Lionfish issues

[sal16cal1]

It doesn’t matter if he was raised on pellets. The fish has instincts for meaty foods and will prefer them especially after giving them a try

 

[sal16cal1]

What species of lionfish do you have, the dwarf and medium bodied lions may do better and is sometimes necessary to include live foods. The volitans most times will accept a variety of dead foods and will live a long life. Here's a thread on live foods, if you click my name and "find all threads" you find tons of info on lions and other predators.

Live Food

Ghosties, guppies, and mollies, oh my. These are the best, most available, safest, and nutritional choices to feed your predator. If you have a fish you have decided the inclusion of a live in beneficial or even necessary, these are the best options to feed. I can not recommend no other species...

www.reef2reef.com

Now he’s spitting up silversides I literally couldn’t make the piece smaller. Krill as well gets spit out But he’s eating squid. Salmon is next on the list. . He must just struggle to eat. He was in copper at the lfs for multiple weeks. So who knows how long he will live.

 

[lion king]

Now he’s spitting up silversides I literally couldn’t make the piece smaller. Krill as well gets spit out But he’s eating squid. Salmon is next on the list. . He must just struggle to eat. He was in copper at the lfs for multiple weeks. So who knows how long he will live.

If you have read any of my threads, my 1st advice is to not buy lionfish from sources running copper. While the experts on this board challenge me on this issue, every lion I have seen exposed to copper do not do well. Other causes of regurgitation could be over feeding, and this also means feeding too often. Once settled, depending on their size, feeding should be approximately twice a week. Maintaining at least reef level of mg and even boosting as high as 1600ppm can help with digestion. While it usually takes more time to suffer from nutritional deficiencies and/or thiaminese poisoning, which causes a vit B1 deficiency; this also can cause regurgitation. If you are able to, providing live food could help to rebuild his nutritional stores. Then limit shrimp and krill, I do not recommend krill at all. These contain a high amount of thiaminese, which leads back to a nutritional deficiency.

 

[sal16cal1]

If you have read any of my threads, my 1st advice is to not buy lionfish from sources running copper. While the experts on this board challenge me on this issue, every lion I have seen exposed to copper do not do well. Other causes of regurgitation could be over feeding, and this also means feeding too often. Once settled, depending on their size, feeding should be approximately twice a week. Maintaining at least reef level of mg and even boosting as high as 1600ppm can help with digestion. While it usually takes more time to suffer from nutritional deficiencies and/or thiaminese poisoning, which causes a vit B1 deficiency; this also can cause regurgitation. If you are able to, providing live food could help to rebuild his nutritional stores. Then limit shrimp and krill, I do not recommend krill at all. These contain a high amount of thiaminese, which leads back to a nutritional deficiency.

He eats salmon, scallops and squid with no issues. But a piece of silverside or krilll nope. Interesting. I read your piece after I bought the fish. You have been great thank you so much

 

[sal16cal1]

If you have read any of my threads, my 1st advice is to not buy lionfish from sources running copper. While the experts on this board challenge me on this issue, every lion I have seen exposed to copper do not do well. Other causes of regurgitation could be over feeding, and this also means feeding too often. Once settled, depending on their size, feeding should be approximately twice a week. Maintaining at least reef level of mg and even boosting as high as 1600ppm can help with digestion. While it usually takes more time to suffer from nutritional deficiencies and/or thiaminese poisoning, which causes a vit B1 deficiency; this also can cause regurgitation. If you are able to, providing live food could help to rebuild his nutritional stores. Then limit shrimp and krill, I do not recommend krill at all. These contain a high amount of thiaminese, which leads back to a nutritional deficiency.

Last question my friend. Hyposalinity is the only treatment for ich on Lionfish correct?