volitan lionfish in a 90 gallon

[mr_X]

Boring due to the behaviour?

Boring, as in it's like a fresh water oscar IMO.

 

[woody390]

Ok well I'm set on a lionfish of some description and I'm leaning towards an eel and a angler, aside from that though I'm looking at a couple more things. In my sump I have 4 sections I was thinking on putting a skimmer (possibly a magus bubble c5 unless anyone has better suggestions) and a heater in section 1, a section with deep sand bed some macro algae and maybe a few shrimp in section 2, live rock in section 3 and return pump in section 4 does this sound ok fr a fowlr tank or have I missed anything.

I am also looking into lighting I am considering a few mushrooms in there but nothing to difficult to care for would two 54 watt t5s with something to reflect the light into the tank e sufficient?

 

[Gregcoyote]

I had a full grown lion fish and a two foot long snowflake in a 55 for years. Both ate frozen silversides, and not each other. Anything else in the tank was fair game.

 

[woody390]

What sort of lion?

 

[Gregcoyote]

What sort of lion?

It was a Volitan. It got pretty cramped. Luckily the lion fish didn't move around much. The moray was another thing. He was really cramped once he got big.

 

[woody390]

How big did it get, what, sort of clean up crew did you have for that?

 

[Gregcoyote]

About football size. Had snails, stars, the usual. They didn't bother them.

 

[woody390]

Guessing just no crabs or shrimp then?

 

[woody390]

And do you think they would be ok with some mushroom corals etc?

 

[Gregcoyote]

Guessing just no crabs or shrimp then?

No crabs or shrimp. Both would eat them eventually. The corals are no problem. Mushrooms would be a good choice.

 

[Gregcoyote]

the main Bass Pro Shop in Springfield Missouri has a huge fish only tank. They have a red Volitan the size of a beach ball fins and all.

 

[woody390]

so from your experience how do you think a red lion would do in a 4 foot tank just short of 90 or would you say go for a dwarf?

 

[Gregcoyote]

I think I would go for the dwarf.