lion fish help

[youtoo54]

I have had my lion fish over 2 weeks and he hasnt eaten anything yet. I even put a small damsel in there but he isn't eating mysis or krill either. Any ideas?

 

[chuysvt]

damsel are hard to catsh....try ghost shrimp...how big is he...

 

[Reef Nutz]

Not for nothing, but I used to feed mine gold fish. Is he big enough to corral your damsel? The gold fish are rather slow when you put them in a sat tank, easier for them to catch right off the bat. Once he figures that out you can throw in something else. He should at least show an attempt at catching the fish.

 

[youtoo54]

He chases the damsel around and follows it all over but doesn't really try and take a bite out of him

 

[Reef Nutz]

He won't take a bite, per say. He'll open up all his fins to create a net on the fish, to corner it. Then he'll just suck it in. Damsel might be out running him.

 

[chuysvt]

try a small fish a slow fish..gold fish could work.

 

[little_fish]

I know this guy already died, but when you did get him was he eating at the store?

 

[youtoo54]

No idea I ordered him from saltwaterfish.com

 

[BL1]

I've never read any good reviews about that sites livestock or shipping.
If you do decide to buy fish online again, I'd stick with reputable places with good reviews. Here are some places I've found to look at:
Aquarium Fish: Tropical Freshwater Fish and Saltwater Fish for Home Aquariums (also their Divers Den for WYSIWYG)
Buy Saltwater Fish & Coral - Marine Fish, Live Coral, Salt Water Aquarium Fish, and Tropical Fish from BlueZooAquatics
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