with hobbyists and public aquariums alike, stay out and about for much of the day. But all members of this Order should be provided with a dark area of the tank to call their own - ideally, a large enough cave that they can get out of the light entirely if they wish. Scorpaeniformes have crepuscular or nocturnal tendencies and feeding habits - more about feeding later in this chapter. For aquarists that take the time to research exactly where their specimen comes from on the reef, the rewards can be rich in observing not only initial transformations of color and pattern to exploit their cryptic evolution… but possibly even the growth of (more) elaborate appendages and extensions, as with leafy and weedy species. So get thee to a planted refugium!

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I'm putting a fuzzy dwarf in a 29G as a SINGLE specimen. It is going to be connected to a 20+ Gallon Sump/Fuge and also have agressive mechanical filtration.

Dave