slikc4life
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i need held weening this guy off of guppies what is the best diet for him and how do i get him to eat he is about 4 inches long and the pet store was feeding him guppies are there any live saltwater feeders i can give him
dwarf lionfish????????????
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lionfu411
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Ghost shrimp. technically not a sw fish but fine for sw. Youll want to feed frozen foods more often. Krill, squid, silversides, shrimp. if your lion doesnt want to take frozen foods then try soaking it in garlic and also soaking the food in a multivitamin is a good idea for proper nutrition
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exile415
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you can put a frozen pellet in a little cup with water from your tank and let is melt, try soaking your food in garlic
angelsrock
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this is how i got mine to eat freeze dried foods. i got him to the point where he was begging at the top of the tank. then i would drop feeder guppies one at a time. he would eat them as soon as they hit the water. then(you can use tongs too) i took the guppies by the tail and waited till the lion took it out of my hand. did this for a couple weeks until he would take the guppy quickly and then switched to freeze dried krill and silversides. now he's hungry all the time and will take anything out of my hand. i got him about 6 months ago when he was an inch and it took about a month before he was eating out of my hand. now he's 5 inches and hungry 
lion_crazz
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Originally Posted by angelsrock
this is how i got mine to eat freeze dried foods. i got him to the point where he was begging at the top of the tank. then i would drop feeder guppies one at a time. he would eat them as soon as they hit the water. then(you can use tongs too) i took the guppies by the tail and waited till the lion took it out of my hand. did this for a couple weeks until he would take the guppy quickly and then switched to freeze dried krill and silversides. now he's hungry all the time and will take anything out of my hand. i got him about 6 months ago when he was an inch and it took about a month before he was eating out of my hand. now he's 5 inches and hungry
Yep, basically this is how you wanna do it, just with ghost shrimp, not guppies.
this is how i got mine to eat freeze dried foods. i got him to the point where he was begging at the top of the tank. then i would drop feeder guppies one at a time. he would eat them as soon as they hit the water. then(you can use tongs too) i took the guppies by the tail and waited till the lion took it out of my hand. did this for a couple weeks until he would take the guppy quickly and then switched to freeze dried krill and silversides. now he's hungry all the time and will take anything out of my hand. i got him about 6 months ago when he was an inch and it took about a month before he was eating out of my hand. now he's 5 inches and hungry
Yep, basically this is how you wanna do it, just with ghost shrimp, not guppies.