Volitan Lionfish 366 days

piranhaman00 · Mar 14, 2022

Missed Joel’s Bday by one day, couldn’t have been more than a few weeks old when I got him.

Sharkbait19 · Mar 14, 2022

Happy birthday! Beautiful lion!
They change so much for juvie to adult!

nereefpat · Mar 17, 2022

Nice healthy lion, man. That body is tall and thick.

Do you have any guesses on size, from then until now?

Gp! · Mar 17, 2022

nereefpat said:
Nice healthy lion, man. That body is tall and thick.

Do you have any guesses on size, from then until now?

Whoa I just noticed the size difference in one year after reading your question. Definitely following for the response!

piranhaman00 · Mar 17, 2022

More pics, probably 1” body when I first got him. I was pretty worried that Tess the Moray was going to try to eat him.

He’s probably 6” now and much larger mass wise.

Daniel@R2R · Mar 17, 2022

Awesome!

Karen00 · Mar 17, 2022

piranhaman00 said:
Missed Joel’s Bday by one day, couldn’t have been more than a few weeks old when I got him.

Wow! That's after just one year? He was so tiny looking. I have never seen one that young/small. He's looking great! Congrats and happy belated b-day to Joel.

lion king · Mar 17, 2022

I am very surprised the jeweled didn't eat him. Did you raise the jeweled from a pup.

piranhaman00 · Mar 18, 2022

lion king said:
I am very surprised the jeweled didn't eat him. Did you raise the jeweled from a pup.

Yes she has eaten a few damsels but does alright with tankmates I am sure the spines of Lion helped protect him during the first few months, he

This is a week after I got her. Has grown quite a bit!

JumboShrimp · Mar 18, 2022

Did I see a Pork Fish go by? I love them... how many gallon tank do you have, and do you have more than one Pork Fish?

lion king · Mar 18, 2022

piranhaman00 said:
Yes she has eaten a few damsels but does alright with tankmates I am sure the spines of Lion helped protect him during the first few months, he

This is a week after I got her. Has grown quite a bit!

Actually already a good size, your situation is definitely a rarity as I have seen these eels kill lions even larger than yours at 366 days.

piranhaman00 · Mar 18, 2022

JumboShrimp said:
Did I see a Pork Fish go by? I love them... how many gallon tank do you have, and do you have more than one Pork Fish?

Yes! I love porky! He is such a wonderful active fish. I also just went scuba diving at Key Largo and saw loads of them!

He is the only one in the tank, I wish I would have gotten him a buddy initially but he has become aggressive with other fish so I am not sure he would adjust to another. He does seem to be fine by himself but that’s hard to tell with a fish, basically eating very well!

the aquarium is a 48x36x21 150 approx , uses the entire aquarium for sure I’m hoping he Maxes around 6-8”

lion king said:
Actually already a good size, your situation is definitely a rarity as I have seen these eels kill lions even larger than yours at 366 days.

Oh wow, ya she does not bother her tank mates anymore, like I said ate a few damsels right away but has been well behaved since.