ok im not dead set onto doing this, i would just like to know how it would work and what i would need for it to work, tank size, temps, parameters, etc....... how easy or hard is it to breed these guys? anyone with experience willing to share some advice?
lionfish breeding
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The Shortfin Lionfish is the most often reported as having bred in captivity.
They are haremic, which means one male will spawn with a group of females. After courting for an entire day, the fish will spawn around midnight. They will rise to the top of the water column during and release gelatinous balls of eggs, each ball containing about 2000 eggs.
The egg balls will dissolve after about 24 hours releasing the individual eggs. The eggs themselves will hatch after about 36 hours. The fry will immediately feed on the available plankton. As with most fish it is difficult to keep enough plankton in the water to keep the fry alive.
The above information was obtained from Seascope, Volume 15, Summer 1998, in an article by Matthew L. Wittenrich entitled Lionfish: An Overview
They are haremic, which means one male will spawn with a group of females. After courting for an entire day, the fish will spawn around midnight. They will rise to the top of the water column during and release gelatinous balls of eggs, each ball containing about 2000 eggs.
The egg balls will dissolve after about 24 hours releasing the individual eggs. The eggs themselves will hatch after about 36 hours. The fry will immediately feed on the available plankton. As with most fish it is difficult to keep enough plankton in the water to keep the fry alive.
The above information was obtained from Seascope, Volume 15, Summer 1998, in an article by Matthew L. Wittenrich entitled Lionfish: An Overview
liveaquaria.com's divers den has a "pair" of fu manchu lions...probably a good place to start. I bet that if they were goign to breed that a 75 or a 90 would be more than enough. With how small they are you might even get away with it in a 55.