Feeding Lionfish porcelain crabs?

[LgTas]

I'm considering getting one of the dwarf lionfish species and am thinking about feeding options.

Turn any rock in my local bay and you'll find a horde of invasive porcelain crabs (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrolisthes_elongatus). Would these be a good food source? They dont use their claws at all

 

[lion king]

No lions do not eat hard bodied inverts.

 

[lion king]

1st, let me bust the myth of the dwarf moray. They are a great eel mainly because of their small size, but they are a cautionary tale. When they are small and young most of them are model citizens. Many hobbyist don't care for them properly and most never reach maturity. These eels are fang tooth eels, they eat fish for living, when mature nature can raise it's ugly head. When mature these eels can decide to dine on small fish and even become notorious biters. Still a great eel, with caution.

Eels mostly grow pretty fast if cared for properly. That snowflake would need a bigger home in a years time. A small snowflake tank raised is a safer eel than a dwarf moray, even though a larger eel. The snowflake is a pebble tooth eel, tank raised with the appropriate tank mates would cause no threat to fish. I would suggest planning the 80g for the snowflake within a years time.

 

[billyocean]

1st, let me bust the myth of the dwarf moray. They are a great eel mainly because of their small size, but they are a cautionary tale. When they are small and young most of them are model citizens. Many hobbyist don't care for them properly and most never reach maturity. These eels are fang tooth eels, they eat fish for living, when mature nature can raise it's ugly head. When mature these eels can decide to dine on small fish and even become notorious biters. Still a great eel, with caution.

Eels mostly grow pretty fast if cared for properly. That snowflake would need a bigger home in a years time. A small snowflake tank raised is a safer eel than a dwarf moray, even though a larger eel. The snowflake is a pebble tooth eel, tank raised with the appropriate tank mates would cause no threat to fish. I would suggest planning the 80g for the snowflake within a years time.

I think this was for a dwarf lionfish..no?

 

[LgTas]

Suspect wrong thread... thanks for the response confirming not suitable food source.

 

[lion king]

Sorry got the post backwards.

Lionfish don't eat hard bodied inverts.