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Old 08-02-2004, 10:13 PM   #1
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Lion Fish is Sick

Hello,
I have a black volitan lion fish, and have had him for about a year. Starting about a week ago, he stopped eating. I would put frozen Krill in the tank, and he would examine it, and lunge at it, but never eat it. Normally this fish has been an absolute pig.

Throughout the week his health has detoriated, espeically in the past day. He is now huddled in a corner, looking VERY bad.

Nothing has changed in the tank in the past month, so I'm not sure what could be the problem. I really do not want to lose this fish, can somebody give some ideas of what I could do?

-Spencer Miles
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Old 08-02-2004, 10:15 PM   #2
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Hi spencermiles, Welcome to Reefland!

Is krill the only diet this fish has had in the past year? Assuming that all of your water conditions are fine and nothing has changed, it could very well be that the limited diet has finally caught up to the fish or perhaps, it's just his time.
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Old 08-02-2004, 10:22 PM   #3
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Hi spencermiles, Welcome to Reefland!

Is krill the only diet this fish has had in the past year? Assuming that all of your water conditions are fine and nothing has changed, it could very well be that the limited diet has finally caught up to the fish or perhaps, it's just his time.
Yes, I just did some reading elsewhere that said the same about the Krill. Unfortunatley, the fish store (Which i previously trusted) had said krill was all I needed to feed them. Can you think of anything I can do now to get him to eat?
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Old 08-02-2004, 11:45 PM   #4
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Spencer,

Check out Dr. Frank Marini's post in this thread: Sick Lion Fish
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Old 08-02-2004, 11:46 PM   #5
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Ninong beat me to it, I just copied the link and was going to paste it here.
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