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The greens are a must with this fish, they require greens and lots of them daily, hang the algae sheets in your tank. Keep trying to feed the pellets and flake foods, you can try mysis for a meaty food but greens are a main part of their diet. Kaye

Just about all of my foods come from the grocery store, all foods should be raw (nothing cooked). You can try different fish from the grocery store like, Ocean Perch, Salmon, Whiting, Tilapia, chop them for your other fish and chunk them for your lion and sfe. Use Scallops, Raw shrimp, squid...

It is such a tough call with out actually seeing the lion. Does the lion sleep or sit in the same spot? Is it going in the rocks? Could it be scraping itself on the rocks? this could cause the side to look faded or blotchy. Normally when mine shed it is a matter of days, they can look faded, I...

Try Raw shrimp, you can still feed the squid and it can be tough to keep on a feeder stick but you can place a chunk of squid on the feeder stick than the raw shrimp for variety. I have to do this with some of my lions to trick them into eating different foods. Kaye

Two things you need to look at with your lion right now... If it is shedding, the lion can look faded (whitish), when it sheds it will shed the cuticle, this can look like whitish blotches through the shed. If your lion has a parasite such as Ich it could be shedding to rid the parasite. I...

I feed it the krill on a stick, while I'm feeding it and the sfe I feed the others either mysis or an angel mix (frozen cubes) Change the lions diet, a staple diet of just krill will lead to many health issues, you can feed a variety of meaty foods, such as, Raw Shrimp, Crab, Squid, Octo...

Is it normal for a Niger to be this aggressive (he bites me all of the time and is now able to drawn blood from my hand while I work in his tank)? Aren't they supposed to be docile for a trigger? They are hit and miss, I would put the Niger basically the same as a Pinktail. As these fish mature...

Let the zebra settle in more, see if it is eating with lights out and you may want to try feeding with lights out. I did reply to your other thread as well, Do you know how long the LFS had the lion before bringing it home? Kaye

Agree, don't let him starve and young lions can starve pretty quick, make sure to feed the ghost shrimp something nutritional first, if they are in your tank, drop pellets for them to eat. If your lion is small try frozen sand eels on your feeder stick, they are slender and normally smaller...

Have patience, it is still settling in, try hanging Nori in the tank, see if this helps, they eat Meaty foods and Greens. Kaye

Yes, he is green with a pink tail in a 75 gallon. But, am also concerned about possible tank mates? Is the tank too small. I have kept mine with clowns trouble free, my Pinktail has yet to harm anything in my tank, yet others have not had such a pleasant experience with this trigger. Yes, your...

what about adding a different kind of Lion w/ the one I have? (Lg Vltn. Lion) If you want to add another lion to the tank make sure it is not to small, a Volitan will eat a dwarf lion if it is to small, I have never had any problems adding a smaller volitan with a large volitan. Kaye

Leatherjacket Filefish with a thornback cowfish The Filefish will get to large for your tank and the Cowfish may pick at the file, this will depend on the fish. The leather-jacket (as in tasseled filefish?) can not be picked at (you do not want the tassels picked at). I keep a Longhorn cowfish...

I guess it depends on the horse, two of mine are all over the tank, yet the other 3 are more on the rocks hunting all day. It is hilarious watching them play in the flow, I have those attachments on my power-heads that turn..... They flip around in circles. Kaye

A lion can eat 1/2 it's body size, if the other fish are smaller, there is always a risk. Anytime you keep smaller fish with lions, there is a chance it may get eaten. I ended up with one of my dwarf lions this way a few years ago, they kept it in their reef over a year and one day they came...

Do dwarf lions sting as sharply? Dwarfs are known to have a more powerful sting than a volitan. Kaye

The Responses There are several things to do if stung by a lionfish, one of which is getting professional help. I realize I've just pointed out that the chances of receiving a serious injury are slim, but that's if a sting is treated promptly and properly. Avoiding professional help, or...

The Effects Again, while stories of death by lionfish are common, it has been impossible for me to find a single documented case of such after an extensive search of medical literature. Other authors have reported the same results. This does not mean that it has never happened, but it implies...

Many lions will retreat to a rock during maintenance, I have one that does Not, so I look before I dip my hand in the tank every time. The only time I was stung by a lion was during feeding, and it was my own fault. Here is Part of an article that you may find helpful. Lion Envenomations and...

I feed Dt's, Cyclopezee and Frozen Rotifers, I have fed my LR for years now. I consider my LR my clean up crew, about the only one I can keep in a aggressive tank, so I try to take care of it. Kaye