Pterois volitans lion fish

[darrenx]

Hi I have one of these for a while now up until a week ago he was feeding 2 times a week no problems on lance fish. Now though he does not eat he opens his mouth so u can put it in but then spits it out, he comes out to feed when every thing else does. The only thing different is a different brand of lance fish. He is still constantly swimming around and active.

Water is ok with only 10 - 15 ppm nitrate, ph 8.0

please help i don't want him to die

[smarkham]

Sounds like he doesnt like the new food try going back to the old brand

[mousehunter22]

could be a bad batch of lance fish???? It may be that the new food wasnt frozen straight away and taste a bit stale or rotten and he doesnt like it????

Just a thought:D

[Tangman]

Hi as said could be a bad batch of lancefish so try another brand or the brand you were feeding him with. The trouble with feeding fish like this when only one type of food is fed they get stuck on it and can starve if its not available. What you need to do his get him feeding on all sorts of different foods ie lance fish, squid, whole mussels that way they dont get stuck on one food. HTH Twiggy:D:D

[moorish]

try and go back to the old batch of food as some fish are very fussy changing from one brand to another .derek

[darrenx]

I have baught him the old type of fish from the same manifacturer and he swolows it but then spits it out.... he eat one or two flake pieces and then sniffed at the rest and inored it... help I do not want him to die..

[Guest]

i used to keep 5 various types of volitans and at first they ate goldfish but went off them after a while then ate platys they cost a fortune but i found they have to have a varied diet or else they lose interest hth