Taming a lion

[giambi4343]

well after a week, i finally got my dwarf lion to eat a meal. he gobbled down 2 ghost shrimp about an hour ago. i was so relieved that he actually ate so anyway, i know its not good to feed saltwater fish, freshwater feeders. so i need to know what i can do to tame it to now eat frozen food. what is the best way to do this? and if i cant tame him, what do i do? is there any saltwater feeders besides damsels out there?

 

[salty joe]

something Ive considered is getting a whole, guts and all, saltwater fish and send it through a food processor. Then mold meal sized pieces & freeze maybe with a little geletin to hold it together.

 

[buffalo123]

This is what i did years ago. I got a piece of seafood got some needle and thread. Thread the needle , stick the needle into the seafood (just enough to keep the piece of seafood on)
I then place the seafood in the aquarium and bob it up and down in front the lionfish; as though the seafood was alive. The lion eventually react to it by going into attack mode. Eventually you let the lion strike it. It will likely spit it out. Continue again later and the lion will eventually eat the seafood. Then you have him trained. It worked for me numerous times.

 

[Uncle Salty 05]

Take a piece of clear ridgid airline tubing (or a more expensive feeding stick) and impale a small silverside on it.
Wiggle it in front of the lion and he should snap it up.
Always worked for me.