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Originally Posted by reefshark
Aw come on now Justin, True enough that yes the fresh water shrimp are not their natural diet but cost wise for getting them on the frozen food items like plankton, krill and mysis, unless of course you have no cares with money then sure go spend the money on saltwater shrimp. 
And yeah I agree a mono diet isn't the way to go your fish will live longer on a varied diet. As for the amount of food i feed my juv. zebra lion every other day as they grow they need more food, as adults twice a week is fine. Lions are often found with fatty liver disease from over feeding.JUST BECAUSE THEY BEG DON'T MEAN THEY NEED IT  |
How many times are you going to feed them shrimp? Once twice, maybe 3 times? Just spend the money on salt water shrimp. If anything it will give you the incentive to get them off the shrimp and onto frozen foods.
You're basically feeding them the salt water shrimp so they won't starve and to lesson the stress when they are first moved. In the grand scheme of having a lion in your reef tank spending $30 instead of $5 on shrimp is hardly going to kill you.