lion

[JSTR]

Dont blame you on the not sticking hands in, personnaly I use a 3 foot feeding stick. One trick for when you have to clean the tank(and it should be fairly often as they can be huge waste factories) is to use a tank divider and chase the lion to one side, put in the divider and clean the opposite side, then reverse to do the other half. Netting a lionfish is not always a good idea and is a little tricky, the spine can get tangled in the mesh of the net, causing you to have to grab hold of the most dangerous part of the fish.(be careful when using a net, expecially when they get bigger)

Just out of curiousity, did the guys at Big Als tell you which lionfish you were buying(species). Cause when I was there on Friday all they had were the large ones, Volitans and Russellis by the look of them, none were the dwarf species. Please refer to the above mentioned link for further info and care needs. If you post a picture, I may be able to help you figure out which one, and if they knew at Big Als then all the better. Yes I know they are small now, but they will grow to at least 10 inches and up to 15-16 inches.


Paul