Small feeders?

[Dixie_reefer]

Is there such a thing as a smaller feeder fish? Like rosey reds but saltwater? I am having a hard time converting my new fuzzy. She is only about 2 inches long. She loves ghost shrimp and will even go after dead/frozen ghosties but will not eat frozen krill. I want to get her onto fish, octo, squid etc. I feel like if I can find smaller saltwater feeders, get her on live ones, then start freezing them, I could transition her onto better foods.

I have been fasting her this week and offer a krill every night. She acts interested but doesn't take it. I made a feeding stick from a kabob stick and fishing line. That worked with my previous zebra but she's a finicky girl. So, do smaller sw feeders exist? what are they called? Not chromis/damsels etc. Thanks!

 

[lion king]

You can easily acclimate fresh water mollies, check around and you'll find fresh water stores having all sizes for sale. Brine shrimp direct has marine feeder fish, but expensive to feed one fish.

 

[Dixie_reefer]

Mollies are ok to feed them? I don't want to make her sick.

 

[lion king]

My lions have eaten mollies for years, they get them at least once a month. Mollies are actually a brackish fish and breed in brackish water. They sell them as fresh water but do better if kept in at least brackish, I've bred them in full salt water tanks. Mollies breed so readily that lfs usually get in bunches, from small babies to assorted sizes that are the proper size for your lion's size. It's better to feed him 2-3 really small ones than a large one. They pretty much just immediately acclimate, likely they will be eaten quickly.

 

[SaltLifer]

I saw a video the other day, maybe it was Biota, was using feeder clowns for their captive bred fish.

 

[AlexG]

I would try feeding some live brine shrimp mixed with frozen mysis shrimp. Most dwarf lions convert to frozen pretty fast but if its being picky try live brine. If the lion takes lie brine then mixing it with other frozen foods will encourage feeding. The live brine is not much in the way of nutritional value but it does move and can help to convert live feeding fish over to frozen.

 

[Dixie_reefer]

Ok, little update. She eats frozen ghosties like crazy. I have gotten her to where she will eat a few jumbo mysis only after I get her going and excited with a frozen ghost shrimp. Baby steps I guess.