Volitan Lionfish Feeding

[Jeremy.XIII]

I just picked up my first volitan lion and although the LFS had him eating minnows, I don't feel like that's the best course of nutrition for the little guy. Any tips or advice on what to feed and how often?

[Jeremy.XIII]

Bump.

[Lion-o]

Probably not what you want to hear but I'd recommend a book that helped alot for me :)
http://www.amazon.com/Lionfishes-Other-Scorpionfishes-Successful-Spectacular/dp/0793816793/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1447004554&sr=8-2&keywords=lionfish+and+scorpionfish

That said minnows should be converted off of asap. You can try live ghostshrimp or frozen silversides to ween him off. Both I would recommend enriching with vitamins prior to feeding. If you feed a frozen mix of goodies (clam,squid,shrimp,fish,etc), he may also partake in that if the chunks are large enough. They can be picky to start though with only live food prior to.

[Jeremy.XIII]

I'll check out the book, for sure. And yeah, I figured the minnows weren't good. He has a voracious appetite so I'm hoping it won't be too hard to get him on silversides. What vitamins should one use to enrich the food with?

[Duke4life]

Can you get your hands on any LRS "chunky" blend? If not try pieces of shrimp, fish, squid, fresh seafood on the end of a feeding stick.