Grinder0909 April 15, 2016 Share April 15, 2016 Hello Members, I am in the dire straights, I bought a dwarf lionfish a week ago and still has not eaten! LFS did not get him to eat as I picked him up the day he arrived. Have been trying to feed him frozen krill but to no avail! I tried putting it on fishing line and dangling it in front of him, I try feeding him at least 3 to 4 times a day, morning & right after lights go out. Should I just bite the bullet and put some live food in there for him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethsolomon April 15, 2016 Share April 15, 2016 Get some ghost shrimp on order so he does not starve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khh27 April 15, 2016 Share April 15, 2016 +1 Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunWyrm April 15, 2016 Share April 15, 2016 +1 It wont take long, but he needs to associate you as the "bringer of ghost shrimp" then as the "whatever this guy brings me is delicious".Try some LRS chunky blend (great variety of foods for a hungry little lion) after he's doing good on ghost shrimp for a week or two. It's too good to resist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grinder0909 April 15, 2016 Author Share April 15, 2016 +1 It wont take long, but he needs to associate you as the "bringer of ghost shrimp" then as the "whatever this guy brings me is delicious". Try some LRS chunky blend (great variety of foods for a hungry little lion) after he's doing good on ghost shrimp for a week or two. It's too good to resist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grinder0909 April 15, 2016 Author Share April 15, 2016 Update: Thanks for the replies! Finally bought some ghost shrimp today and he ate 5 of them, poor guy was pretty hungry. I have 2 questions; 1) Ghost shrimp are not his natural prey and are fresh water, but tons of articles say to feed them that, why ghost shrimp? 2) Best way to wean him onto frozen food? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethsolomon April 15, 2016 Share April 15, 2016 Update: Thanks for the replies! Finally bought some ghost shrimp today and he ate 5 of them, poor guy was pretty hungry. I have 2 questions; 1) Ghost shrimp are not his natural prey and are fresh water, but tons of articles say to feed them that, why ghost shrimp? 2) Best way to wean him onto frozen food? Try large frozen krill on a stick. That might tempt him to frozen food. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunWyrm April 15, 2016 Share April 15, 2016 Update: Thanks for the replies! Finally bought some ghost shrimp today and he ate 5 of them, poor guy was pretty hungry. I have 2 questions; 1) Ghost shrimp are not his natural prey and are fresh water, but tons of articles say to feed them that, why ghost shrimp? 2) Best way to wean him onto frozen food? 1)Readily available live food thats close to his natural prey, you can "gutload" them before feeding to make them a little more nutritious. 2)Stockholm syndrome. Frozen krill's an okay starter food, but don't feed that long term. Make sure you give him a varied diet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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