My A.lion took a good month and a half to get to eat frozen. I got so frustated! I, like most, started with live ghost shrimp. I used my net to put the shrimp into the tank. Over time my lion associated that with food and would come up and actually go into the net to get the shrimp. That took about 3 weeks. Then one day I bought 6 minnows along with the shrimp. I fed him a few shrimp and then threw in a minnow which he gobbled right up. The next feeding I threw in a few thawed silversides with the shrimp. I had to wiggle them by using the net to stimulate the motion the minnows made and he then ate them to. Now he will eat anything I drop in the water. If you try this method turn off PH's and in the beginning and only get one shrimp at a time and let it out as close to the lion as possible. He might not pick up on the fact that the foods coming from the net right away but he will eventually. Also, I'm not sure if using minnows was even nessicary but they looked like silversides so I gave them a whirl. If you decide to try live minnows DON'T use them prolongly. I only used them one time and prolonged feeding of freshwater feeders can damage your lion internally. Anyway G/L:cheer: