bretttx
New Member
Hello all:
I'm a long-time lurker and I could use some advice. I have had a volitans lion in my 105 gallon tank for almost a full year. He has only grown by maybe an inch at most, and his body is now at most, 4.5 inches. He just recently starting getting more color as he is growing and spots on his tail come and go. (the brown spots. Good ones. ;-) )
In any event, I am very concerned for it. The fish has never eaten any type of frozen food, and only eats live foods. I have tried everything. The longest I made him wait was 10 days. He seemed happy and healthy, but I just couldn't wait him out anymore, and went back to live. He is skinny and I know needs someone to work with him to get him to eat frozen foods so it's not just freshwater feeders and ghost shrimp.
Unfortunately, I am about to have to travel several times this year for a few weeks at a time, and there will people who can take care of the tank, but, not feed live foods. In addition, in 9 months I am moving to the country and will be relocating the entire tank. At that time I will be too far to consistently purchase live foods.
So I must give him away. I am not interested in making any money. I just want him to go to a good home. Does anyone have advice here as to how I can find him a good home? I don't really want him to go to a LFS because it would be too stressful and I don't know who I trust in the area enough.
If anyone here wants him, I am happy to ship. I would like to ship sometime before the summer as the weather will get too hot. I'll take him in a bucket to the LFS and have him bagged properly and ship in styrofoam overnight. Otherwise, does anyone have an recommendations for where I can post to find someone interested? Locally I am in The Woodlands, TX, just north of Houston.
I am including photos of him.
I'm a long-time lurker and I could use some advice. I have had a volitans lion in my 105 gallon tank for almost a full year. He has only grown by maybe an inch at most, and his body is now at most, 4.5 inches. He just recently starting getting more color as he is growing and spots on his tail come and go. (the brown spots. Good ones. ;-) )
In any event, I am very concerned for it. The fish has never eaten any type of frozen food, and only eats live foods. I have tried everything. The longest I made him wait was 10 days. He seemed happy and healthy, but I just couldn't wait him out anymore, and went back to live. He is skinny and I know needs someone to work with him to get him to eat frozen foods so it's not just freshwater feeders and ghost shrimp.
Unfortunately, I am about to have to travel several times this year for a few weeks at a time, and there will people who can take care of the tank, but, not feed live foods. In addition, in 9 months I am moving to the country and will be relocating the entire tank. At that time I will be too far to consistently purchase live foods.
So I must give him away. I am not interested in making any money. I just want him to go to a good home. Does anyone have advice here as to how I can find him a good home? I don't really want him to go to a LFS because it would be too stressful and I don't know who I trust in the area enough.
If anyone here wants him, I am happy to ship. I would like to ship sometime before the summer as the weather will get too hot. I'll take him in a bucket to the LFS and have him bagged properly and ship in styrofoam overnight. Otherwise, does anyone have an recommendations for where I can post to find someone interested? Locally I am in The Woodlands, TX, just north of Houston.
I am including photos of him.
