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Sea MunnKey · Apr 19, 2007

My latest addition ....

Dwarf Fu ManChu lionfish

Paul

divecj5 · Apr 19, 2007

Awesome Paul...gotta love the FU

That midas blenny is awesome as well....I saw one at the LFS a couple months ago and I was really contemplating getting one. I should have

Chelsey · Apr 19, 2007

divecj5 said:
Chelsey, can I ask what type of wrasse that is in your first pic? Gorgeous fish.

Thanks

That's my female leopard wrasse

She's roughly 3" long, a tiny thing still

divecj5 · Apr 19, 2007

Awesome...thanks for the reply...

Sea MunnKey · Apr 19, 2007

divecj5 said:
Awesome Paul...gotta love the FU

That midas blenny is awesome as well....I saw one at the LFS a couple months ago and I was really contemplating getting one. I should have

Thanks divecj5 .... right now he eats Ghost shrimps only!!

Paul

Azurel · Apr 19, 2007

I had a real finicky Lionfish just like the Fu Manchu, what I did to finally get him eating frozen was I took tank water added some mysis to it and let it thaw out. Then I took the ghost shrimp and let them sit in the mysis shrimp water for a bit then fed the Lionfish. After about 2 weeks of doing this he finally started eating the mysis and after that I never feed him ghost shrimp. Not saying it will work 100% of the time but it did for me. I think it got him used to the smell and taste of the mysis and once he had that he recognized the frozen mysis as a food source. I used the largest mysis you can get, I have done it as well with small krill as well........Just an idea to try to get it on to something better then ghost shrimp, although it is cool to watch them eat.

Nikon_Guy · Apr 19, 2007

I love that Fu Man Chu....Nice picture.... I swear I'm gonna start a FOWLER some day....

This is not a particularily great picture nor a very fancy fish, but I thought it was kind of cute.

Sea MunnKey · Apr 20, 2007

Hey Azurel....thanks for the 'feeding' tip. There's another type of Premium Mysis shrimp that is very high in Protein and it's labelled as P E Mysis shrimp.
A bit pricey but worth the while to try it out....

Sea MunnKey · Apr 20, 2007

Nikon Guy....in fact the picture of the Fu Man Chu lionfish was shot utilising a small LED flashlight on my left hand (as a Tripod as well)and snapped with old Canon digital camera without Flash...LOL!
That's a Nice composition..nice color contrast too...and I mean Yours. He heh...!!

Paul