Lionfish, trigger and angels???

[R€€F @DD¡ÇT]

Anyone have experience with this? I will only consider red tail and blue throat triggers. Wanna have a mix of Dwarf angels with an emperor, Queen, Koran and navarchus.
Miles, Volitans and Russels lionfish.

 

[LadAShark]

Triggers and angels will nip and potentially injure lionfish.

 

[Mfreddy]

My emperor nips a lot. Makes sure he's in charge.

 

[4FordFamily]

My looks coexisted with angels and triggers without issue but I have heard they can be the target of nipping. Never seen it though.

 

[1tank1]

can you get a very big lion fish so he the boss and wont get nipped?

 

[LadAShark]

can you get a very big lion fish so he the boss and wont get nipped?

It doesn't work that way. Those will nip at sharks, let alone lionfish.

 

[tj w]

I've seen them housed together as well with no issues. Seems some have better success than others. Always depends on the fish.

 

[tj w]

With those species of triggers your chances will certainly be better as they're some of the least aggressive.

 

[Jenz]

Sorry to steal this thread but was going to enquirer after people's experiences with the blue-throat trigger and lions but probably already have my answer. My LFS suggested a Harlequin Tuskfish as they've both in same display without hiccup but in long term situation does any believe that we would be a less than ideal with lion fish?
Thanks and sorry (again!)

 

[4FordFamily]

I've seen tusk with lions many times without issue but with aggressive fish you never know

 

[lion king]

I kept a volitan with many a variety of triggers, 8 years with a niger and humu. About 3 with a clown, the clown went to a bigger home because of his aggression toward the other triggers. An emporer for 4 years, I put him in a bigger because I just thought he would be happier, this was in a 180g. I grew up in the hobby putting lions in aggressive tanks with triggers and angels and tangs, I never saw any of the nipping everyone talks about now. I know this is just one man's experience but could someone with actual first hand experience, and not just repeating something you heard, chime in and report. I can imagine the lions mane getting nipped in a feeding frenzy but I never saw my angel or one of my triggers maliciously attack a lion.

 

[Mistborn]

My Volitan was kept with a pink tail trigger with no issues.

 

[runwiththebulls]

I’ve kept a lion since it was tiny for several years with a clown trigger, pink tail, niger and blue throat (he replaced a Picasso that passed but was also a lion tank
mate for a year) - initially a 100 then in a 200. Lion is huge now and I never once saw nipping. The clown destroyed my big long spine urchin one day over the course of a couple days but never touched the lion spines.