Dwarf lion wont eat

[frankenbakon]

I have a fuzzy dwarf lion in my 50g refugium and he is maybe 2-2.5 inches inches and he refuses to eat.. he ate 2 tiny feeder fish from petsmart but left the other 2 to die 6 days ago, I have tried the ghost shrimp to which he has zero interest and I have tried frozen carnivore food as well as raw shrimp, squid and scallops from the publix counter and he wants nothing to do with anything.. Its been 6 days since he ate the 2 feeders and I really dont want him to be malnourished.

Any help or ideas would be helpful

 

[johniii]

6 days is not to bad for a lion. Try mysis shrimp. They actually prefer smaller items to eat. Or if its in your refugium it may be snacking on amphipods at night. Mine loved some amphipods.

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[jennm]

Was he eating prepared foods when you bought him?

Always a good idea to make sure it is, before you buy...

Let him get a bit hungry. They aren't successful hunters every day in the wild. Keep trying with nutritious prepared foods. Feeders aren't that good for them.

Jenn

 

[thanh386]

You should probably stop feeding him goldfish lol. Try going with live silver side (freshy) . last time i owned a lionfish it was a good month before u ate regularly.

 

[frankenbakon]

@Thanh386 I havent been able to find any saltwater feeder type fish anywhere. I am aware that feshwater feeders are bad for them which is why i was trying the frozen stuff from publix hoping it was as fresh as possible without being live lol although I have no problem in picking up live food to feed him i just dont know where to go and

@Jenn I dont know if he was or was not eating prepared foods for certain although I was told he was I am learning as I go that taking the persons word for it isnt always a good idea

 

[thanh386]

if you must, go to a bait shop an buy small minnows and keep them in a small separate tank, still a much better alternative to goldfish and relatively the same price

 

[heathlindner25]

Thanh386;799090 wrote: if you must, go to a bait shop an buy small minnows and keep them in a small separate tank, still a much better alternative to goldfish and relatively the same price

I've read somewhere bait shop fish for horrible at having diseases?

 

[wbrown]

we got ours kickstarted on fresh clam and oyster meat, once it got comfortable, it eats anything placed in front of it.

 

[frankenbakon]

Thx for all the ideas I got some "jumbo" mysis from SEA that I'm going to try and trick it into eating along with a live ghost shrimp or 2