New dwarf lionfish won’t eat

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Hey everyone I got a dwarf lionfish 6 days ago and I haven’t seen him eat anything. What are some good foods to get him to eat? I don’t mind feeding him live food at first just so I know he’s eating but I want him to eat frozen foods ultimately. Thanks!

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Live Ghost Shrimp should do the trick, and after the first couple of feedings start mixing in frozen food during feeding.
 
Live Ghost Shrimp should do the trick, and after the first couple of feedings start mixing in frozen food during feeding.
No stores near me sell ghost shrimp unfortunately
 
How big is it?

If it is small enough sometimes mysis shrimp is good start.

If it is larger try to find small frozen silversides. And then you use a feeding stick or or heavy fishing line to give the silveside some “life”.
 
I just found some ghost shrimp! Do I just dump them in or do i have to dangle it in front of the lionfish?
 
I just found some ghost shrimp! Do I just dump them in or do i have to dangle it in front of the lionfish?
No you don't have to dangle it infront of the lionfish you can just put them in the tank, I would make sure he sees them though so maybe somewhere infront of him.
 
From my experience try to keep a routine with the same tools, feed in the same manner every time, I used tongs and started with ghost shrimps, I would tap my tank with the tong and toss a shrimp few days later I started grabbing the live ghost shrimps with them tongs tap the tank to get a reaction after a week or so he was realizing me in the room after a tap on the tank food was coming and started to sever dead which he did not take because it was not animated, with a straw I would stuff dead krill and pretended they were alive that worked but if I used the tong with dead krill he would ignore it but a few days without food they will eventually start snapping and knowing your presence means food. Now I tap my tank and both my fuzzy will scramble out from where ever they are to eat they know the tap means food.. also a good way to show them off tap tap and they scramble for food lol
 
The ghost shrimp worked! I put a couple in and he started chasing them almost immediately. Thanks for all the advice!
 
Anything that is alive and fits in his mouth will do it lol
 
Anything that is alive and fits in his mouth will do it lol
Haha I guess so. I’m super releaved because I had a golden dwarf moray eel that wouldn’t eat (it should be in my post history if curious) and I spent over $100 on different foods for him to try but nothing worked, unfortunately he passed after about 5 months of me not seeing him eat. Needless to say I’m really glad my lionfish is eating
 
Now...once it eats frozen food do not under any circumstance feed it live food again, or you may revert back to only wanting live food...when we say frozen make sure you thaw it first, since it eats it's food whole it may spit out something that is solid like a rock.
 

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