cheap and unwilling? sounds like a good thing to me. i have no experience with this, but i'd say tis better to ask than to waste money and animals. you may as well put a tang in a mayo jar in the back window of your car if you're going to experiment. you'll probably get the same results.
stuff about lionfish, may say something about what they'll do to shrimp:
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-1...ture/index.htm