help needed!!!

[ikan buntal]

hi there ppl,just bought a lionfish try feeding it with market prawn?the fish doesn't seem intersted at all.do anybody out there have any solutions to this problem?try wriggling it in the water but to no avail .is there any other food source that could entice it to eat?even dip it in garlic to enhance its feeding still fail .what should i do? please helpppppppp

[optimist]

They prefer live food. Try feeding with live freshwater shrimps. $2 for a packet at LFS. Then slowly subsitute with market prawn.

Quite troublesome with the live shrimps. Had to put them in a large container with air hose. Water will stink after a week.

Fun to watch them spread their fins when stalking their prey. But had to give away all my lionfishes when they grew too large.

[Dispar_Anthias]

In the wild, lion fish feed on live food such as anthias or damsel, so in captivity, myabe you can try feeding them with feeder fish like guppies......

[angry]

I used to have a dwarf that refused to feed for the first 1 week. So dun panick, they will eventually feed. Give them live feed for the first few weeks and slowly change their diet to frozen food. Lions are hardy creature, esp with russells, so dun worry.

[DeepBlue]

get some fresh water shrimps. What I did in the past was to let go one at a time and monitor the lion's reaction.

After that, I'll hold on the shrimps and lure the lion to me. A stime goes by, they will wack their tail whenever U walk pass....like a little dog...veri cute.

Then you can introduce chopped shrimps.....later pellets...it takes patience to train your lionfish...but definitely worth it

[Dispar_Anthias]

get some fresh water shrimps. What I did in the past was to let go one at a time and monitor the lion's reaction.

After that, I'll hold on the shrimps and lure the lion to me. A stime goes by, they will wack their tail whenever U walk pass....like a little dog...veri cute.

Then you can introduce chopped shrimps.....later pellets...it takes patience to train your lionfish...but definitely worth it

hahah anyway i used to have a lion who feed on flake food instantly

[Volitan]

Perhaps its still acclimitising. If its only in the tank for the past couple of days, then its quite normal that it wont feed. Give it more time. I waited for more than a week before my lions started eating (the only other time they opened their mouths is yawning ).

[Volitan]

I used to have a dwarf that refused to feed for the first 1 week. So dun panick, they will eventually feed. Give them live feed for the first few weeks and slowly change their diet to frozen food. Lions are hardy creature, esp with russells, so dun worry.

How's your russell? Start feeding aredy?

Sorry,