keep getting green water

[sato]

I dont own a pond sterlizer myself. Not to say I have never seen one or worked with them. Perhaps you dont ave a Pond speciic sterlizer and simply another Aquarium or even an interchangable sterilizer?

 

[lion_crazz]

Originally posted by jr8budcar
rut roo I had no idea i couldnt give him feeders. When I put in the frozen he dosnt give it a thought. I tricked him one time by sticking it through a rock all he does is sits and waits for me to give him a feeder. I guess if he gets hungry enough he will eat the silversides huh
if you are having problems with the lion feeding, ween him to frozen by first giving him live ghost shrimp for a few weeks. These are not bad for him, and he will most likely transfer to frozen food this way.
Here's my method of weening lionfish.
Start him out with live ghost shrimp and wean him to frozen that way. The way that has worked for me, and many others, including people that I have helped is as follows. Buy your live ghost shrimp. Feed him only one at a time. Once he eats the first, put another into the water. If he does accept and eat them quickly, feed him a few days straight of just putting them into the water and allowing him to grab them quickly. Then, after a few days, begin to feed him every other day. The lion will start to recognize you as the food source and he will periodically swim to the top of the tank when he sees you. When it comes time to feed him, take out one ghost shrimp and instead of just dropping it in the water, hold it between your fingers and make him want the food. Drag it along the surface and make him follow your fingers. After he follows your fingers for a few seconds, release the food and allow him to eat it. Continue to feed him this way for a week. In one week, he should very readily accept frozen silversides this same way without any problem, because he will recognize in his brain that your fingers mean food. Then, after a week or two of doing it with the silversides, feeding him should not be an issue at all.

 

[cowfishrule]

Originally posted by lion_crazz
because he will recognize in his brain that your fingers mean food.
fingers mean food, or fingers are food?

 

[jr8budcar]

I will do that then , that sounds like a plan