My First Lion!

[Ceebuano]

congratulations!! fish is looking great

 

[MrTuskfish]

Nice little lion, but a poor choice considering existing tankmates.

~Michael

I agree. His small size makes the lion even more vulnerable. The puffer & trigger are established and will probably not be able to resist the new, flowing fins.

 

[AlexS95]

Hardly, I picked up the trigger with him and the puffer has only been there since Tuesday, so not even a week.

 

[APBonds]

For feed training I used the bait and switch method on the 4 lions I've had in the past. Put in a small live fish, after he eats it skip a small silver side through the water right at the lions face as fast as you can. It should trigger a auto attack before he notices its dead. Do this for the next few feedings and then just skip in a silver side. After a couple of months he will not care what it is and will be eating from your hand.

As for the tank mates I would watch for the trigger going after his side fins, cause if he nips the lion once it will go into definsive mode and one fish if not both will die. If the lion feels a threat he will go head down with his spines too the threat. So that will be a early warrning if you see the lion resonding to the 2 other fish.

Hope it works out, you will love the lion.

 

[AlexS95]

No frozen today either, but he did look mildly interested in it, so maybe. New pictures!

Very bright:

Preparing for lift-off...

... And off he goes!

I'm really starting to like taking these pictures. :rollface:

 

[namxas]

Dood...go take a look at your lion's caudal fin. One of your other fish is nipping it badly. I went back and compared it to your original pix, and I know you've got this fish with a couple of sketchy tankmates. My first guess is the puffer.

 

[silentcivilian]

Yup.. that fin does appear to have been readjusted with a little too much off the top

 

[AlexS95]

Just an update, I got this little guy on PE Mysis right now. Once he realized everyone else was eating, he decided to try it himself. Now I really know what the 'belly buldge' is that I kept reading about. I think he's grown a little, but not a lot. I haven't seen any aggression between him in the puffer or the trigger and his back fin seems to have started regrowing, so all is well right now. Here's the latest picture I have, he was curious about who was coming to visit. xD

 

[StephLionfish]

He is so adorable.
Keep a close eye on him, make sure no one starts chewing on his fins again. If they do, you will have to separate them.
It's good he's eating frozen. He's gonna be a beauty when he gets some size on him.

 

[AlexS95]

He was surprisingly easy to get to start eating frozen, I thought it would take longer. :celeb3:

 

[namxas]

He was surprisingly easy to get to start eating frozen, I thought it would take longer. :celeb3:

You've pretty much described P. volitans and D. brachypterus.

Glad the fish is eating and has healed-up.

 

[Fig]

I wonder if that was caught in the Caribbean?