Lion / trigger tank mates

[BigLar]

Can I put 2 A. ocellaris and 1 yellow tang in with a small lion, bursa trigger, and snowflake eel?

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-BigLar

[the_blue_tuna]

I dont believe the lion would be any trouble and the eel would be okay as long as the clowns were larger than the eels mouth , but the trigger might not take well to any of them.

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[tendar]

Triggers some times dont take well to lions and kill them. Ive seen this happen a few times.

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[Biomanjcs72]

Triggers will, from time to time nip off lionfishes fin rays, eventually killing them. Also, Lionfish can swallow things approximately 3/4 their body length, unless you bought a really small dwarf or fu-manchu, you'll have to find really BIG Ocellaris', and that'll be tough because the males don't get that big. HTH

[BigLar]

The Lion and trigger have been together for a long time without any problems. The bursa that I have is pretty wimpy. My big concern was the Lion eating the clowns.

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-BigLar

[G]

My concern would be to sufficiently feed the eel as the triggers would consume all the food before the eel could get to it. In this case you may need to make special feeding arrangements with your eel.

Gary

[BigLar]

I feed the eel directly with a feeding stick! Actually, he likes to steal food from the others.

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-BigLar

[Aragorn]

I have a friend in town that had an Undulated Trigger in w/ his Volitans. The trigger eventually "picked" the lion to death. My Lionfish, far from full grown, ate one of my clowns(1.5") quite easily. I was stunned. FWIW

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