Originally Posted by darkcovas
before i gave him the 3 guppies, the lion was swiming around with open fins around the 70 galon tank (i only have 3 fishes in), i switched from fresh to salt water tank a month ago, i have had 2 clowns(big) very healthy scince i switched, and 2 weeks ago i decided to buy a lionfish p. volitans (not so big), scine i bought him he hasent been eating anything at all, he tryed to chase pellets but it seemd he ignored it, so i bought some live food (guppies). After a while he ate the threee guppies that i left in the tank, coming from school this very morning i saw him half body discolored with his fins non-erected on the bottom next to some rocks and sand, i checked the water chemistry and it was all as its suposed to be, and i found it weird that the others were very healthy and swiming around looking for food... exept the lion.
After 4 hours i saw him acting rare, he was having some kind of hic-cups, and i noticed his belly was big so i think it had to be something with the guppies, his breathing rhythm seems to be faster than usual, and know his whole body is discolored, exept his head, could someone give me a hand, i dont wanna look ahead... ive had bad experience with large kois and i dont wanna loose this pretty fella.
If you just bought him two weeks ago and fed him 3 guppies then he should not be acting like this. Three guppies is a snack to a fuzzy let alone a volitan. What is your SG? How did you acclimate this fish? Please also post your ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, ph, Kh, and temp. What do you have for water movement? Please understand that your brackish fish, that have now been acclimated to salt, are now in a saltwater setup. Volitan lions are not brackish fish. They are saltwater fish and will not live in lower salinities. They will not meet you halfway. They are saltwater fish.
there cool...
