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If people keep putting Indo-Pacific aquarium fishes and coral into the Caribbean the the Caribbean may end up looking like this: Bali Diving HD - Kubu - YouTube

I agree with hunting lionfish if you are going to eat them instead of native snappers and groupers because we need to protect what is native to the Caribbean. But if people are just going to kill lionfish for the sake of killing them then I think that it is better to just leave them alone...

You know that lionfish are now part of the ecosystem as they fill the void by the overfished groupers, snappers and other predatory fish. It is well known among scientists that once an an invasive species becomes established it becomes part of the ecosystem and when they are removed it disturbs...

I am thinking that maybe all of the hysteria about the lionfish invasion is funded by the tourist industry. They bring all sorts of attention to to tourist divers eager to try to solve the lionfish problem by spearing them and eating them for dinner. The tourists spend money in hopes to save the...

I think that this video clearly shows that if people protect the reefs then they will do just fine whether lionfish are hunted or not.

Those videos are nice. But they don't even mention the obvious reason why lionfish are so prevalent which is because the other predatory fish have been overfished. There are far fewer groupers, snappers and sharks than in the past and this resulted in an over abundance of small fish. The large...

So how do people know that lionfish are harmful to the ecology? Maybe the reason there are so many lionfish is because people have over fished groupers, snappers, sharks and other predators. I have been diving in Belize and there are lionfish and tons of other fish as well. I think people are...

What about chopping down all of the coconut palms in the Caribbean? Or mango trees? Or coffee trees? Etc. They are all exotic species.

It would be nice if people could just leave nature alone. It seems to do much better without the "help" of man. It was unfortunate that lionfish were released into the Atlantic but they have become established now and are part of the ecosystem. If people just let nature achieve balance then...

So whatever happened to the clown triggerfish? Did they kill it or catch it? Curious...

If you feel that eating lionfish will solve the problem then that is fine. But I just think you really do not need to do anything to the reef ecosystem other than to leave it alone and conserve the environment. In some studies the lionfish eat up to 80% of the fish on the coral reef and that may...

I was in Belize in January and went diving at Hol Chan and there were a lot of big groupers and snappers there. But it seemed like they were trained to look for food from the divemasters because they followed the boats and the divers everywhere. I think this might be one reason there are a lot...

I guess my main concern with the hunting of lionfish is that it disturbs the balance of an ecosystem. Sure the overfishing of groupers, snappers and sharks disturbs the balance of the marine ecosystem but I do not understand why disturbing it further will make the ecosystem better. It is almost...

Here is a video about the batfish: Florida Keys - Invasive Exotic Batfish WATERWAYS - YouTube The batfish are not completely taking IMO over because other native fish still fill their niche and are plentiful while lionfish are doing so well because there are too many small reef fish due to...

Here is one fish from Australia that eats the algae that overgrows the reef: UnderwaterTimes.com | Researchers: Algae-eating Batfish May Come to Great Barrier Reef's Rescue Batfish may come to Great Barrier Reef's rescue - environment - 18 December 2006 - New Scientist

Damselfish grow little coral gardens on the reef after they clear an area of coral. They guard this area from other fish that might eat the algae too. As beautiful as damselfish are if they over-populate the reef then the reef will become overgrown with algae. The lionfish reduce the numbers of...

I just want to say that the lionfish are just a predator that has found a home due to the fact that the native predators have been depleted. The lionfish are just assuming the role of groupers, snappers and sharks. When these predators are reduced then the reefs become overpopulated will small...

If people really wanted to get rid of lionfish then I think there is one or two predators that would hunt them down and reduce their numbers. The white tip reef shark is one such predator. It is nocturnal and it searches the coral reef for any fish hiding in the coral. Lionfish are slow and will...

The predators on the coral reefs have been over fished and this causes a proliferation in small reef fish which in turn causes to algae to grow over the coral and kill it. The lionfish eats the small reef fish and reduces their population allowing the coral to remain healthy. The small reef fish...

I sure would love to see more videos on what the lionfish is doing to help the coral reefs. This is really interesting to me.