Lionfish in Reef

[muck]

Welcome to the Board Ryan!!
Would love to see some photos of your reef and setup.

[pat]

You should feed him freshwater ghost shrimps,they are the closest thing nutritionaly to any saltwater fish and critters that they eat,and they are cheap and easy to breed.
You can also use a souvlaki stick with a nice piece of krill,you can always pre-soak it in "Kent extreme garlic"
Good luck
Lionfish's rock

[mark]

Not knowing their natural habitat, guess I would be concerned if the Lion fish could handle the flow in a reef tank.

LPS reef might not be to bad but with the toted turnovers for a SPS tank would they still extend as much?

[justinl]

You should NOT feed a lion or anyother marine carnivore freshwater anything as a main diet. If your lion is new and isn't eating you can feed it FW shrimp to initiate a feeding habit, but you can't stick with just FW shrimp because freshies lack in some nutrients that marine animals need. For a lion I would put it on a diet of a couple of different frozens and an occasional live treat like shrimp or a small fish. Id only give FW food once a week at most.

[Glennrf38]

My dwarf fuzzy lion has done great in my tank with 2 coral banded shrimp, and two small clowns he has never touched them. He now eats Krill directly off a toothpick. He is great.

[BCOrchidGuy]

Awesome post, I had a dwarf lion in my 15 gallon tank and he did alright with the shrimp etc. My plan was to set up a brackish 45 gallon with a number of mollies in it and use the mollies for food but it just didn't work out that way. I figured live bearers in brackish water would give me a decent supply of live food but like I say, the best laid plans....

Doug

[Chaotic Cricket]

My Fu Manchu does well, he bumps the shrimp but doesn't eat them. He eats tiny clownfish i give him. I know a a guy that breeds them and i get the rejects or the dead ones, he freezes them for me As long as it fits in it's mouth its fair game it is a predator. He is 4 years olds so i am doing something right, although my 2 year old bubble tip just croaked...bloody weird that was.