dwarf fuzzy won't eat

[bxcarracer82]

hey I purchased a dwarf fuzzy lionfish that's about 5 inches long from a LFS in my area. It's in a 30gallon tank with 40lbs of live rock(the tank is of cycled of course) It wouldn't eat frozen, so I tried feeding it some freshwater feeders. One got literally an inch away from it's mouth, and it started to corner it yet didn't even attempt to bite it. I saw it eat 3 of them at the LFS 2 days ago, anyone have any advice?

 

[roka64]

!st things first, I wouldn't feed them FW feeders, try to stay with it's natural food source, plus the FW feeders tend to be more fatty and bad for their liver.
He may be full.

 

[Saltwater newbie]

I would give him a couple days lion fish should only eat a few times a week, overfeeding can actually kill them. What kinda frozen are you using. I feed mine silver sides.

 

[bxcarracer82]

I was using frozen krill

 

[BucJason]

Fuzzy's take awhile to adjust in a new tank.


They can take as long as 3-5 days to be comfortable enough to eat sometimes.

To stimulate appetite try live ghost shrimp. All lionfish LOVE shrimp.

 

[David S]

It may take a few days before it feeds while its climitising to the new tank even up to a week but won't harm it,I feed mine frozen brine shrimp which it ate the first day