lion fish on a hunger strike

[karlseith]

I have a Fu-Manchu lionfish that has not eaten since I added him to the tank. That was about 2 weeks ago! I have tried live feeders, frozen blood worms, frozen brine shrimp, Vibro-Grow pellets, and various other prepared saltwater foods. Their are two medium sized tomato clowns in the same tank doing just fine. Any help would be great, I don't think he has too many days to look forward too if this keeps up. The tank parameters are as follows. (FYI I'm using a bag of Chemi-Pure in the filter)

20g Hex with 20# CC, 20# live rock
pH - 8.0
Alkalinity - 2 meq/L
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 0 or undetectable

Thanks,
Karl
Temp. - 77f

 

[srgetz]

Sounds like you're doing everything right, except the small size of that tank. Any luck with him eating yet? Did you try some raw seafood (shrimp, clam, squid)?

 

[Hara]

did you see it eat at the store?

 

[melissfish]

my dwarf lionfish only eats twice a week , we try to feed him more often but he refuses.