Biggest Thing You Have Seen a Fuzzy Dwarf Lion Eat

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What is the biggest thing you have seen a fuzzy dwarf lion(Dendrochirus brachypterus) eat? I don't need info on any other species, just the fuzzy dwarf. I know their mouth is smaller in relation to their body than some other lions, but what is the biggest prey one would hunt from tankmates?
 

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When my late fuzzy was just at about 3-3.5" he ate a yellow banded possum wrasse that was about 2/3 the size of the fuzzy. I watched it and I was shocked. I saw him stalking him but that he was just entertaining himself. He got him in a corner and struck, wrestled around a bit and got him down.
 

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To be honest, my fuzzy dwarf doesn't really eat anything bigger than a 1/2" chunk of frozen. I have him in a reef tank with 27 other fish of different sizes and he doesn't look twice at any of them.
 
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Glad to hear these reports. I have a few wrasses, large fairies, a group of redtail anampses and I want to get a group of meleagris leopards. Once the leopards get established I was hoping to add a m-f-f trio of fuzzy dwarf, but get them at a very small size. Just wanted to make sure the wrasses would be alright.
 

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I think that would work out fine. Interesting to see how a trio would do. Will be following when the time comes.
 

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Clown fish that was about 3 inches. :(
 

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