eey0n
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Post by eey0n on Feb 26, 2013 5:06:39 GMT -5
I'm looking for tips on getting my lionfish to eat. He use to eat just fine. I'd put some krill on the end of a bamboo skewer and he'd race up to the top of the tank and snatch it away. Unfortunatly, he got some sort of bacterial infection which I had to treat with TC Tetracycline?!...is I believed how it's spelt. His eyes were all puffed up and cloudy and he was really lathargic and not looking so hot. Unfortunately, I'm a bit new at this and so I didn't realize what was going on until about 5 days ago. NOW, i've done the complete treatment, he is moving around a bit more and his eyes look WAY better. The TC has turned my damn tank the color of kool-aid. I'm using the product the box recommended to fix the "Slight discoloration". However, it's been 7 days and Igor still isn't eatting. I've tried about everything I've had recommended to me. Soaking his food in garlic, I went and got a small live fish in hopes he's eat that...it's still swimming around. He's breathing and swimming ok...Twice he's kind of snapped at the food but not yet eaten any that I'm aware of. Does anyone have any ideas?! I really don't want to lose this guy!
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Post by lindsey1984 on Feb 26, 2013 20:13:10 GMT -5
I honestly wish I could help you Pat! I'm surprised no one else has any tips! I personally have never had a lion fish or anything similar, wish I had better ideas for you!  I hope he gets better ASAP! |
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Post by spotfin on Feb 26, 2013 20:34:38 GMT -5
I would give it a bit more time. How much longer do you need to treat the tank? May be better to treat him in a qt tank.
Lionfish are sight predators, so if his eyes are still blurry he will have a hard time focusing on prey. If he gets back to normal, you should add more variety to his diet too.
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Post by NateG on Feb 26, 2013 22:57:10 GMT -5
I don't know if this is a "humane" solution, but you could take that feeder fish out, and shorten its tail. I'm not sure if it will have more/less appeal being an injured fish but it will at least slow it down for the weakened lionfish to catch up to it
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Feb 26, 2013 23:05:01 GMT -5
Never tried it with marine fish but I know from my years with local and exotic freshwater species, a fresh healthy night crawler is one of the best things to entice a predatory fish into feeding.
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eey0n
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Post by eey0n on Feb 27, 2013 4:49:13 GMT -5
Thanks for the ideas guys! I think I'm gonna give the night crawler a try and maybe pick up a 10 gal qt tank to treat him in from here on out. Hopefully it will work, we shall see. I'll let you know what happens.
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Feb 27, 2013 9:18:57 GMT -5
If the fish is in you main tank then putting it into a quarantine tank isn't going to do much unless the fish had a real bad bacterial infection or something that needs medication. Moving the fish will probably just stress it out even more. Id leave it alone and try to entice it to eat. On another note, you treated the fish in your display tank? Is it a fish only with live rock or a reef tank? Just curious because there could be many different chemicals and compounds in the medication that could be absorbed into the tanks silicone, sand, rocks or and other decorations that may be harmful to future livestock. Just something to consider when medicating you display tank.
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Post by lindsey1984 on Mar 3, 2013 9:37:26 GMT -5
How is he doing Pat?
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I hope he gets better ASAP! 
