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Originally Posted by Gripenfelter
Just got a baby lionfish yesterday. LFS was feeding it baby goldfish.
I'd like to wean it off live food and feed it mysis shrimp, pellets, etc. like some other local linfish owners do but not sure how to do it.
Is it as simple as using tong sticks and just wiggling the food in front of the fish?
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goldfish arent part of a lionfishes wild diet and isnt healthy for them, lfs and some hobbyst use them as either a last resort from starving or to keep it alive untill it sells.
dont quote me on this so check it out for yourself but i thought i read somewhere that ghostshrimp is a better alternartive.
silversides is a popular foor and so is making your own from fresh crab,shrimp,clams/mussels etc.
getting it to take the food is whats going to be tricky as lions are stalking hunters and they are not one to just swallow what lands in their face, they tend to follow its prey slowly and then strike very fast, they tend to almost swim motionless facing downwards using no energy then strike very quickly using up all the energy they have saved up.
basically if it doesnt look like food it may not be interested and if it moves to fast the lion wont bother trying to catch it.
sorry i couldnt be any more help but its just not an easy task getting a lion train ed onto food i guess the key is to add lots of food to the tank of different kinds and if it doesnt eat then remove the food as not to pollute the tank, its a game of roulette youll have to find what your lion will eat.if it absolutely will not take anything you m,ayt have to con sider buying it live food to keep it alive.
always try to buy fish that eat prepared foods or be prepared to accept that it could starve or die
again sorry i know there isnt much to go on here in the way of a solution