lionfish

[sbazain]

he stopped eating four days ago and every time he eats something he spits it out am giving him squid and shrimp any ideas or suggestions

 

[lion king]

What species of lion, how long have you had him, does all your water quality parameters check out, has anything changed in your tank like new inhabitants.

 

[sbazain]

regular parameters are ok nitrates a little high had him now for over four months

 

[lion king]

Is it a volitan lion or one of the dwarf or medium bodied lions. Volitans take better to feeding dead food. Sometimes the others may decide not to eat dead food. If it's a volitan does he seem healthy otherwise, how does his color look, has his activity changed at all. Live food like ghost shrimp usually triggers a feeding response, if not then there's some other underlying issue. Four days for a lion really isn't that long, how often do you usually feed him. Every other day to every third day until you see a slight bulge in his belly is better than every day. In the wild they would gorge and fast.

How high is high nitrates

 

[sbazain]

80 working on biopellets but that hasent stopped him before

 

[lion king]

I consider 80 very high, it is for my fowlrs. My angler tank is usually last on my maintenance list. His appetite waned and I found nitrates to be over 30. I did a series of water changes to get it down to 10. His appetite almost immediately rebounded. Every fish will react differently to different levels of nitrates, it's just something to consider.

 

[sbazain]

working on water changes have to get set up