What Is The Smallest Marine Feeder Fish You Can Get?

[haulme]

Hi all

I have a 4 inch Antenatta Lionfish and I would like to give it a little marine fish as a treat this weekend.

Any suggestions?

 

[andywg]

Pterois antennata naturally feed on shrimp and other smaller crustaceans, with fish forming a small part of their diet. A better treat would probably be some live ghost/river shrimp.

 

[Mr Miagi]

Agreed. Try and get him feeding on frozen foods as soon as you have the chance. This decreases the risk of poor nutrition from one staple food. If he is a small lion, they do eat brine shrimp or bloodworm when they are alive/swiming in the water coloum. You could try baby mollies, as they can be addapted/kept in brakish water, they last longer than normal feeders. (Feed them some marine flake before feeding them to the lion, this way they have more nutritional value).

 

[k.o.d]

If you give him feeders as a treat he will never be weaned off live foods.
River shrimp are ideal and are relatively inexpensive
They will do just as well on whitebait/frozen prawns/mussels

 

[haulme]

I tried some cocktail shrimp this morning and he went for it and then spat it out. I think he realised it wasn't alive.

I want to wiggle some food in front of him so it makes him want to eat but I'm scared he could hurt himself on whatever implement I use to feed him.

Would a piece of shrimp tied to some thread be good idea? I'm think of just threading the shrimp that way I can make it wiggle in front of him and then it can slip of when he goes for it.

 

[andywg]

You can feed it from a stick, that woun't hurt it.

 

[Mr Miagi]

I use chopsticks. Designed for children, they are food safe, long, and easy to handle.

 

[pleder]

Smallest feeders I know of being available out side of rotifers, copepods, and baby brine shrimp, are the white shrimp whose fry is sold at a size of 1mm. There are some pretty small feeders around.

I'd second the food stick or the chopstick for the lion.