Getting a Dwaf Lion to eat?

[reef bound]

It took us a couple of weeks to get ours to eat silversides. He was fed goldfish at the LFS and had been there at least a couple of weeks so we knew we had some work to do. We started him with the same goldfish as the LFS, slowly trying to wean him off and get him to take krill instead, but the silly thing would go for days without eating. So after 6 or 8 goldfish over a period of about 2- 3 weeks, we went with a little smaller fish (skinny and about 1-1 1/2" long and about the same color as a silverside), and put the thawed silverside in just after we put the live one in and I think we may have tricked him, because he started eating the silversides after about 3 attempts. All in all, I guess it took us about 4 full weeks to get him switched over. He still will only eat silversides, no krill, no mysis, no brine shrimp----just silversides (soaked in selcon).
Have fun.

[md14]

Thanks for the info!

[reef bound]

Forgot to mention, we tried the feeding stick, too, but to no avail. He likes to chase his meal, so we leave the pumps on to let it ride the current. I'm still amazed at how fast he can be.