Can I mix a 4" coral beauty and a 9" lionfish together in a 125 fowlr

[Makubex]

Along with a 3.75" hoevens wrasse? Theres also a

4" sailfin
4" blue hippo
3.5" niger triggerfish
6" foxface
9" lionfish
Will they all get along for the time being? Ill separate the tangs obviously when they get big

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Along with a 3.75" hoevens wrasse? Theres also a

4" sailfin
4" blue hippo
3.5" niger triggerfish
6" foxface
Will they all get along for the time being? Ill separate the tangs obviously when they get big

IMO - the lion is going to grow faster than the wrasse, and put it at risk of being eaten.

Jay

 

[Terry Le]

If he can swallow it. Its dinner. But 4" is a good size

 

[exnisstech]

I had similar stock with a volitan and it didn't go well. I had to target feed it and even then the tangs and trigger would dart over and try to get the food. Then the niger started nipping. I would love a lion fish but I just don't think they fit well in a heavily stocked tank with fast swimmers.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I would not. with lionfish, If a fish can fit in another fish's mouth. . . Sooner or later it will". With a lion, they will attempt what wont fit in its' mouth

 

[Makubex]

I had similar stock with a volitan and it didn't go well. I had to target feed it and even then the tangs and trigger would dart over and try to get the food. Then the niger started nipping. I would love a lion fish but I just don't think they fit well in a heavily stocked tang with fast swimmers.

My lion eats the chunk of food asap so no problems yet, once the triggerfish grows larger though he may steal it, can I add tiny hermit crabs or will the lion eat them? What type of cuc can i add that wont get eaten, my wrasse doesnt touch snails

 

[exnisstech]

My lion eats the chunk of food asap so no problems yet, once the triggerfish grows larger though he may steal it, can I add tiny hermit crabs or will the lion eat them? What type of cuc can i add that wont get eaten, my wrasse doesnt touch snails

With my niger I had no CUC. I had him for over 6 years. Beautiful fish and then he decided to start munching on LPS colonies so I rehomed him. I had a giant hermit crab with a shell larger than a golf ball for a few years then the niger went after it. He chewed a hole in its shell, which was conch shell I found on vaca to the ocean. You may have better luck. It seems like he got worse with age. Heck that's what my Gal tells me