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nanoketchum

I got a 30gal and was thinking of a fuzzy dwarf lion to be the main guy. Who else would you put in? Ive heard they are relatively peaceful just dont touch them obviously 

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The problem is that they will consume anything that they can fit in their mouths, and their mouths are huge. So there’s no open-water fish that could happily live in a 30 gallon whilst being large enough to not be swallowed. Your options for other fish would be something that perches like a hawkfish or a groucher. Possibly a larger goby like a watchman 

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Peaceful, sure. If it doesn't look like food, and most things do. You'd need something nearly as big as the lionfish will be, for the lion to not have a go at it. IMO, stick with just the lionfish (they're messy), or get a hawkfish that also gets that big. 

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