Looks I'm the biggest newbie on the message boards!
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scubadoo
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Originally Posted by Cartman101
Sorry about my grammer, just in a BIG rush. I will try slowing down.
Fishiness, about what you about the shrimp, I have tried that too....didn't work. And about the overflow having to hole i just dont know what to put in the second hole when the first on is already connected to the wetdry, its almost like theres gotta be another slot in the wetdry for it. And about the return pump, the lfs said i need to drill a hole in a pvc pipe so that it will suck out the air and wont overflow, he confused me BIG time about that.
The wet dry has a single intake on the top. You can either drill another hole on the top.....or run the hoses to a tee.
You can run a hose from the pump to a piece of pvc or spray bar. You do not need to run all pvc but it can be done that way.
Sorry about my grammer, just in a BIG rush. I will try slowing down.
Fishiness, about what you about the shrimp, I have tried that too....didn't work. And about the overflow having to hole i just dont know what to put in the second hole when the first on is already connected to the wetdry, its almost like theres gotta be another slot in the wetdry for it. And about the return pump, the lfs said i need to drill a hole in a pvc pipe so that it will suck out the air and wont overflow, he confused me BIG time about that.
The wet dry has a single intake on the top. You can either drill another hole on the top.....or run the hoses to a tee.
You can run a hose from the pump to a piece of pvc or spray bar. You do not need to run all pvc but it can be done that way.
cartman101
Active Member
OK i'm getting this whole sump thing now :cheer: The only thing i'm stress out about is my lion
scubadoo
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Originally Posted by Cartman101
OK i'm getting this whole sump thing now :cheer: The only thing i'm stress out about is my lion
Lions simply like live food. Keep supplying hin with live food. Take a frozen silver side and place it on a feeding stick. Wiggle it in front of him so he thinks it is alive. Keep trying...it takes time.
OK i'm getting this whole sump thing now :cheer: The only thing i'm stress out about is my lion
Lions simply like live food. Keep supplying hin with live food. Take a frozen silver side and place it on a feeding stick. Wiggle it in front of him so he thinks it is alive. Keep trying...it takes time.
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jcrim
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Originally Posted by Cartman101
The only thing i'm stress out about is my lion
Is your lion eating live ghost shrimp?
If so, I'd get some and mix them with thawed krill and dump them in. Do this a couple times and your lion will eventually go for the krill.
The only thing i'm stress out about is my lion
Is your lion eating live ghost shrimp?
If so, I'd get some and mix them with thawed krill and dump them in. Do this a couple times and your lion will eventually go for the krill.
dogstar
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cartman, you need to carefully type out a post and tell us about your system. Size, filters, age, test levels, ect, ect, ect. And tell us about the Lion. When did you get it, foods you tried, how it acts, swims or hides, whats in with it, bla, bla, bla.
People want to help, but you cant just ask " why want my lion eat " and expect people to give you a magic answer.
People want to help, but you cant just ask " why want my lion eat " and expect people to give you a magic answer.
cartman101
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Jcrim, I had that idea to, keep the frozen krill in with some frozen ghost shrimp right? Didn't work. Yes, I do have live ghost shrimp. But when i went to feed my lion today a silver side he attcked and took a bite but didn't eat it, after that he just turned away from them. Dogstar, I have a 125gal tank with live rock at both ends of the tank, filters are a turboflotor skimmer, emporer 400 and 2 maxi-jet powerheads. The tank has been established for about 6 1/2 months. Test level are Nitrate- (10) ammonia- (0) Nitrite-(0)
pH-(8.2).
I got the lion on the 24th of december. He's a volitan lion and about 4-5in body length. His tankmates are a 4'' Niger trigger, 2-3''damsel, and a 12'' goldentail eel. The foods I have tried are squid, silversides, krill, gulf shrimp, mysis, and ghostshrimp. He will go crazy when I walk in my room, almost like he's saying "feed me now!" and when i give him the frozen food he will put his fins out and stare at the food (He makes a pose like he's going to eat the frozen any second) but then he will turn away and go to the rocks or the sand to lay down. I will wiggle the food just slightly and make the food look like it swimming and eating of the rocks, when the lion sees the food again he will go after it but then he will turn away. He swims like a normal lionfish. I have been starving him since last thursday. Today I gave him a dead ghost shrimp (not frozen) and he ate it, then i gave him a silver side and he attacked it but never ate it. Also, I have been soaking the foods in garlic Guard.
Now does that help? Do you want me to tell you the ways how I have been feeding him?
pH-(8.2).
