Can you keep Butterfly fish and Lionfish together?

carolinareefs · 08/07/2006, 08:07 PM

It says on liveaquaria's compatibility charts that you should use caution when keepting Butterflies and Lionfish together. Why don't they get along? Has anyone successfully kept both? I am thinking of getting an Auriga Butterfly and a Volitan Lionfish.

Thanks!

bradl · 08/07/2006, 08:25 PM

i have had a lionfish for a few years. it doesn't seem to care about any fish it can't fit in his mouth. i kept a butterfly for about a month once and my yellow tang pesterd it to death, but the lion never bothered it. hope that helps, i think you would be fine

massman · 08/07/2006, 09:44 PM

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Originally posted by carolinareefs
It says on liveaquaria's compatibility charts that you should use caution when keepting Butterflies and Lionfish together. Why don't they get along? Has anyone successfully kept both? I am thinking of getting an Auriga Butterfly and a Volitan Lionfish.

Thanks!

Shouldn't be a problem. Make sure the auriga is big enough though to not be eaten.

onehundred20 · 08/07/2006, 10:41 PM

my lion dosent mess with anything should be fine

08/07/2006, 08:07 PM	#1
carolinareefs Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 113	Can you keep Butterfly fish and Lionfish together? It says on liveaquaria's compatibility charts that you should use caution when keepting Butterflies and Lionfish together. Why don't they get along? Has anyone successfully kept both? I am thinking of getting an Auriga Butterfly and a Volitan Lionfish. Thanks! Last edited by carolinareefs; 08/07/2006 at 08:21 PM.

08/07/2006, 08:25 PM	#2
bradl Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: utah Posts: 6	i have had a lionfish for a few years. it doesn't seem to care about any fish it can't fit in his mouth. i kept a butterfly for about a month once and my yellow tang pesterd it to death, but the lion never bothered it. hope that helps, i think you would be fine

08/07/2006, 10:41 PM	#4
onehundred20 Moved On Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 826	my lion dosent mess with anything should be fine