Fishsafe Lionfish?

[ReefTalk]

Hi there is there such a thing of a lionfish that will not eat smaller fish? If so please tell me what kind, and if not what other cool looking fish like that size won't eat smaller fish?

 

[4FordFamily]

Nope any fish that can fit in its mouth will eventually be eaten. The closest thing to what you describe are dwarf lionfish. Even still, "if it fits it ships"

 

[miyags]

I had a mandarin in with a lion fish for about 5 years. But I don't know of any, fish safe lionfish.

 

[RJ Harris]

My dwarf zebra lion is in with a yellow clown goby and they swim next to each other all the time

 

[eatbreakfast]

Fu manchu and blackfin stay smallish and have smaller mouths, so may be less capable of swallowing some fish, though both have their challenges in being kept.

 

[becks]

The only positive thing about lionfish is that they are more ambush predators, more or less the fish will swim right up to the lionfish and then they will pounce. I maybe wrong but I was under the impression they hunt mostly at night so that's when your fish will be at the greatest risk and it's also when your fish are hiding and sleeping.

I remember reading that somewhere but it or I maybe mistaken.

 

[eatbreakfast]

The only positive thing about lionfish is that they are more ambush predators, more or less the fish will swim right up to the lionfish and then they will pounce. I maybe wrong but I was under the impression they hunt mostly at night so that's when your fish will be at the greatest risk and it's also when your fish are hiding and sleeping.

I remember reading that somewhere but it or I maybe mistaken.

Lionfish are crepuscular, they hunt at dusk and dawn, but in aquaria will definitely take advantage of a meal whenever it is available. And while they use ambush techniques, they will also corral a victim into a corner, using it's pectoral fins to block it's intended target from escaping.