I got the lion on the 24th of december. He's a volitan lion and about 4-5in body length. His tankmates are a 4'' Niger trigger, 2-3''damsel, and a 12'' goldentail eel. The foods I have tried are squid, silversides, krill, gulf shrimp, mysis, and ghostshrimp. He will go crazy when I walk in my room, almost like he's saying "feed me now!" and when i give him the frozen food he will put his fins out and stare at the food (He makes a pose like he's going to eat the frozen any second) but then he will turn away and go to the rocks or the sand to lay down. I will wiggle the food just slightly and make the food look like it swimming and eating of the rocks, when the lion sees the food again he will go after it but then he will turn away. He swims like a normal lionfish. I have been starving him since last thursday. Today I gave him a dead ghost shrimp (not frozen) and he ate it, then i gave him a silver side and he attacked it but never ate it. Also, I have been soaking the foods in garlic Guard.
Now does that help? Do you want me to tell you the ways how I have been feeding him?
cartman101
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Originally Posted by trainfever
To tell you the truth, I don't bother reading your posts because you dont bother reading them before you post them. They invented puctuation for a reason. I'm not talking about a few errors, your posts are just impossible to comprehend. READ them before you post them.
If you have nothing nice to say then why bother?? You know its kind of hard to type questions while you are stressed out and confused about certain probelms. So next time think before you post.
To tell you the truth, I don't bother reading your posts because you dont bother reading them before you post them. They invented puctuation for a reason. I'm not talking about a few errors, your posts are just impossible to comprehend. READ them before you post them.
If you have nothing nice to say then why bother?? You know its kind of hard to type questions while you are stressed out and confused about certain probelms. So next time think before you post.
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jcrim
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Originally Posted by Cartman101
Today I gave him a dead ghost shrimp (not frozen) and he ate it, then i gave him a silver side and he attacked it but never ate it.
If he'll eat dead ghost shrimp, why not just get a bunch of those suckers... freeze them up then thaw as needed. Eventually it will start eating other things.
Today I gave him a dead ghost shrimp (not frozen) and he ate it, then i gave him a silver side and he attacked it but never ate it.
If he'll eat dead ghost shrimp, why not just get a bunch of those suckers... freeze them up then thaw as needed. Eventually it will start eating other things.
cartman101
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Originally Posted by jcrim
If he'll eat dead ghost shrimp, why not just get a bunch of those suckers... freeze them up then thaw as needed. Eventually it will start eating other things.
I did, but he wont eat it frozen. I just took a ghost shrimp that was live and stabbed him on the feeding stick, pulled him off, and dropped the shrimp into the tank. Took awhile before he ate it but he ate it. BTW, I know that some people on the boards that were confused about what that dude is in your avatar......isn't he the hunchback of notre dame?
If he'll eat dead ghost shrimp, why not just get a bunch of those suckers... freeze them up then thaw as needed. Eventually it will start eating other things.
I did, but he wont eat it frozen. I just took a ghost shrimp that was live and stabbed him on the feeding stick, pulled him off, and dropped the shrimp into the tank. Took awhile before he ate it but he ate it. BTW, I know that some people on the boards that were confused about what that dude is in your avatar......isn't he the hunchback of notre dame?
trainfever
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Say what you want, I still got you to use punctuation and post in a way that we can read what you're trying to say.
Try feeding your Lions, ghost shrimp. Thats what I used to feed mine and they loved them.
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jcrim
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Originally Posted by Cartman101
BTW, I know that some people on the boards that were confused about what that dude is in your avatar......isn't he the hunchback of notre dame?
yep
BTW, I know that some people on the boards that were confused about what that dude is in your avatar......isn't he the hunchback of notre dame?
yep
cartman101
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Do you all think he will take frozen foods? Somehow I think I'm just going to have to start breeding ghost shrimp.
cartman101
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Well you know how they sell "shark formula"? Do you think they sell "Lionfish Formula"?
lion_crazz
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I would just be patient and keep feeding him ghost shrimp until he accepts frozen food. A volitan will definitely take frozen food after a while. It took my volitan a month or two, and for that time, I just kept a tank of ghost shrimp on hand so that I had food for him. It's not very hard. Eventually he will be more comfortable with you and will want more filling food.
redleg
New Member
lionfish do this nearly all the time when newly introduced to new tanks ,very few ever starve ,try a bit of thawed lance fish or shrimp on fine fishing line tease the LF holding just out of reach he will suck it in after afew go,s i have done this with mine it seems to work better with shrimp also try live shrimp on the line TEL :happyfish :happyfish
cartman101
Active Member
ok thanks. Should I start hooking up the sump or worry about the lionfish before moving on?
anthony17
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hey cartman101 what strore told you this??? the one in springfield??? if so , i hate talking to him, i think he somewhat knows what he's talking about but cant really explain things, have you ever been down to the store in ROGERS, AR its really nice and they know what thier talking about and help me out alot he doesnt really care about selling you stuff just wants you to have a nice tank , you should really go down their some time i went a few weeks ago and its alot nicer than the one in springfield... IM me at AMGAKBLASTER and ill give you his e-mail and telephone # you can give him a call their open today
cartman101
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Yeah, cichlids and salt. Yeah they confuse me alot. I email the owner of exotic tropicals alot, his name is James. Very nice and I cant wait to go down there. Thanks though. Hey, do you go to highschool?