Lionfish question?!?!?

[REEFIN RIOS]

Can I have a clam with a lionfish????I'm thinking of getting a dwarf fuzzy or a fu Manchu. In the tank will be the lionfish and a snowflake eel.

Thank you
Happy reefing!

 

[Bouncingsoul39]

Technically, yes. Though the clam needs moderate/high lighting depending on the species so you'll need to make sure to have adequate lighting for it.

 

[REEFIN RIOS]

Ok it's a crocea

 

[Bouncingsoul39]

Ok it's a crocea

Cool. Croceas are awesome. Couple things to note, they are rock boring clams, they need to be set on a flat piece of rock to be happy. You shouldn't just set them on the sand. Also, they are a higher light requiring species, so they need pretty high lighting. What kind of light you gots?

 

[REEFIN RIOS]

Right now it's under a kessil 360. But will be moved to my predator tank soon. Which I haven't decide what light to get yet.

 

[REEFIN RIOS]

What lights should I get and I'm already on a tight budget? It needs to cover a 3ft long tank but it's only 1ft tall!

 

[Bouncingsoul39]

Hard to say man, lots of options. If your trying to work with a tight budget, check out the Amazon/eBay Chinese LEDs, there down to like a $100-$125 each, one of them at a decent height above the tank should light most of it, but you'd have some shadow on the sides. You could do a 4 bulb T5HO fixture. That would give you full length light coverage but a bit more expensive with the bulbs which you'll needed to buy separately.

 

[REEFIN RIOS]

Yea i looked at those would par 38 bulbs work? I was looking at them I have plenty of domes used to keep reptiles. Would those work? I'm setting it up this weekend to start the cycle so I have a month or so to get lights!

 

[revaltion131]

Depends on a few things. I'm not an LED expert so someone else may feel free to correct me. The lenses and wattage of the light will still play a role and for anything you could keep a lion in you'd need at least 2 strong par38's. It'd also be very helpful to know the dimensions of your tank.

 

[REEFIN RIOS]

Thank you all for ur responses, no need to answer my questions decide to go a way different route. But thank y'all anyway!

 

[Lionsreef]

I have both a dwarf zebra lionfish and a 5 inch maxima clam under a Hydra 26 HD doing well in my 38G bowfront