fallnhorse
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Hello
I have had my lion for two years now coming the 18th of january. He's a red violitian, (russel). I have him in a 100 gallon tank. Good parameters, been doing very well. I have soft coral, and mushrooms in with him. The hardest corals. They all been together for about year and half. They are doing good up to last week. I went to feed my lion and he's not hungry. Last week when i feed my clarki with him he would even steal a couple of flakes from him. His personality is usually like a big puppy dog and watching me to come a feed him. I feed him twice a week. But this is the first time since i got him that he doesn't like krill, shrimp, or beef heart, or mytis shrimp. Usually he is all over them. But this tank is new to him, well i set this tank 6 months ago when i moved. It has crushed coral and instead of sand. I think the copepod population is higher and wonder if he might be hunting them. He's very actively watching the substrate for any movements. Or can he eat bristle worm? My clarki i've watch eat them before. He's in excellent health just not interested in food. I'm going to soak some fresh shrimp in garlic guard and try some other stuff little every night.
I just can't get over how he can not be interested in krill and food. Then the week before he was hungry for krill and would eat flakes. But i do see him scanning the bottom in the prediator like stance like when he's about to snap for the piece of krill on top of the water. Oh i have tried dangling krill in front of him on a stick. My next step is going to try a piece of krill on a 30lbs fishing line. 30lbs is stiff enough to push through the krill and force the food below the water. Plus he don't notice the line i'm pretty sure he notices the tube with krill on it.
Any ideas to make him feed. I will never resort to live food. I seen too many lions dying from pets store recommending guppies and gold fish.
I have had my lion for two years now coming the 18th of january. He's a red violitian, (russel). I have him in a 100 gallon tank. Good parameters, been doing very well. I have soft coral, and mushrooms in with him. The hardest corals. They all been together for about year and half. They are doing good up to last week. I went to feed my lion and he's not hungry. Last week when i feed my clarki with him he would even steal a couple of flakes from him. His personality is usually like a big puppy dog and watching me to come a feed him. I feed him twice a week. But this is the first time since i got him that he doesn't like krill, shrimp, or beef heart, or mytis shrimp. Usually he is all over them. But this tank is new to him, well i set this tank 6 months ago when i moved. It has crushed coral and instead of sand. I think the copepod population is higher and wonder if he might be hunting them. He's very actively watching the substrate for any movements. Or can he eat bristle worm? My clarki i've watch eat them before. He's in excellent health just not interested in food. I'm going to soak some fresh shrimp in garlic guard and try some other stuff little every night.
I just can't get over how he can not be interested in krill and food. Then the week before he was hungry for krill and would eat flakes. But i do see him scanning the bottom in the prediator like stance like when he's about to snap for the piece of krill on top of the water. Oh i have tried dangling krill in front of him on a stick. My next step is going to try a piece of krill on a 30lbs fishing line. 30lbs is stiff enough to push through the krill and force the food below the water. Plus he don't notice the line i'm pretty sure he notices the tube with krill on it.
Any ideas to make him feed. I will never resort to live food. I seen too many lions dying from pets store recommending guppies and gold fish.
