would a lionfish eat a bluespotted puffer

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  1. syddakyd

    syddakyd Plankton

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    my stocklist as of right now is a juvenile dogface puffer (lemon sized) and a bluespotted toby which is a decent size but i dont know what to compare it to. maybe from nose to tail its as long as an index finger and its thickest width would be the width of the same index finger plus a half of another.


    could an adult lion eat it? could an adult snowflake moray eel eat it?

    if so i would just trade it in so no fish ends up dead (the toby or fish that could potentially eat it).

    im still worried a lionfish could stab my puffer (the dogface)and that an eel would bother it at night and keep it up at night.
     
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  3. arentspowell

    arentspowell Skunk Shrimp

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    how big is the lion exactly? They have very large mouths and anything that will fit he will eat. Since you say he is an adult he can probably eat a lot. Also what kind of lion is it, some are smaller than others.
     
  4. gfoot2000

    gfoot2000 Flamingo Tongue

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    lionfish will eat anyhing that can fit in its mouth "suck and gap", dunno about your eel, suppose itll do the same thing. most fish will eat anyhting that fits in its mouth