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hitman007

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i just got an antenetta lion but havent seen him eat once. i bought some ghost shrimp yesterday, but didnt touch one. my panther grouper and picasso trigger gobbled them all up. not even the porcupine puffer had a chance to eat one. also my lion seems to swim sideways or even looks belly up sometimes, but hes not dead. he still goes to different spots in the tank, but it gets a bit frustrating seeing the fish swim sideways. is this normal? what do porcupine puffers like to eat?
 

lion_crazz

Active Member
How long have you had the porcupine? If he is new, he may only be accepting live foods right, so I would try either brine shrimp or black worms. That is how I got my puffer to begin accepting frozen food. Shortly after he ate black worms and brine shrimp, he began to love frozen krill and prawn, as well as frozen shredded shrimp.
As to the lion, keep trying the ghost shrimp. See, the problem with lionfish is that sometimes they are cyanide caught, and thus will not eat. That is why I do not ever let a lionfish leave my store if it is not eating. Do you know if the store just got the lionfish in?
 
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