Lionfish showoff

lion king · May 16, 2019

PacsAdmin77 said:
Before it stopped eating for a week, I’d fed it 2x/week, and each feeding, it could easily take 6-7 whole krill. But now, it would only accept 2 krill per feeding. I’m thinking I might’ve overfed it before and now the Lionfish is adjusting to eating fewer krill per feeding. Thoughts?

Have you seen his poo back to normal.

As much as we try there is no stead fast absolute. While most fuzzys seem to be insatiable, each fish is different. Some of my fish I have to fight off to get others food, while it seems as if I always have to coax others into eating enough. Eating and activity is a good sign, so give it time to get into rhythym.

lion king · May 22, 2019

The King of the 210.

PacsAdmin77 · May 22, 2019

lion king said:
Have you seen his poo back to normal.

As much as we try there is no stead fast absolute. While most fuzzys seem to be insatiable, each fish is different. Some of my fish I have to fight off to get others food, while it seems as if I always have to coax others into eating enough. Eating and activity is a good sign, so give it time to get into rhythym.

So I’m experiencing feeding issues with my Yellow Fuzzy. It’s been weaned onto frozen Hikari krill and though there have been a few bumps along the way, it’s been eating krill without any issues. Lately, however, it would swallow a whole krill and appear as if it’s fully ingesting it but then it would spit the krill back up. This happens to krill of all sizes (even tiny ones). I’ve even tried feeding it other frozen foods, like fish and scallop pieces, but it spit them out as well. My biggest fear is that the Yellow Fuzzy is rejecting frozen food for some reason and I would have to revert to feeding it live ghost shrimp. Any thoughts?

PacsAdmin77 · Jun 22, 2019

New Yellow Fuzzy in QT

lion king · Jun 22, 2019

PacsAdmin77 said:
New Yellow Fuzzy in QT

Do you have 2 now, where did this one come from.

PacsAdmin77 · Jun 29, 2019

Hi All,

I have a question about the first yellow fuzzy under my care. When it's in the QT by itself, it looked pretty nice like this, with visible yellow all over

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PacsAdmin77
Jun 29, 2019

Yellow Fuzzy in QT

However, when I released it into the display tank, I noticed that it slowly lost some yellow coloration and has developed a "bald" spot behind its head like this

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PacsAdmin77
Jun 29, 2019

Yellow Fuzzy in DT

Other than this color loss, it's swimming and eating fine.

Any idea what might be causing this?

lion king · Jun 29, 2019

PacsAdmin77 said:
Hi All,

I have a question about the first yellow fuzzy under my care. When it's in the QT by itself, it looked pretty nice like this, with visible yellow all over

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PacsAdmin77

Jun 29, 2019

Yellow Fuzzy in QT

However, when I released it into the display tank, I noticed that it slowly lost some yellow coloration and has developed a "bald" spot behind its head like this

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PacsAdmin77

Jun 29, 2019

Yellow Fuzzy in DT

Other than this color loss, it's swimming and eating fine.

Any idea what might be causing this?

So you got the parasite situation straighten out, you did see a good fecal sample from the 1st yellow.

Lions can be moody and their color can change to reflect that, the fading yellow can be a cause of stress, after a while that should color back up. Now the total loss of pigment sometimes is indicative of parasites.

najer · Jun 30, 2019

OrionN · Jun 30, 2019

lion king · Jul 1, 2019

@OrionN you take the nicest pictures.

PacsAdmin77 · Jul 7, 2019

Hi All,

Has anyone noticed their Lionfish eye color change? When I first got my 2nd Yellow Fuzzy, his eyes were white with black streaks (pics below taken on 6/22/19):

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PacsAdmin77
Jul 7, 2019

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PacsAdmin77
Jul 7, 2019

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PacsAdmin77
Jul 7, 2019

However, today, his eyes are no longer white and have become darker.

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PacsAdmin77
Jul 7, 2019

Despite the eye color change, he still recognizes me when I get close to his QT and is eating/swimming fine.

I’d like to know if this is cause for concern.

PacsAdmin77 · Jul 13, 2019

lion king said:
Yes that is the most successful way, if they are fresh dead they are white. When they are dead longer they turn pink, he may take these easier than anything else dead. Some people will even freeze ghosties and feed only dead ones for a while to get him used to eating dead. Then try krill, whole pieces is best. Some will take to feeding from a stick, most will not. 1st just try to drop the dead ones in like you are feeding live. The krill I get from the asian market is in the frozen shrimp section, the market I go to even call them "tiny shrimp". The asian market I go to is called Ranch Market, it's a chain asian market that we have in my area.

Hi @lion king , which specific chain Asian market do you get your frozen krill from? And what’s the brand of these krill?