Lionfish help

[ryrazzer]

Hi all. Last week a bought a Lionfish. I think its a fuzzy dwarf but not sure. It looks like this http://www.nos.noaa.gov/education/stories/lionfish/media/lion0b_240.jpg
Its very small about an inch long. Im worried because it doesnt seem to be feeding. I feed my other fish frozen artemia and frozen marine mix. I know the lionfish eats fish so i bought some frozen lancer fish and a some prawns. The lionfish will not eat any of the food i put in the tank. Ive tried dangling the food in front of it trying to get him to take it but no luck.

Thanks

 

[Max]

You might have to start it out on something like live guppies or young mollies. Sometimes they won't tank frozen foods when they are very young or freshly imported. I hope that's not the line you have it looks like a voltans to me they get to be about the size of a basketball.

 

[OrionGirl]

That is a volitan--they get huge. If you can find live brine, that should do for a while.