My fuzzy dwarf lion fish won't eat.

[suzyqou812]

this weekend I purchased two fuzzy dwarf lion fish. Theyare beautiful. I purchased a golden and a fu man chu. My golden is eating well but my fu man chu is not. I am feeding them ghost shrimp. The fu man chu was being fed guppies but I have read that they are not good for them. What else can I do to get it to eat? I really don't want him to die. He is a georgous fish.

 

[shark bait]

if a lion will not eat i have used live food at the end of a feeding rod and moved it in the tank like live food would act. Do it buy his face and he might just eat it. Do it for a few more feeding and swith to dead food. By about a week or so he will have no issue with what you are feeding it and you can just feed it normaly.

 

[toughguy80]

Try using ghost shrimp(no feeder fish). Once they get accostumed to where and what feeding time is you can start switching over to frozen. I've wheened 2 lions doing this method, 1 took only about a week while the other was more stubborn and took a month or so. Also, often they won't eat for several days after being put in a new tank anyhow, so don't push the panic button yet. Just do a search for "lion won't eat" you'll find plenty of info.

 

[exile415]

at LFS, lions are usually just fed live feeders. which are way too fat, not good at all. what was posted was great info. i had a v-lion and it wouldnt eat, I tried ghost shrimp and he loved it.

 

[dirtee147]

I have a fuzzy and when I got him he wouldn't eat for about two weeks. I feed him live gs and he is doing great.

 

[suzyqou812]

I guess I will keep feeding both ghost shrimp (which is what I've been feeding them). It sounds like its taken a while for everyone else's fish to eat. I just don't want him to die in a few days. But if you all say that it may take a couple of weeks, then we will stick it out and see what happens. Thanks very much.