Red Fuzzy Lion
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Took small pieces of cut up silverside today. No heads or anything, knew what to do as soon as the stick showed up. What was on the end of it was irrelevant.
That was a really easy wean, only took one living shrimp.
Now I have a bunch of live ghost shrimp for my undulated trigger to hunt, that should be fun to watch.
That was a really easy wean, only took one living shrimp.
Now I have a bunch of live ghost shrimp for my undulated trigger to hunt, that should be fun to watch.
Sonicblast12
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So much for that....the undulated and the ghost shrimp are living together harmoniously.
Most of them went in the big tank with the triggers and the tusk, that was a slaughter. The Niger put on a show.
Those shrimp are tough, how can they go from freshwater to full salt instantly and survive?
Most of them went in the big tank with the triggers and the tusk, that was a slaughter. The Niger put on a show.
Those shrimp are tough, how can they go from freshwater to full salt instantly and survive?
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It has been five days.
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StephLionfish
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Oh, oh, I know! I know! You used your iPod! Now where's my 20 bucks?
But seriously, I didn't know iPods had a camera..huh.
And it seems your Fuzzy has lockjaw?
Sonicblast12
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You may be onto something. I took these pictures right before feeding, but he refused food for the first time. Ate fine on Tuesday.
But his jaw doesn't appear stuck, looks different now than it did in the pictures. Hmmm.
But his jaw doesn't appear stuck, looks different now than it did in the pictures. Hmmm.
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Didn't eat tonight either, can't get a good look because the fish keeps facing away from me.
Something ain't right, the mouth does look different than the earlier pictures and he's acting like he's injured. Shying away from the food. Not trying to eat, just wants to be left alone.
It has eaten silversides and shrimp with me, but I don't know what the previous owner fed.
I'm a little concerned. Thoughts?
Something ain't right, the mouth does look different than the earlier pictures and he's acting like he's injured. Shying away from the food. Not trying to eat, just wants to be left alone.
It has eaten silversides and shrimp with me, but I don't know what the previous owner fed.
I'm a little concerned. Thoughts?
StephLionfish
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Well, from the pic it looks like he either bumped into something, or has lockjaw. Im having a Brain Poop at the moment...but hopefully someone will chime in on what to do for the Fuzzy.
Sonicblast12
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Working on a week with no food now, I'm going to try some live tomorrow to see if that triggers a feeding response.
Can they go off frozen like this after being weaned? Hunger strike? I hope that's all this is...the mouth does look distended when compared to the earlier pictures.
Don't really know what to do...
Can they go off frozen like this after being weaned? Hunger strike? I hope that's all this is...the mouth does look distended when compared to the earlier pictures.
Don't really know what to do...
StephLionfish
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Looks like lock-jaw to me. I read somewhere that they eventually work their mouths close again.. So we'll just have to wait it out, I suppose...
He could have banged his face against the rock trying to get a shrimp? I was real careful where to let the Ghosties out when i was weaning my lion a year ago...
He could have banged his face against the rock trying to get a shrimp? I was real careful where to let the Ghosties out when i was weaning my lion a year ago...
namxas
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Yikes! It doesn't look as bad as the first couple of pix (less swollen/distended), unless it's just the viewing angle. It might pop back in on its own, or as a last resort, you could sedate the fish (MS-222/finquel) and try to pop it back into place.
At this point, I'd just keep an eye on it, as lions can go a good while without eating.
FWIW, our volitans smacked herself against a rock chasing a crayfish, and her jaw was a little tweaked for a few days, but it was fine after it healed up.
At this point, I'd just keep an eye on it, as lions can go a good while without eating.
FWIW, our volitans smacked herself against a rock chasing a crayfish, and her jaw was a little tweaked for a few days, but it was fine after it healed up.
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In that series of three pictures, you can see the fish spot me and extend his jaw outward as a feeding response. He can get his jaw back to how it looks in the first picture, but not to how it looks in the picture in post #17.
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No real progress, but some interesting things about the bait.
My LFS didn't have much in the way of ghosties or feeder fish, but they gave me a guppy. This guppy has been in the lion tank three different times for several minutes at a time. The lion shows interest but doesn't bite, then I fish the guppy out of the tank and plop it back into its little critter keeper. Today it got sucked into the filter for who knows how long, then dropped back into the tank after taking the filter apart looking for it. Then ate like a pig. Quite the survivor.
Also, doing some routine maintenance and noticed a ghost shrimp still alive in one of my tanks, three weeks after being tossed into full salt. Didn't know they could do that.
And no sooner had I posted this....gave the guppy one more try and the fuzzy hammered it. Awesome!
My LFS didn't have much in the way of ghosties or feeder fish, but they gave me a guppy. This guppy has been in the lion tank three different times for several minutes at a time. The lion shows interest but doesn't bite, then I fish the guppy out of the tank and plop it back into its little critter keeper. Today it got sucked into the filter for who knows how long, then dropped back into the tank after taking the filter apart looking for it. Then ate like a pig. Quite the survivor.
Also, doing some routine maintenance and noticed a ghost shrimp still alive in one of my tanks, three weeks after being tossed into full salt. Didn't know they could do that.
And no sooner had I posted this....gave the guppy one more try and the fuzzy hammered it. Awesome!
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Sonicblast12
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It looks fine to me, the same as the last picture I posted.
It stalked the guppy and made a normal strike, didn't appear diminished or injured. Hit it pretty hard. I'd post a picture of the jaw, but every time I try the little guy covers his face with his pectoral fin.
May need to wean the fish again, doesn't want any part of frozen anymore. Scared of it, scared of me. Not sure what went wrong, he was eating well.
It stalked the guppy and made a normal strike, didn't appear diminished or injured. Hit it pretty hard. I'd post a picture of the jaw, but every time I try the little guy covers his face with his pectoral fin.
May need to wean the fish again, doesn't want any part of frozen anymore. Scared of it, scared of me. Not sure what went wrong, he was eating well.
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