I just got a dwarf zebra lionfish that I haven't been able to feed frozen food to. In the past week all he will eat is ghost shrimp and cherry shrimp (which I breed so that's not a problem). However, he really needs a better diet, so I've been trying to put a piece of frozen shrimp on a stick and jiggle it infront of him but he hasn't taken the bait. I was advised to try feeding him guppies by hand, and then to switch to something live frozen silversides in the same feeding manner so he is accustomed to eating what is before him. However, I am definitely one who avoids feeder fish for obvious reasons. Do any of you trust an LFS for occasional feeders? Can they be harmful if only used 4-5 times? Thanks.
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How long have you had the lion? If only a week or two, don't stress it yet. The shrimp are fine. Just keep feeding him, when he starts coming up to the front of the tank begging for food when he sees you, that's the time to start trying to feed the frozen (defrosted of course) stuff 
^^^ Thanks, but my puffer is a wimp. He is currently with a flame angel, and has been with a tiny clown with no problems. I also chose the dwarf lion because the fins aren't nearly as long. If anything, I may be worried about my puffer! But both fish are around 3+" so I think they will be fine.
SDK
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You can train a Lionfish to eat almost anything if you give it some time to settle in. Mine got to the point where he was so exited at feeding time that he'd hit everything right at the surface. After that it's easy to start substituting.
Live shrimp are great anyway, especially if you gutload them with a variety of food/supplements. I collect them out east every few weeks for my Tiger Fish and Seahorses. Let me know if you're interested, and I'll give you some pointers and locales to go hunting...
Scott
Live shrimp are great anyway, especially if you gutload them with a variety of food/supplements. I collect them out east every few weeks for my Tiger Fish and Seahorses. Let me know if you're interested, and I'll give you some pointers and locales to go hunting...
Scott
Long Island Andy
Andy
All good advice, but if you can't wait, I have found if you get some thread, tie a sewing needle or pin to the end, defrost a piece of silverside and dangle that by the lionfish it will eat. Its kinda like fishing with no hook
good luck
good luck
Iammatt219
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I got my fu man chu eating frozen food by using the ocean nutrition feding frenzy feeders. basically it is a piece of what I think is formula 2 shaped to look like a fish with a piece of string and a mini fishing pole attached to it.
But it would probably be easier and cheaper to use the idea Long Island Andy pointed out.
Btw if you enjoy feeding live and have a small spare tank mollies kept in a reefugium are pretty good feeders that reproduce free of charge
But it would probably be easier and cheaper to use the idea Long Island Andy pointed out.
Btw if you enjoy feeding live and have a small spare tank mollies kept in a reefugium are pretty good feeders that reproduce free of charge
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