ericjn05

Hi, yesterday i bought a beautiful baby black volitans lion fish. I know that he will have to adjust before he should be ready to chow down but I am unsure what to feed him, looks too small for any feeder fish. The pet store told me that hes been eating bryne but he has gone after any of the frozen bryne i have, I'll probly have to get somthing live im guessing but I want to be prepared for him to have a gorme feast!

ill be posting pics of him up shortly

i ment to say he hasnt gone for any of the bryne.....he has however attempted to eat a few meal worms but he spits them back out i dont think he likes them....wouldnt blame them they look disgusting...... but any suggestions on what hed like to eat

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Ken

Salvatore

mysis shrimp??

Amanda

Ohhh...can't wait to see pics...
Curious...feeder fish? what kind of feeders do you use for SW?

ericjn05

Well i got him to eat, thank god. My friend who has paranna uses shrimp that he cuts up so i went and baught some my self and cut it small enough so he could eat it, i had to use feeder tweezers to get him interested and he loves it! O and ill have pictures up tonight on my profile...they are not the best cus i took em with my phone but yea. hes only 3 in long right now so hes just a baby!

ericjn05

i just posted my pics of the lil guy! his name is The Joker because of his red lips that seem to smile! look in my profile for the pics

cerianthus

Just becareful not to overfeed. They have voracious appetite to a point to cause a problems from over eateting.

Cant believe LFS used/recommend BS for such carnivorous fish. Even will require tons of Mysids to fill it up. You can use shrimp or prawn/krill/silversides/killies/spearing/ or other small s/w fish which are cheaper than what's usually sold in lfs.
Can also treat with Live Ghost shrimps (kept in f/w) to keep them alert/in shape (excercise while chasing).
When bought from supermarket, just steam it a bit or soak in f/w for a while to sterilize, that is if desired.

Have fun and becareful. If you are allergic to Bee Sting, not a best choice of fish to keep.

grump

Hi there cerianthus I love the lion fish.....I was going too set me SW up with a few clowns and a tang but seen a Zebra lion at the LFS today and the clowns and tang went out the window so-to-speek....LOL Rob

cerianthus

Hi Rob,
How big is the tank? Future Tankmates? skimmer Running?

grump

Hi there cerianthus the tank is a 35gal with a 20gal sump and there will be a skimmer...Not up still in the research stage of planing....I think the lion may be the only fish i put in and a dwerf lion at that...everything I read says that should be fine ... Rob

cerianthus

Start w/ small specimen possible as will outgrow 35 G pretty fast. Had few specimen which grew to more than 12-14". Went thru few home from 33G to 75G to 125/150G in no time. And freezerful of homemade cusines for them along with other large carnivorous fish

grump

Thanks cerianthus but I have read that the Dwerf lions only get about 6" os so and that will be fine in a 35G would it not or have I gettin' the bad info from some where... Rob

cerianthus

Check out FuManChu or Antenna or Radiata instead of Dwarf . Dwarf are OK but would be my last choice.

grump

Hi cerianthus those were cool aswell had a look last night...Why are the dwerf lion the last choice is there something diferent with them??I would like to know befor I make a final choice on the lion too get...thx Rob

fishex.

hi my ghost shrimp are pregnant one died mysteryouly and i want to know why in the morning fine in the after noon dead my others are fine

cerianthus

Just a matter of preference. I dont reaaly like somewhat fuzziness of Dwarf when compared to fumanchu/radiata. Only difficult part is that it is not as easy to find healthy fumanchu, especially radiata. Somehow difficulties in shipping from collector. Once well adapted all should do equally well but Fumanchu will be on shy side.
Hope you find what you like the most.