Dwarf Lionfish question

If I get a Dwarf Lionfish, what kind of problems can I encounter with my other fish? Sources say they can be peaceful as long as the other fish are not too small to eat. My smallest fish is about 2 inches. 1 Green Chromis and 2 Clown fish. My biggest is 4 inches, a Raccoon Butterfly, and I have one sea star.

 

What sized tank? Lionfish of all sizes put off a lot of bioload. Even a dwarf lion will eat clowns and chromis. If not at first, they will grow and eat them.

 

I am just getting back into the hobbie after a 5 year hiatus and looking back I can see many mistakes that I have made. Introducing a lion fish to my tank was one of them. At the time I did not think that the lion fish was big enough to consume my other fish. Well needless to say I cam home one day and noticed I was short 3 fish and had a very full lion fish. The lion fish is great to have but if you are not certain it wont eat its tank mates I would refrain.

 

chromis and clowns sounds like lion fish food.

 

+1 on the clowns and chromis. Keep in mind Dwarf Lionfish can grow to 7", so don't let the "dwarf" part fool you
You could consider a fu manchu lion. They stay smaller, at about 4"

 

Dwarf lions = 7" or more, volitans lions = 12" or more. It's kind of like "dwarf" bunnies growing to 8lbs. lol

 

I have a Volitans lion and a Fu manchu in a 96gal. I added a dwarf fuzzy lion and it immediatly went after my Fu manchu. Split it's fin in half!
Next day i took him back and haven't stopped apologizing to my Fu since.

 

I like the Volitans. IMO, 2 or 3 look very nice in a good sized tank all by their lonesome

On the other hand, their mouths can extend to slightly more than quarter of their body length.

They should only be kept with larger non aggressive species.