Lionfish

i have crabs · #1 07-13-2009, 04:15 AM

shedding the slime coat i believe, usually some kind of stress response i think, maybe take a close look for ich just to be safe, if hes eating thats good though lions quit eating fairly fast if something is wrong

DragonBallZ · #2 07-13-2009, 04:17 AM

yeah ich was the first thing i looked for...no sign of it.
and yeah it ate like 3 silversides and a prawn today a few hours ago.

waterchange maybe?

justinl · #3 07-13-2009, 04:48 AM

lions do this periodically. if it keeps doing it frequently, then there's a source of stress. otherwise it's normal.

DragonBallZ · #4 07-13-2009, 05:03 AM

okay thanks for the help guys,
that had me a bit worried....my tank was just wiped out a few months back by ich and i just put the lion in last week so i got a bit scared when i seen that haha

whatcaneyedo · #5 07-13-2009, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by justinl

lions do this periodically. if it keeps doing it frequently, then there's a source of stress. otherwise it's normal.

+1

I've had a volitan for a few years and it does this every once and a while or if I've recently been fiddling in the tank too much.

DragonBallZ · #6 07-13-2009, 09:06 AM

ahhh
its probly because i was in the tank moving sand around last night then.
okaaaay thanks for the help guys.

i have crabs · #7 07-13-2009, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by DragonBallZ

it ate like 3 silversides and a prawn today a few hours ago.

sounds like alot of food unless your lion is real big, i had a 14" lion a few years ago and thats about the same he would eat every 2-3 days

DragonBallZ · #8 07-13-2009, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by i have crabs

sounds like alot of food unless your lion is real big, i had a 14" lion a few years ago and thats about the same he would eat every 2-3 days

its about 10 inches and yes i feed him every 2 or 3 days

+ the silversides are just the small ones...maybe an inch, inch and a half. havnt moved up to the big ones yet