Keeping a dwarf lionfish

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Originally Posted by tang daddy

I need some experiences here on these fish as I am thinking of setting up a fowler for a Fu manchu. Has anyone kept these for a long time, if so what did you feed them, do they accept market food readily?

I am planning on keeping 1 in a 50g breeder, and possibly adding 1 or 2 tankmates later on. There will be no skimming on this tank so it will be weekly waterchanges.


Thanks in advance

Years back I had a dwarf zebra.
It takes work to train them to take frozen food.

And you will always have to present it as if it was live-ish food.

There are two main camps in terms of feeding.
Feed once or twice per week a large meal
or
Feed daily a very small meal

After much reading I chose the second camp, a daily fed lion is a safer lion.

If you only feed once to twice a week you have a higher risk of him eating a tank-mate.

They are gulp-eaters and most die (it seems) from gut-blockages.