lionfish vs. foxface
 

i aquired a small 3" one spot foxface and i was wondering if my 10" volitan lionfish will kill it or leave it alone it is in my refuge/sump right now just in case also on a side note i do have a 2" percula clown in the main display tank now, also there is a 3.5" picasso trigger , a 6" lunar wrasse , and a 2' snowflake eel. All my parameters are good as i keep ontop of my tank every day and bi weekly water changes also i feed every second day.

never mind he is in the tank now and doing just fine.

Keep that lion fish well fed. He will eat anything smaller than himself.

he is very well fed he gets 2 large silversideds every second day there are also more than just the 2 fish so they al keep pretty occupied i was paranoid but after calling every lfs in town and getting the same response i figured i would try and if trouble started i would just put him back in the fuge but seems to be doing fine he was swimming right beside the lion today and no problem but i am curious he seems to dance with my lunar wrasse but they don't fight.

If he does eat your fox he might die, because of the fox's spines and toxins?

Just FYI thats a lot of big/semi-agressive fish for a 90 gallon. You'll have to upgrade pretty soon!

a plus is that foxfaces grow REALLY fast, so feed it well and you wont have much of a problem.

Depending on how aggressive you lion is it may try to eat it just out of curiosity but I dont think it will be successful. Mine tried to eat a butterfly right after I added it. However the butterfly was too big for its mouth so nothing happened.

Like Funky Fish said, thats pretty crowded for a 90gal. I have had similar fish in my 120gal and found that it was even too small.

for the growth rate on the foxface i was wondering about that , do you know aproximately how much per month one that is well fed on a varied diet would grow? as for over growding i do know that most of my fish will grow between 10" - 15" so no big surprise but i am moving this time next year and when i do i am setting up a 400 gallon with (i would like it to be) a 90 gallon sump and a 20 gallon refuge i have already talked to a few guys about the glass i just haven't decided on a cabinet.