tell me everything u can about lionfish

[neuman]

can ne one tell me ne thing about lion fish

[CrystalAZ]

Here's a good essay about them:

http://www.yatfs.com/lionfish.htm

Crystal

[O'Coralman]

Originally posted by neuman
can ne one tell me ne thing about lion fish

They are great fish.....unfortunatlly they are a b**** to keep in a reef. They are not easy to feed there. I took it out so it would not starve(dwarf lion). Other wise they are easy to keep..... they get big and can put up with come nasty tankmates and will eat what they can get thier mouths on. Thier food needs to be initially live. Some can get thiers to eat krill.....this helps when trying to get one to live in a reef(which is stunning looking). In FO tanks they are a breeze....watch those spines.

Steve

[kjmst29]

I can tell you this....about 10 years ago my father had one and was stung....trip to the ER. Not worth it.

[MattG]

heres a good read written by Frank Marini. A definite must for any potential lionfish keeper

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-11/fm/feature/index.htm

[horkn]

ican say i nearly stepped on one in fiji while enetering the water from a walkin shore dive....

got a sweet pic of it too