Show Us Your Lionfish
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stangd1909
GO NOLES!
Here are a few pics of my new little guy, still trying to get him to eat. Sorry for the crappy pics...
seahorsedreams
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How are things going with the puffer and the lion?
stangd1909
GO NOLES!
The first 3-6 hours After putting the Lion in the puffer was feeling things out. He nipped a little. Since then have been no problems. They both do there own thing lol. Although they do sleep together at night, I thought that was a little strange. My only problem with the lion is I still can't get him to eat. I will keep trying through the weekend, but if he doesn't eat I will take him back and get a yellow tang.
namxas
Things With Stings R Us!
Wow...you're not very patient, and that's important in this game. How are you presenting the food to the fish?
My best advice is to remain calm and try tempting the lion with live prey: guppies, mollies, damsels, ghosties, or even small crayfish (I pull off the claws).
Once you get the lion eating well for you, THEN try weaning it.
My best advice is to remain calm and try tempting the lion with live prey: guppies, mollies, damsels, ghosties, or even small crayfish (I pull off the claws).
Once you get the lion eating well for you, THEN try weaning it.
stangd1909
GO NOLES!
I just don't want him to starve...that's all. I'm going to buy some live food tonight.
SaltwaterChris
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Greg your black lion fish is gorgeous the first pic of it is awesome I had to put it as my background:smokin:
namxas
Things With Stings R Us!
Thanks...Renee (seahorsedreams) shot the photos.
You may recognize that shot from the cover of Frank Marini's great book Lionfishes and Other Scorpionfishes:
http://www.amazon.com/Lionfishes-Other-Scorpionfishes-Successful-Spectacular/dp/0793816793/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1304031097&sr=1-1#reader_0793816793
wnehez
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Thanks. He is so cool. I have read alot of posts about what to feed them and some people say to switch them over to frozen/dead food, and not to feed them freshwater feeders. Others say that freshwater feeders are good, IDK what to believe because everyone has different opinions. Since everyone here has posted nice pics of what seems like healty lionfish, is it ok to stick with the live feeders? What type is the best?
namxas
Things With Stings R Us!
Hopefully, you live feeders don't belong to the carp family (goldfish, rosy reds, koi, etc). Here's the explanation:
1. The flesh of these fish contain the wrong fatty acids for SW fish, so they simply aren't as nutritious as they should be by a long shot.
2. Their flesh contains high amounts of Thiaminase, which inhibits the uptake of Thiamine. This deficiency typically leads to CNS disorders which typically present as clamped fins, anorexia (cessation of feeding), seizures, and an early death.
If the fish is eating well for you, the best thing to do would be to wean it onto a variety of dead foods such as silversides, SW fish flesh (salmon, cod, snapper, tuna, etc.), uncooked/shell-on chunks of table shrimp, squid, scallops, lobster, etc. These foods are all very reasonable when bought in small quantities from your grocer or local fish market.
We use a modified "stealth" feeding stick as described in Tools of the Trade: Equipment & Techniques to Convert your Fish onto Frozen for all of our Scorpaeniformes, including our full-grown volitans.
HTH
1. The flesh of these fish contain the wrong fatty acids for SW fish, so they simply aren't as nutritious as they should be by a long shot.
2. Their flesh contains high amounts of Thiaminase, which inhibits the uptake of Thiamine. This deficiency typically leads to CNS disorders which typically present as clamped fins, anorexia (cessation of feeding), seizures, and an early death.
If the fish is eating well for you, the best thing to do would be to wean it onto a variety of dead foods such as silversides, SW fish flesh (salmon, cod, snapper, tuna, etc.), uncooked/shell-on chunks of table shrimp, squid, scallops, lobster, etc. These foods are all very reasonable when bought in small quantities from your grocer or local fish market.
We use a modified "stealth" feeding stick as described in Tools of the Trade: Equipment & Techniques to Convert your Fish onto Frozen for all of our Scorpaeniformes, including our full-grown volitans.
HTH
wnehez
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So I can just go to the grocery store and buy uncooked shrimp and seafood, chop them up, freeze what I dont need at the moment, and try to feed him that? Now should I be switching it up, like shrimp one day, fish the other? and how often should feeding take place? I have heard once a day and every other day.
namxas
Things With Stings R Us!
Yes, just freeze the excess and pull it out as you need it. It's a good practice to mix up your food offerings or feed more than one food at a sitting (we typically just alternate one food).
As for frequency, we stick feed all of the fish on M-W-F, and some of the "lucky" fish that are housed with fish that require food daily get a bit of my Hikari-PE-BS+ mixture as well. Any juvies we're growing out also get this treatment.
As for quantity, just feed till you see a modest "belly bulge" (you'll know what I mean when you see it).
As for frequency, we stick feed all of the fish on M-W-F, and some of the "lucky" fish that are housed with fish that require food daily get a bit of my Hikari-PE-BS+ mixture as well. Any juvies we're growing out also get this treatment.
As for quantity, just feed till you see a modest "belly bulge" (you'll know what I mean when you see it).
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