The Radiata Lionfish, also known as the Clearfin Lionfish, or Tailbar Lionfish, has red, white, and black vertical stripes along the body; large, fan-like pectoral fins; and tall, quill-like dorsal fins. A 70 gallon or larger aquarium with numerous hiding places is suitable. It will hide while [...]
The Miles Lionfish is also known as the, Devil Fish or Devil Firefish. It’s coloration can vary depending on the age and maturity of the fish, displaying a red to burgundy, white, and brown to black vertical stripes along the length of the body. It also has large, fan-like pectoral fins, and [...]
The Russell's Lionfish is also known as the Red Volitans, Spotless, or Soldier Lionfish; Largetail or Military Turkeyfish; and Plaintail Firefish. It is tan with light brown vertical stripes. The spines on the dorsal, anal, and pectoral fins are fleshy, and not banded like those of other [...]
The Mombasa Lionfish is a welcomed member of the extremely popular Lionfish group of marine fish. This species is oftentimes confused for the Antennata or Spotfin Lionfish as the two are very similar in appearance. Mombasa Lionfish can be distinguished from Antennata Lionfish by their shorter [...]
The Antennata Lionfish, also known as the Ragged-finned Firefish or Spotfin Lionfish, has red, white, and black vertical stripes along the body. Its most striking feature is its large, fan-like pectoral fins and tall, quill-like dorsal fins, lacking connective tissue, giving them a spiny [...]
The Fu-Man Chu Lionfish is a smaller drawf lionfish and is very hard to get to start to eat. Reef safe but may eat smaller fish and invertebrates. Shouldn't be keep with very aggressive fish, like triggers and eels, as they will chase it and can cause it to stress out and die. It's an aggressive [...]
A very large lionfish that will eat small fish and invertebrates. Grows very large and wide fins, so it does take up quite a bit of space in a tank. Shouldn't be keep with very aggressive fish, like triggers or eels, as they will chase it and can cause it to stress out and die. It's an aggressive [...]
This is one of my favorite fish. These fish are commonly available and relatively cheap. The major consideration with keeping a Dwarf lionfish is often they are not trained to eat prepared foods at the time of purchase. As a result, the hobbyist has to provide live foods until the fish starts [...]