freshwater lionfish

tropicalcrazy

tropicalcrazy

Large Fish
#8
Nov 19, 2008
702
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Des Moines, Iowa
#8
jo3olous said:
chances are no. and your tank is overstocked already why keeping adding more? are you upgrading or something?
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im actually trying to get rid of the regular rainbow shark and the gold algae eater to one of the guys on here that lives here in des moines where i am.

i guess i shouldve been more clear on it. it is more of a hope and dream on getting that guy but if i get him it will be when i get my 180g and after i do TONS OF READING up on him and trying to get as much info as possible on him. ive adopted the habit of asking TONS of questions and reading TONS before i step into something new.

really if i add anything, which i want to after i get rid of those 2 fish is going to be a couple rams, 2 at max. dont know if i want a german blue and yellow or 2 bolivian ones.

but first i am going to be doing some renovating inside the tank and doing some new things before i add anymore fish. im going to switch around some ornaments, add 1 more bag of black rock so i can drown out some of the colored rock (trying to get a certain look), and i wouldnt mind adding some more plants. i dont know if im going to add plastic or live yet though. im hoping that after i get rid of that gold algae eater that my plants will start growing better. i want to landscape it to my perfection of what i want before i add anymore fish though
 

jo3olous

jo3olous

Large Fish
#9
Aug 6, 2008
909
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Philadelphia, PA
#9
tropicalcrazy said:
im actually trying to get rid of the regular rainbow shark and the gold algae eater to one of the guys on here that lives here in des moines where i am.

i guess i shouldve been more clear on it. it is more of a hope and dream on getting that guy but if i get him it will be when i get my 180g and after i do TONS OF READING up on him and trying to get as much info as possible on him. ive adopted the habit of asking TONS of questions and reading TONS before i step into something new.

really if i add anything, which i want to after i get rid of those 2 fish is going to be a couple rams, 2 at max. dont know if i want a german blue and yellow or 2 bolivian ones.

but first i am going to be doing some renovating inside the tank and doing some new things before i add anymore fish. im going to switch around some ornaments, add 1 more bag of black rock so i can drown out some of the colored rock (trying to get a certain look), and i wouldnt mind adding some more plants. i dont know if im going to add plastic or live yet though. im hoping that after i get rid of that gold algae eater that my plants will start growing better. i want to landscape it to my perfection of what i want before i add anymore fish though
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I think with 180G you could landscape the tank to house fish together even if they don't get along very well; "I think"
 

vahluree

vahluree

Medium Fish
#11
Jan 18, 2009
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Euless, TX
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It looks like the fish prefers the water temp to be not below 72 degrees F.

If you get the 180, would it be possible to convert the 55 to a brackish tank? (That is, if a 55 is suitable for the fish's size?) Just a thought. It's a cool looking fish for sure.
 

jo3olous

jo3olous

Large Fish
#12
Aug 6, 2008
909
1
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Philadelphia, PA
#12
vahluree said:
It looks like the fish prefers the water temp to be not below 72 degrees F.

If you get the 180, would it be possible to convert the 55 to a brackish tank? (That is, if a 55 is suitable for the fish's size?) Just a thought. It's a cool looking fish for sure.
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Sure why not, they only grow 7-10'' i believe and they don't exactly look that active so 55G should be okay just for him though. Not sure what you can cram in with him/her because it's an aggressive fish
 

tropicalcrazy

tropicalcrazy

Large Fish
#13
Nov 19, 2008
702
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Des Moines, Iowa
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and i keep reading that these guys can be more and more poisinous or at least there spines are from what ive read on other forums and stuff, but not poisinous enough to hurt a human bad. a lot of people dont like them out on the east coast and run across them all the time.
 

jo3olous

jo3olous

Large Fish
#14
Aug 6, 2008
909
1
0
Philadelphia, PA
#14
tropicalcrazy said:
and i keep reading that these guys can be more and more poisinous or at least there spines are from what ive read on other forums and stuff, but not poisinous enough to hurt a human bad. a lot of people dont like them out on the east coast and run across them all the time.
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How to keep your new freshwater lionfish, Batrachus trispinosus, with pictures

Looks like they can't have smaller tank mates :( As they prefer to wait for prey to swim close enough so they can snatch it.
 

tropicalcrazy

tropicalcrazy

Large Fish
#16
Nov 19, 2008
702
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Des Moines, Iowa
#16
jo3olous said:
How to keep your new freshwater lionfish, Batrachus trispinosus, with pictures

Looks like they can't have smaller tank mates :( As they prefer to wait for prey to swim close enough so they can snatch it.
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i think though feeders would be fun to watch with this fish. i love watching my bichir with feeders. he only seems to like the comets though and doesnt like minnows. ive had 1 minnow feeder fish that has lived in there for about a month and a half now and the funny thing is he has been half eaten and smashed against the tank by my bichir (rex as i like to call him since he is also known as a dinosaur bichir) and i thought he was going to die at one time but has now managed to recover and swims with them all. i cant put myself to just kill him though. im hoping one day he will eat the minnow but so far he loves the shrimp pellets i feed him
 

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