radiata lion wont eat.

joander123 said:
yes it can lol.

any ideas on what to try next?
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Did you try live ghost or SW feeder shrimp? I may have missed the post) You may have to use FW feeders as a last resort; I've done this and then gotten them onto frozen food. Lions like their food a lot bigger than many folks think. Most lions, except the babies, will ignore brine, mysiss, etc. They want a mouthful they can swallow whole.
 
Live feeders will be your best bet. Once he associates food (live food) with you, he will be more likely to take other foods.
 
I say wait a week and try the ghost shrimp again. If he did eat your peppermint he'll be hungry again by then.
 
turns out he didnt get the peppermint... i saw the pep today.

I thought he had eaten it cause last night i looked at the tank and there were what appeared to be remains of a shrimp floating all about the tank.

i dont know, am i more worried than i should be? Now hes starting to not even seem interested.

Another issue is im going away for 5 days tomorrow (football camp) and my mother will be watching the tank. Shes usually pretty good, but she wont exactly know what shes doing, she'll just feed frozen foods like i have instructed her...
 
had him about a full week now i think. Maybe a little less cant remember perfectly.

store didnt feed him when i got him.
 
I think my lion waited over 2 weeks before he would even look at food, and it was ghost shrimp I finally got him to take.
 
ok, so hopefully no worries.

i instructed my mother to do the same to the tanks for when i was going away as she did 2 weeks ago, she feeds a variety of frozen and dry foods to all of my fish.

Maybe i will try another ghost shrimp when i get home.

Thanks guys,
Jay
 
back today, long story short we got booted out of camp early...

anyways the lion still looks fine, but i still dont think he has eaten.
 
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