reef? or deep? in a 120g
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what is good compatibility wise? 
Triggers and Lions dont mix well.. Yes, you might of seen people mix a volitan with a larger shy trigger.. but in general, the triggers will nip up the lions, and pretty much everything else in the tank. Most Trigs get rather large.. Clowns can be jerks, but Tangs are nice.
If I were you, I would consider doing a community of 2-4 dwarf species of Lionfish, with 1 or 2 tangs. Remember, keep your bio-load as low as possible, and use plenty of live-rock. Crabs should be fine in this set-up too, unless they are tiny..
If I were you, I would consider doing a community of 2-4 dwarf species of Lionfish, with 1 or 2 tangs. Remember, keep your bio-load as low as possible, and use plenty of live-rock. Crabs should be fine in this set-up too, unless they are tiny..
Ive only seen one fish pick on a lionfish and and that ****** got stung about thirty times in the ****in face! 
my experience with triggers is add them at the same time with the other fish, i never had a problem with my trigger when i added him to an already exsisting tank, but as soon as i tried to add a fish after that they were tormented almost immiediatly by the trigger, but he never once attacked the exsisting fish.
not all tangs are nice at all. the sohal tang and lineatus tang a.k.a clown tang are mean and large capable fish. lions and triggers dont work well. most triggers will eventually take over the whole tank. some are less aggressive than others, but any inverts will become food eventually. lions and tangs would be fine the clowns would get munched. triggers and tangs should be fine as long as the tang is larger and added first. clowns wouldnt fit in with the lions or triggers. go with either the lion or the trigger and accompany either one with a nice sohal tang, and maybe a harlequin tusk fish. warning though all these fish get LARGE!!!!!!
thanks for this thread, it was damnear exactly what i was going to ask, only diff is 150gallon... from what i have read panther groupers, blue tangs, flame angels, will do nicely with a lion... if i'm wrong don't shoot the messenger 
You can put lionfish with anything the same size or greater. which means no inverts damsels or clowns. I have a tang with my lion and they get along great as does all the others because they are the same size and all swim at different levels of the aquarium.
Mattcomptonassvanhorn said:
Please don't fill up the Saltwater forum here with erranous crap passed down by the 'forefathers' of aquarium mythology.
You should pick your Lionfish tankmates wisely, as 'anything the same size or greater' could be asking for problems. I know it would not be a wise choice to put a trigger or a puffer with a Lionfish. Although it has been done before, and you and your daddy have probably done it a million times, dosn't mean it is a wise choice for a beginner with little to no experience.
There are alot of options out there, so don't assume that people who have kept fish here at MFK know everything! Keep the doors open to as many all possibilities. We keep monster fish here, but mostly freshwater. Mr Comptonass here, keeps monster saltwater fish, in a very non-monsterous tank.
Perhaps do a little research on an actual reef keeping forum, before assuming that a person from Kansas, referring to himself as 'comptonass', has all the answers.
His opinion is just 1 of millions, and I find his opinions to be false in most cases. Please read up and practice proper saltwater husbandry, before you make a large investment!
Miles