lionfish gut impaction?

mckriesch · 03/14/2014, 07:31 PM

I suspect that my lionfish has gut impaction. I got him a little over a month ago and have been feeding him frozen krill soaked in selcon. usually 1 a day. He hasn't eaten in 2 days and his stomach seems to be slightly bloated. I have read that krill often causes gut impaction but had not found anything else he would eat consistently. I purchased silversides today to give a try. His stomach does not seem as bloated but I am wondering if I should wait to feed him or what? I read on a different blog that some fish you can feed them peas to help wit gut impaction?

snorvich · 03/14/2014, 08:14 PM

Careful feeding lionfish krill as it can cause lockjaw.

mckriesch · 03/14/2014, 08:24 PM

I am going to try and ween him off of krill and onto silversides and salad shrimp. is there anything i can do for the gut impaction? when can i feed him again?

Fiudom · 04/27/2014, 02:52 AM

our lionfish has lockjaw from feeding frozen krill so if I were you I would stop because we have to take ours out of the tank and use tweasers to open his mouth then use a tube to put the food in so please stop using frozen krill he could die from the deseas lockjaw makes the lionfishes mouth wont open u will know when it has lockjaw because it wont open its mouth as usual and wont eat .

Fiudom · 04/27/2014, 02:54 AM

also there favourites are silverside and squid we have ours on squid threw the tube after we feed him he swims around in joy

rickyh24 · 11/13/2014, 10:13 PM

Can a decent sized lionfish eat a whole silver side? I got one a few days ago and couldn't get him to take anything off tweezers. I threw a silverside into my tanks current and he took it down right away. First thing I got him to eat. It took him about 10 minutes to get the whole thing down. I'm worried I should have cut it in half but he doesn't show interest if I do that. He looks ok now.

rickyh24 · 11/13/2014, 10:15 PM

This is my lion. Just so people can see the size.

03/14/2014, 07:31 PM	#1
mckriesch Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 52	lionfish gut impaction? I suspect that my lionfish has gut impaction. I got him a little over a month ago and have been feeding him frozen krill soaked in selcon. usually 1 a day. He hasn't eaten in 2 days and his stomach seems to be slightly bloated. I have read that krill often causes gut impaction but had not found anything else he would eat consistently. I purchased silversides today to give a try. His stomach does not seem as bloated but I am wondering if I should wait to feed him or what? I read on a different blog that some fish you can feed them peas to help wit gut impaction?

11/13/2014, 10:13 PM	#6
rickyh24 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 82	lionfish gut impaction? Can a decent sized lionfish eat a whole silver side? I got one a few days ago and couldn't get him to take anything off tweezers. I threw a silverside into my tanks current and he took it down right away. First thing I got him to eat. It took him about 10 minutes to get the whole thing down. I'm worried I should have cut it in half but he doesn't show interest if I do that. He looks ok now.

03/14/2014, 08:14 PM	#2
snorvich Team RC member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Outlander Posts: 40,953 Blog Entries: 46	Careful feeding lionfish krill as it can cause lockjaw.

03/14/2014, 08:24 PM	#3
mckriesch Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 52	I am going to try and ween him off of krill and onto silversides and salad shrimp. is there anything i can do for the gut impaction? when can i feed him again?

04/27/2014, 02:52 AM	#4
Fiudom Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 19	our lionfish has lockjaw from feeding frozen krill so if I were you I would stop because we have to take ours out of the tank and use tweasers to open his mouth then use a tube to put the food in so please stop using frozen krill he could die from the deseas lockjaw makes the lionfishes mouth wont open u will know when it has lockjaw because it wont open its mouth as usual and wont eat .

04/27/2014, 02:54 AM	#5
Fiudom Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 19	also there favourites are silverside and squid we have ours on squid threw the tube after we feed him he swims around in joy

11/13/2014, 10:15 PM	#7
rickyh24 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 82	This is my lion. Just so people can see the size.