Is this normal?

BlueWater · 11-20-2002, 02:00 AM

Well... okay. So here's the deal. I have a 30 gallon tank now. Few mushrooms. But fish wise... these guys are like best friends. They've been in the tank together a few weeks now and the chromis stay around Fuzzy(the dwarflion) since day one. I was afraid these guys would stay away from Fuzzy since he's about 3 times their size and fear of getting eaten.

Anyone else have this experience?

***Reefland*** · 11-20-2002, 03:40 AM

I am curious, what is the diet you feed your lionfish? If your not feeding live food perhaps that is why he has no interest in the Chromis.

Just a thought,
Scott Z.

BlueWater · 11-20-2002, 04:53 AM

Pretty much just go to the grocery and buy a couple pounds of squid and shrimp. Dice em up and mix em into frozen cubes. I feed one cube to the tank a day... and every few days, I feed a Formula One Cube. Once every couple weeks I will feed live brine for a few days.

Oh... a few times I fed feeder guppies. But that's about it.

BlueWater · 11-20-2002, 06:18 PM

Also, do you guys think 15lbs of live rock, will be enough for the fishies to swim around and hide in? They seem to like the swim space right now.

organicreefer · 11-22-2002, 11:37 PM

i had a fuzzy dwarf that had no interest in other smaller fish as well-so ime it is normal-seems to me the FD preferred much smaller morsals of food.

in a thrity gallon -i would add another ten pounds or so of rock -the more caves yuo can make for these guys the better.,

11-20-2002, 02:00 AM	#1
BlueWater Citizen Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Manhattan Beach, California Posts: 129	Is this normal? Well... okay. So here's the deal. I have a 30 gallon tank now. Few mushrooms. But fish wise... these guys are like best friends. They've been in the tank together a few weeks now and the chromis stay around Fuzzy(the dwarflion) since day one. I was afraid these guys would stay away from Fuzzy since he's about 3 times their size and fear of getting eaten. Anyone else have this experience?

11-20-2002, 03:40 AM	#2
*Reefland* Owner Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Bardstown, KY Posts: 13,044	Hi Blue Water! I am curious, what is the diet you feed your lionfish? If your not feeding live food perhaps that is why he has no interest in the Chromis. Just a thought, Scott Z. __________________ Scott Z. 75 Gallon Reef Log Powered by Reefland's Personal Online Aquarium Log

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11-20-2002, 04:53 AM	#3
BlueWater Citizen Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Manhattan Beach, California Posts: 129	Pretty much just go to the grocery and buy a couple pounds of squid and shrimp. Dice em up and mix em into frozen cubes. I feed one cube to the tank a day... and every few days, I feed a Formula One Cube. Once every couple weeks I will feed live brine for a few days. Oh... a few times I fed feeder guppies. But that's about it.

11-20-2002, 06:18 PM	#4
BlueWater Citizen Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Manhattan Beach, California Posts: 129	Also, do you guys think 15lbs of live rock, will be enough for the fishies to swim around and hide in? They seem to like the swim space right now.

11-22-2002, 11:37 PM	#5
organicreefer Governor Join Date: May 2001 Location: Northern CA Posts: 2,171	i had a fuzzy dwarf that had no interest in other smaller fish as well-so ime it is normal-seems to me the FD preferred much smaller morsals of food. in a thrity gallon -i would add another ten pounds or so of rock -the more caves yuo can make for these guys the better.,

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