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Originally Posted by Aquattro
guppies don't provide proper nutrition, which is why you need saltwater fish. Chromis would work well, not sure what else is cheap. A couple of guppies or small goldfish might help to get it eating, but don't feed long term.
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Feeding SW fish to a predator has the potential to get you in big trouble, much too risky from a disease transmission point of view. There is no significant risk of transmitting disease from a FW fish and you can make up nutritional deficiencies by giving the prey a good marine pellet before feeding with them. Guppies and mollies are a good choice and will usually set up shop in the tank if the lion doesn't pick them off right away. Goldfish are bad news, leads to liver problems over time.
However, I wouldn't be surprised to see a lion go on a month long hunger strike after being moved to a new tank. Chill out, try and feed it a couple times a week and it will get used to you.