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May 17th, 2009, 12:37 PM | #1 |
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Can a lion fish be housed in a reef?
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Lion fish are reef safe as long as other fish are not too small as they will eat them. They also eat invert such as shrimp, snais, and crabs.
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in essence they are not, while they won't go after your corals they'll eat everything else that moves and would fit in their large mouth.
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And what a big mouth they have
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September 22nd, 2009, 06:23 PM | #5 |
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And Poisonous spines Too! Double your pleasure, a big mouth and Poisonous spines. A double whammy, to small fish and to fish keepers.
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venomous not poisonous
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Technically you are correct however as you can see below Poisonous is also acceptable.
Main Entry: poi·son·ous Pronunciation: \ˈpȯiz-nəs, ˈpȯi-zən-əs\ Function: adjective Date: 1565 1 : destructive, harmful 2 : having the properties or effects of poison : venomous 3 : spiteful, malicious — poi·son·ous·ly adverb Main Entry: ven·om·ous Pronunciation: \ˈve-nə-məs\ Function: adjective Date: 14th century 1 : full of venom: as a : poisonous, envenomed b : noxious, pernicious <expose a venomous dope ring — Don Porter> c : spiteful, malevolent <venomous criticism> 2 : having a venom-producing gland and able to inflict a poisoned wound <venomous snakes>
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The lionfish is native to the Indo-Pacific oceanic region. This range extends from western Australia and Malaysia east to French Polynesia and the Pitcairn Islands. In addition, the range also extends north to southern Japan and southern Korea and south to parts of coastal Australia.The lionfish has also recently been discovered on the shores of Jamaica (W.I.) and Panama
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It wil be fine with a lot of different species of fish. Do you have any specific choices you;d like to place with it?
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lionfish are not overly aggresive, with other fish. they will however swallow any fish small enough.
Do not underestimate their mouth size. I have raised several lionfish over the years, and never had any problems. they are very hardy fish, as long as they are eating. Try to get them to eat frozen food or pellets, much better for them then live. |
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Lionfish are found in Long Island waters. They are collected by Atlantis Marine world staff every year.
Note: AMW is now Long Island Aquarium.
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http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2006/6/aafeature I guess they are the advanced guard of new Marine species coming into this area. probably not good news for many local marine species.
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