Originally Posted by grandad

hello dudley, right first of all I would stop feeding him mollies and plattys ,because if they had any diseases then they will give it to him , also I would stop feeding him pellets , what I would start feeding him now is live river shrimp to get him hunting again, turn the lights off your tank and let your trigger settle down, your lionfish should start hunting when it is dark if he is hungry ,drop half a dozen shrimp in front of him and see what happens ,he should be after them like a shot ,dont worry if he does not get them all because as long as you acclimatise them they will live in your tank for a fortnight .as long as your trigger does not get them ,also I would try him with some c-ckles---mussels -krill and some lancet fish if he doesnt take any notice of them dangle them on a bit of cotten in front of him . with all that you have fed him it will take four to five days for him to bother to look for food , so in the future I would feed him less and every two to three days and see how he goes (i am feeding my two dwarf lionfish on river shrimp now until I can ween them onto c-ckles -muscles and lancetfish .hope this helps you ( I am storing my shrimp in a large sweet jar half strenghth saltwater and an airstone so that I can buy 30 or more at a time £3.00 normally . dont forget to feed them if you do the same, I feed mine marine flake and fragmented mussel and c-ckles etc so that when the lionfish eat them they are full of nutrition, I have a 12inch tweezers that I bought especialy for feeding mine frozen later on ,should cost around £4.00 at your local lfs other anotherway is to wiggle it in front of him on a thin accrilic rod , hope this has been helpful to you nearly 3 a m index finger completly worn out lol brian.