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OK .. so far no visible white spots, but still not eating .. drop a live ghost shrimp, he would hover over it .. stare at it .. then pass, not interested .. why is he behaving like this? It has been about 4 weeks with no food so far.

Just an update after I moved the lionfish from DT to QT. It seems the ich is not there, see picture below. But I notice there is redness around the tail area, 2nd picture. So far he has not eaten anything. I give them ghost shrimp, but not interested. Any clue?

Originally Posted by premilove despite his ich attack, that is a beautiful lion! Thanks, he is a beauty .. one day I saw a (different) lionfish in LFS and next thing I know I switch from FW to SW and spend $$$ so I can have one of my own at home.

Originally Posted by sepulatian He has ich. Are there other fish in with him? Do you have a QT? Yes, there are other fishes but no one else has white spot. Only him. I've seen & deal with ich before (the whole DT gone, 1 by 1), but this one is more like a dusty (flat) spot than a sandy spot. I...

My lionfish does not want to eat lately (about 3 weeks now) and hide behind the LR. I notice there are white spots like dust on one side of his body (lion-b.jpg) and the a little bit on the other side near the head area (lion-a.jpg). Anyone know what is that white spots? Before I always feed...

You can try one or a pair of percula clown fish if you are planning to have anenome as one of your invert. If no anenome, you can go with either chromis damsel or clown goby.

LTA usually like to bury itself in sandbed. So try to do that instead of the rock. If your powerhead blowing it around, just try to direct it away or place the LTA on area that has no strong flow. Good luck.

Sorry, to about that. As far as I know the brook disease only affect clownfishes. Unlike ich, it won't spread to other fishes.

Originally Posted by tfolke1 Will a clown by itself always revert to Female? IMO, no.

What kind of food are you feeding? IMO, I don't think your clown will over feed the anenome.

Your starfish will be fine and grow back its feet slowly. Hermit crab is a scavenger by nature so it will eat anything eatable that they can get a hold of. If you worry, but need one for some reasons, try to trade him with a smaller one.

Since it is a new tank to the big one then I would say you probably have a chance, but no guarantee. By giving a chance to the small one to adjust to the tank before the big one definetely will help instead of the other way around.

He has brooklynella disease and you need to do formalin bath on him asap. If the film thingy got worse, he may die within 48-72 hours. He doesn't eat because he may be stress out or that disease. So cure him first for now. Please see the forum disease section for more info on formalin bath.

The fact that he is eating your aiptasia is a good thing. As far as clam, who cares about the temp because it will be his food. I will open it so the clam is served as half shell. Good luck.

I assume when you say cleaner shrimp bothering the anenome is during feeding time, correct? If that is the case all you need to do is to feed your shrimp with a small piece of what you feed the anenome. It will keep the shrimp busy then you can feed the anenome. If it is not during feeding time...