feeding dwarf lionfish

hello,
i got a zebra dwarf lionfish two days ago. what is the best way to get him to eat freeze dried krill or frozen silversides? thanks!

 

When I had my fuzzy dwarf I bought some reptile feeding tongs, thawed out the silver sides and grabbed the silver side by the tail and put it in the tank and kind of moved it around in front of the lion fish. It took a few days but eventually he started eating. If he is really hard to get to eat may need to feed live for a while until he is happy in the tank then try frozen again. I would try frozen for a while before going to live though. Ive heard of some people having to wait a week or so before theirs would eat frozen.

 

couple ways..........
1. he is going to have to be hungry. That means dont give in to him right away and feed him live.

the way i always used was a little shish-kaboob stick. Soak the krill in garlic and vitamins. Then very carefully slightly pierce the krill and put the piece of krill in front of hte fish and gently move the krill like it is swimming. It will take many times to get him even interested in this (dont pierce the krill to hard or else the fish will try to grab it and it will not come off and just scare him)

I have heard others tie fishing line in on the krill and place it in the tank in front of a low powerhead

 

I agree i did the same thing with mine the tongs work well

 

thanks guys! ill give itanother go in a couple of days!