Lionfish won't eat !!!!!!!!!!!

[bobrob]

have had 3 lionfish , other 2 lived over 6 years , my new one is about 2 yrs old , but very large for age . He has just stopped eating 3 days ago & it not at all even interested in food ( very unusual) . I have even tried to change up on him & still no response ! He seems healthy , other than fact of no appetite . !!!!!!!!!!
help !!!!!!!!!

 

[ninjamini]

Get some live food

 

[ophiura]

I suggest you post SPECIFIC tank parameters and inhabitants, and other specs of the tank...and post it to a thread in the aggressive forum. Also post typical feeding and diet.

 

[thoroughbred]

At day 3 I wouldn't be too worried. A healthy large lionfish can survive without food for quite a while, i would say a few weeks easily. Check your params and try some live food, ghost shrimp or a damsel or something.

 

[bhfccsr198]

i would say get some gghost shrimp or mollies and i would try feed them to him not as they are live because then it will just go eat any fish you put in there

 

[ophiura]

Originally Posted by Thoroughbred
At day 3 I wouldn't be too worried. A healthy large lionfish can survive without food for quite a while, i would say a few weeks easily. Check your params and try some live food, ghost shrimp or a damsel or something.
I agree. For a new lion that is not eating, live foods often work, but I am worried if this is an established fish that stopped eating. That is why we need to know more about the tank. DId you get this fish from someone? What were they feeding it?
But definitely need to know all the parameters and tank inhabitants.

 

[shrimpi]

have you had this fish for the two years or did you just acquire him?