AbnormalReefer
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I can’t believe I finally did it! Today.... I witnessed my fuzzy dwarf, of whom I’ve fought relentlessly with for over a month, has finally taken and accepted a bite of frozen mysis/brine shrimp! Time for my antennata next....
I will share my knowledge and learning experiences to everyone, and how I got my fuzzy dwarf onto frozen.
Step 1 - Make sure he’s eating something. I recommend gut loaded freshwater ghost shrimp to start off with. Mine personally took to this immediately. I would not recommend feeder freshwater fish, as these can have a negative affect on the liver. I wouldn’t even recommend keeping them on ghost shrimp forever. I’d recommend 2-3 weeks maximum.
Step 2 - Attempt to switch onto dead ghost shrimp. What I did was crush the ghost shrimps head at first, so that way due to their nerves they still convulse, however aren’t alive. This became an incentive for my lion to take it. It’s almost like tricking it into thinking it’s live. Next, I started freezing the ghost shrimp and giving it to the lion. He and my antennata took willingly to it.
Step 3 - Switch onto krill enhanced with garlic. Now here’s where it got tricky for me. I’ve also heard it all with krill and how it negatively affects gut impaction. However, this is what worked for me. This was a very odd phase for me. First, I fed plain krill, as it looked similar to the dead ghost shrimp, albeit color. They went for it however immediately spat and turned around in disgust. Later, I tried garlic with the krill by soaking it in chopped garlic. I fed it to them via tongs and eventually the antennata and fuzzy both took one, however definitely didn’t like it, as they haven’t eaten another since.
Step 4 - Convert to frozen mysis or brine through spontaneous luck. I’ll be honest people, I do not know how this happened. Today, I witnessed my fuzzy take a piece of mysis, and then a second, and then a third! I thought my eyes deceived me for a second! Again, I do not know how this happened. I did not starve the lion whatsoever. In fact I did the exact opposite. I forced the frozen on them daily, even with live food in the tank.
Epilogue - Do I advise all of what I’ve done to convert my fuzzy to frozen? No. It hasn’t even worked on my antennata yet either! So I’m not aware if I actually caused some science to happen or if Santa Claus paid me an early, hidden visit! Try this technique if you will with your own picky lionfish, however, I am not responsible for damage or death of your livestock due to following my method.
I will share my knowledge and learning experiences to everyone, and how I got my fuzzy dwarf onto frozen.
Step 1 - Make sure he’s eating something. I recommend gut loaded freshwater ghost shrimp to start off with. Mine personally took to this immediately. I would not recommend feeder freshwater fish, as these can have a negative affect on the liver. I wouldn’t even recommend keeping them on ghost shrimp forever. I’d recommend 2-3 weeks maximum.
Step 2 - Attempt to switch onto dead ghost shrimp. What I did was crush the ghost shrimps head at first, so that way due to their nerves they still convulse, however aren’t alive. This became an incentive for my lion to take it. It’s almost like tricking it into thinking it’s live. Next, I started freezing the ghost shrimp and giving it to the lion. He and my antennata took willingly to it.
Step 3 - Switch onto krill enhanced with garlic. Now here’s where it got tricky for me. I’ve also heard it all with krill and how it negatively affects gut impaction. However, this is what worked for me. This was a very odd phase for me. First, I fed plain krill, as it looked similar to the dead ghost shrimp, albeit color. They went for it however immediately spat and turned around in disgust. Later, I tried garlic with the krill by soaking it in chopped garlic. I fed it to them via tongs and eventually the antennata and fuzzy both took one, however definitely didn’t like it, as they haven’t eaten another since.
Step 4 - Convert to frozen mysis or brine through spontaneous luck. I’ll be honest people, I do not know how this happened. Today, I witnessed my fuzzy take a piece of mysis, and then a second, and then a third! I thought my eyes deceived me for a second! Again, I do not know how this happened. I did not starve the lion whatsoever. In fact I did the exact opposite. I forced the frozen on them daily, even with live food in the tank.
Epilogue - Do I advise all of what I’ve done to convert my fuzzy to frozen? No. It hasn’t even worked on my antennata yet either! So I’m not aware if I actually caused some science to happen or if Santa Claus paid me an early, hidden visit! Try this technique if you will with your own picky lionfish, however, I am not responsible for damage or death of your livestock due to following my method.
