What is going on with this lion

izzie · 02/27/2007, 10:07 PM

My lion will not eat and its starting to scare me. We got him on sat and he was shipped her so was in transit for a day so he has not eating since friday morning at the earliest. Hes swimming around in my tank but will not eat. We have tried krill, frozen mussles and frozen squid. This is all what the fish store had him eating. He is not interested at all in any food we put in the tank. Tried wiggling it in front of him and nothing. He swims around lots in the evening but never in the day. Is this normal for a dwarf lion. Thanks.
Izzie

Radioheed · 02/27/2007, 10:31 PM

hate to say it but if it comes down to it, try ghost shrimp or something else alive...mine got to where that was ALL he would eat, so that's why i say it as kind of a last case scenario (also it's not a healthy diet)

davidryder · 02/27/2007, 10:33 PM

unfortunately i lot of fish collection companies use cyanide to stun the fish in order to catch them. they will appear to be healthy early on in their capture, but within a couple of weeks they stop eating as their digestive system was slowing being broken down by the cyanide. this likely is not the case, though and i as Radiohead recommend try feeding them feeder guppies or some other sort of live treats. ghost shrimp would probably be appropriate for a dwarf lion.

good luck!!

izzie · 02/27/2007, 10:34 PM

YEAAAHHHH....hes eating but hes eating the copods in my tank. So now what haha. How do i get him eating other foods. Thanks.
Izzie

izzie · 02/27/2007, 11:16 PM

anyone

musty baby · 02/27/2007, 11:19 PM

What's the problem? Get a bigger refugium, treat him like a mandarin!

If you bought the fish and had it shipped to you, the seller may have lied about it eating frozen foods. What kind of lion is it?

izzie · 02/27/2007, 11:53 PM

This dealer would not lie to me. And its a dwarf lion. And im sure it will eat much more and much faster then a mandrin. Im sure it wont be long befor there all gone and i have to feed him something live or frozen that he wont take now.
Izzie

GlobalEvan · 02/28/2007, 12:11 AM

I take care of a young Fuzzy Dwarf at the LFS I work at. I've been feeding him ghost shrimp and small guppies, which he hunts down pretty quick.

I wonder if soaking the frozen food in garlic would help. Maybe the dealer did something like that.

josh holt · 02/28/2007, 12:23 AM

both my dwarf lions would only eat ghost shrimp. though the shrimp have no nutritional value themselves you can gut load them before you feed them to the fish. put the shrimp in a small container and feed flake food to them. when their stomachs are full feed them to the fish. all the nutrition of the flake food is then passed to the fish.

Peter Eichler · 02/28/2007, 12:28 AM

Dawrf Lions can be a little tricky to feed and you really just need to be a little more patient and let him acclimate to his new surroundings. If a few more days go by you're just going to have to bite the bullet and stick with trying to get him to eat live food. Starting 3 threads in 3 days on the same subject isn't going to make you Lion eat and more readily.

02/27/2007, 10:07 PM	#1
izzie Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Regina Sk Canada Posts: 209	What is going on with this lion My lion will not eat and its starting to scare me. We got him on sat and he was shipped her so was in transit for a day so he has not eating since friday morning at the earliest. Hes swimming around in my tank but will not eat. We have tried krill, frozen mussles and frozen squid. This is all what the fish store had him eating. He is not interested at all in any food we put in the tank. Tried wiggling it in front of him and nothing. He swims around lots in the evening but never in the day. Is this normal for a dwarf lion. Thanks. Izzie

02/27/2007, 10:31 PM	#2
Radioheed Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: St. Petersburg, Fl Posts: 275	hate to say it but if it comes down to it, try ghost shrimp or something else alive...mine got to where that was ALL he would eat, so that's why i say it as kind of a last case scenario (also it's not a healthy diet) __________________ 26g AGA Bow, Current Orbit LED, Tunze 9002, Tunze Nano Osmolator, 200gph HOB, Koralia 425, MJ400, 25 lbs Real Reef LR, 10 lbs base.

02/27/2007, 10:33 PM	#3
davidryder Claris or Elliot? Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Nightopia Posts: 2,750	unfortunately i lot of fish collection companies use cyanide to stun the fish in order to catch them. they will appear to be healthy early on in their capture, but within a couple of weeks they stop eating as their digestive system was slowing being broken down by the cyanide. this likely is not the case, though and i as Radiohead recommend try feeding them feeder guppies or some other sort of live treats. ghost shrimp would probably be appropriate for a dwarf lion. good luck!! __________________ A rolling stone gathers no moss... Current Tank Info: 90g mixed reef, corner overflow (Mag 9.5), 25g refugium (Mag 5), 15g refugium, Orbit 260w pc, Pan World 50PX-X (Closed loop), AquaC EV-120 (now skimmerless)

02/28/2007, 12:11 AM	#8
GlobalEvan Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lancaster PA Posts: 105	I take care of a young Fuzzy Dwarf at the LFS I work at. I've been feeding him ghost shrimp and small guppies, which he hunts down pretty quick. I wonder if soaking the frozen food in garlic would help. Maybe the dealer did something like that. __________________ EvAN Current Tank Info: 40 breeder, with 20 sump, 15k MH

02/28/2007, 12:23 AM	#9
josh holt Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: redding Posts: 322	both my dwarf lions would only eat ghost shrimp. though the shrimp have no nutritional value themselves you can gut load them before you feed them to the fish. put the shrimp in a small container and feed flake food to them. when their stomachs are full feed them to the fish. all the nutrition of the flake food is then passed to the fish. __________________ reef tanks are such a headache yet i keep coming back to them. Current Tank Info: 40 gal sps tank (36"Lx15"Dx18"H), dual 175 mh lights w 15k iwasaki bulbs, 20gal sump, bubble magus nac6 skimmer, blue line hd external return pump feeding the tank through two 1/2" penductors, two koralia 1 powerheads + more on the wish list.

02/27/2007, 10:34 PM	#4
izzie Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Regina Sk Canada Posts: 209	YEAAAHHHH....hes eating but hes eating the copods in my tank. So now what haha. How do i get him eating other foods. Thanks. Izzie

02/27/2007, 11:16 PM	#5
izzie Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Regina Sk Canada Posts: 209	anyone

02/27/2007, 11:19 PM	#6
musty baby Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: over yonder Posts: 1,751	What's the problem? Get a bigger refugium, treat him like a mandarin! If you bought the fish and had it shipped to you, the seller may have lied about it eating frozen foods. What kind of lion is it?

02/27/2007, 11:53 PM	#7
izzie Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Regina Sk Canada Posts: 209	This dealer would not lie to me. And its a dwarf lion. And im sure it will eat much more and much faster then a mandrin. Im sure it wont be long befor there all gone and i have to feed him something live or frozen that he wont take now. Izzie

02/28/2007, 12:28 AM	#10
Peter Eichler Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 6,081	Dawrf Lions can be a little tricky to feed and you really just need to be a little more patient and let him acclimate to his new surroundings. If a few more days go by you're just going to have to bite the bullet and stick with trying to get him to eat live food. Starting 3 threads in 3 days on the same subject isn't going to make you Lion eat and more readily. __________________ April 2015 TOTM