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• Jun 5, 2005

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Looks like I'll be getting a bigger tank...the deal was too good to pass up.

 

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to give you an idea of it's size :

 

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here is a decieving shot ...looks so placid. The bonus is that it already loves flake food...

 

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Its beautiful but what is it?

 

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It is a baby Lionfish. SW, venemous, and voracious predators that like to sit around and look pretty

 

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its fab!!!! they are the onyl reason i would go marien, well them and fire fish,wich would of course mean 2 tnaks, hhhmmmmm

 

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I thought it looked like a lion fish I just wasnt sure What size tank is it in?

 

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before I answer, keep in mind it is half the size of my mandarinfish

It WILL be in a 75 gallon bowfront, but now it is in the 28 for at least the next two weeks.

 

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awesome looking fish! how big do they get?

 

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16 to 18 inches. not as quickly as an oscar grows, but still pretty darn quick. anything under 75 gallons long term will be very very bad for them

 

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16-18 inches? wow, that could be pretty intimidating...an lfs near me had one that was probably 5-6 inches and they dropped in a feeder...it was pretty cool how fast the lionfish attacked. have fun with him!

 

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We got some of them in a zoo near us, and I've got to admit they're absolutely drop dead gorgeous. My boyfriend keeps asking me if he can have 1 every time we go near them Perhaps, 1 day ...

For now though, we'll just have to drool over your pictures, but the photo as well as fish are lovely.

 

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• Jun 6, 2005

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Beautiful!
They are the only reason I would do sw tanks too!
Always had a love for something that was so vemous, I don't know why
Beautiful find Micheal!

 

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• Jun 6, 2005

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Wow you've done it now, i want one

 

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• Jun 6, 2005

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Hi there!

To me, in my opinion, that isnt a Pterois volitans, it is Pterois antennata or possibly Pterois radiata.

Here is a good site for lions i have bookmarked. http/www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-11/fm/feature/