Keeping Lionfish
In addition to hiding places lionfish require a great deal of space it is generally not recommended to keep a lionfish in a tank smaller than 50 gallons because they can grow to be quite large 10 15.
Keeping lionfish. You fight fire with fire. Dwarf lionfish can be housed in smaller aquaria than larger cousins of the family scorpionidae. Keeping lionfish as pets is not as difficult as we think it is provided that you handle these venomous species carefully.
What do you do when a species threatens to kill your reefs by eating as much fish as they physically can. You would need to have a pretty large aquarium in which to keep lionfish because some of them can get quite large and would pretty quickly outgrow a tank if it s too small. If you decide to keep more than one of them you would need to make sure each fish has it s own space and territory within the tank.
The lionfish pterois volitans is an intricately shaped member of the family scorpaenidae this family is home to some of the world s most venomous fish species and the lionfish is certainly not an exception if possible you should never attempt to touch or handle a lionfish since it can give you a painful venomous sting. Smaller species of lionfish do exist however and these varieties can be kept comfortably in 30 gallon saltwater tanks. An introduction to keeping and caring for lionfish.
That s not just because of their size but also because they are less active swimmers. However they still need a fair amount of room and are by no means suitable for nano aquaria. With that said i would recommend to anyone keeping a lionfish to establish the fish in the aquarium by temporarily using freshwater feeders such as ghost shrimp guppies mollies rosy red minnows and goldfish for 2 weeks up to 1 month maximum.
