210g Things with Stings

FeliciaLynn · Jan 31, 2016

That's crazy! Thanks for the video! So cool! I wonder if mine would take strawberries, haha!

FeliciaLynn · Jan 31, 2016

Lionfish Lair said:
It's not an example of my awesomeness with training.... it's an example of "Oh wait! What was that I ate? Who cares. It's gone anyways".

I figured it might be this :) They eat before they think!

Lionfish Lair · Jan 31, 2016

FeliciaLynn said:
I figured it might be this :)

Wait. What? Your first thought should have been it was my awesomeness..... or at least your second thought should have been to at least LIE! LOL!

FeliciaLynn · Jan 31, 2016

Lionfish Lair said:
Wait. What? Your first thought should have been it was my awesomeness..... or at least your second thought should have been to at least LIE! LOL!

Well you are very awesome, but I have 3 lionfish so I know they tend to eat before thinking. haha! :)

ironeagle2006 · Feb 1, 2016

Larger Eels are the same way. I was feeding squid to my large SFE one night and he did not realize that he had already gotten his chunk of it and then bit the end of the feeding stick off and swallowed that off. He passed it a couple days later.

Lionfish Lair · Feb 1, 2016

Dang!

ironeagle2006 · Feb 2, 2016

The SFE in question at the time he expired a year later after a tornado destroyed the power grid for 4 days during summer in a highly stocked 150 Fowlr was over 27 inches long at his death and 2 inches around. Lets just say massive for a SFE. He at well as I had access thanks to my late FIL who when we went to see him lived 2 blocks from a Oriental Grocer that normally had fresh squid for about 2 bucks a lb fresh octopus for 3 bucks a lb and large head on shrimp for under 4 bucks a lb. He would eat a whole shrimp every 2 days and the tentacles off a squid or octopus once a week the rest of the stuff I fed to the tank.

Lionfish Lair · Mar 11, 2016

I finally found 2 more "Things with Stings" to put in this tank. A new Fu Manchu and a Cockatoo will be here on Tuesday. Time to get some live food and pretty up the QT tanks.

rayn · Mar 11, 2016

Score! I haven't seen a cockatoo in a while. Miss those awesome fish

Lionfish Lair · Mar 11, 2016

Still one of my favs as well.

Lionfish Lair · Mar 15, 2016

I almost never got this beast in the house..... 39lbs for 2 fish!

rayn · Mar 15, 2016

A box?! Come on, show us the fish!!!

Lionfish Lair · Mar 15, 2016

They're still in the box.

rayn · Mar 15, 2016

Lionfish Lair said:
They're still in the box.

Why? Do I need to come help acclimate them for you?

Lionfish Lair · Mar 15, 2016

I can't get the box into the garage where the QT tank is.

Oh the joys of having a messed up back in this hobby. I guess we'll need to figure out a way to do it for future purchases.

Lionfish Lair · Mar 15, 2016

The Cocokatoo is not as large as I expected. That's nice, because they had him measured at a mature adult size. He's an adult, but not full grown.

I have never seen such bagging in my life. It was like that "Pass the Parcel" game. I cut one bag, then another, then another, then another, I must be to the end soon, nope and another, then another.......

Naiad · Mar 15, 2016

Soo this is kind of funny because I actually have a Cockatoo as in the parrot and so I'm really excited to see what his fish name sake looks like!

Lionfish Lair · Mar 15, 2016

I had a Cocokatoo bird one time too.... I also owned a ferret at the same time. I was going to clean the birds area, so I sat the cage on the floor out of the way. I heard a little tinkle of the bird's bell and didn't think too much of it. When I peaked around the corner, the ferret had knocked it's water dish off and climbed in the cage. :-( Bye Bye Birdie.

You'll get the resemblance when I post a pic :-)