Leaf fish

[angry]

I recently bought two yellow leaf fish from re**** but the sad thing is they refused to feed. Anyone have experience in keeping leaf fish? Is it true that they feed only on live feeder fish? How do you ween them to take frozen food

[oshkosh]

Leaf Fish? Any pics?

[Achilles Tang]

Predatory fish.... you have to provide live food or wean it slowly to dead food like how some people do successfully with lionfish.... use a prawn on a stick.

[angry]

Hey thanks for your kind advice. Finally managed to get them to eat from a pack of tiger barbs. Damn greedy fellow! I tried to wean my lions to frozon food but to no avail. Any sound advice?

[hamannbmw]

Try using RAPALA ARTIFICIAL BAIT... it will snap it , jus kidding.... for me i cut market prawn / sotong.... into thin slap.... use a pincer ...n wave it... it will looks like a live fish..., hopt it helps

[Achilles Tang]

Get a tiny Rapala... use barbless hook modified to just hold a pc of shrimp meat... just barely.. so it won't hook up the fish... and when it snaps... the meat dislodges...

Idea!

[Crab]

Hey thanks for your kind advice. Finally managed to get them to eat from a pack of tiger barbs. Damn greedy fellow! I tried to wean my lions to frozon food but to no avail. Any sound advice?

Tiger barbs How long does it survive in saltwater if its not being eaten?

[freewill]

Tiger barbs How long does it survive in saltwater if its not being eaten?

they last normally for 5 mins!

(max: 15 mins) - fed to anglers + lion fish

for to mantis shrimps: 5 sec (max).

[Crab]

they last normally for 5 mins!

(max: 15 mins) - fed to anglers + lion fish

for to mantis shrimps: 5 sec (max).

I ever have fresh water shrimps survive for 5 days Maybe longer if not eated by new addition.

[freewill]

yes, i think i read it before...

i will be trying for FW shrimps tonight...

coz my angler is not able to eat the tiger barbs unless they go real close to it.

(end up the tiger barb floats at the top)

[hamannbmw]

Get a tiny Rapala... use barbless hook modified to just hold a pc of shrimp meat... just barely.. so it won't hook up the fish... and when it snaps... the meat dislodges...

Idea!

lol...........GOOD IDEA , or maybe sotong hook....if will dislock by itself....especially for fish....