I suspect that my lionfish has gut impaction. I got him a little over a month ago and have been feeding him frozen krill soaked in selcon. usually 1 a day. He hasn't eaten in 2 days and his stomach seems to be slightly bloated. I have read that krill often causes gut impaction but had not found anything else he would eat consistently. I purchased silversides today to give a try. His stomach does not seem as bloated but I am wondering if I should wait to feed him or what? I read on a different blog that some fish you can feed them peas to help wit gut impaction?
lionfish gut impaction?
- Thread starter mckriesch
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our lionfish has lockjaw from feeding frozen krill so if I were you I would stop because we have to take ours out of the tank and use tweasers to open his mouth then use a tube to put the food in so please stop using frozen krill he could die from the deseas lockjaw makes the lionfishes mouth wont open u will know when it has lockjaw because it wont open its mouth as usual and wont eat .
rickyh24
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lionfish gut impaction?
Can a decent sized lionfish eat a whole silver side? I got one a few days ago and couldn't get him to take anything off tweezers. I threw a silverside into my tanks current and he took it down right away. First thing I got him to eat. It took him about 10 minutes to get the whole thing down. I'm worried I should have cut it in half but he doesn't show interest if I do that. He looks ok now.
Can a decent sized lionfish eat a whole silver side? I got one a few days ago and couldn't get him to take anything off tweezers. I threw a silverside into my tanks current and he took it down right away. First thing I got him to eat. It took him about 10 minutes to get the whole thing down. I'm worried I should have cut it in half but he doesn't show interest if I do that. He looks ok now.
