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[quote author=nurse1 link=board=Newbie;num=1101582022;start=0#7 date=12/08/04 at 22:34:56]Thank you for your responses. OOOhhh I feel so dumb! *I absolutely LOVE my lionfish, he is a volitans. I have done some research and I am now looking into a larger tank! I have been looking at a 90 gallon wave tank, any suggestions? The pet store says for about $1100 that tank would be good to go, do I have to spend that much? As for my profile I don't know what to say except that I have a nano cube with live rocks, live sand and alot of creatures!(pics enclosed) The pics were taken about 2 weeks ago and there has been alot of growth since then. There is also a crab that hides most of the time and 2 snails and a bunch of little crabs in shells. The lionfish is doing well for now but he is growing fast! He loves to eat shrimp and goldfish. This is what the pet store said to feed but everywhere else I look it says not to continue with that diet for long, it says I should wean him to dead food, must I do this? I live in south Florida and live food isn't hard to get. I am also reading that he should be fed 2-3 times per week, he is constantly begging for food and I usually give him a fish in the am and some shrimp at dinner time, is this to much? I have also noticed that I have quite a few empty shells in the sand, is my lionfish eating the crabs?[/quote]
[quote author=nurse1 link=board=Newbie;num=1101582022;start=0#7 date=12/08/04 at 22:34:56]Thank you for your responses. OOOhhh I feel so dumb! I absolutely LOVE my lionfish, he is a volitans. I have done some research and I am now looking into a larger tank! I have been looking at a 90 gallon wave tank, any suggestions? The pet store says for about $1100 that tank would be good to go, do I have to spend that much? As for my profile I don't know what to say except that I have a nano cube with live rocks, live sand and alot of creatures!(pics enclosed) The pics were taken about 2 weeks ago and there has been alot of growth since then. There is also a crab that hides most of the time and 2 snails and a bunch of little crabs in shells. The lionfish is doing well for now but he is growing fast! He loves to eat shrimp and goldfish. This is what the pet store said to feed but everywhere else I look it says not to continue with that diet for long, it says I should wean him to dead food, must I do this? I live in south Florida and live food isn't hard to get. I am also reading that he should be fed 2-3 times per week, he is constantly begging for food and I usually give him a fish in the am and some shrimp at dinner time, is this to much? I have also noticed that I have quite a few empty shells in the sand, is my lionfish eating the crabs?[/quote]

Lions feed mainly on iverts in the wild (crabs, shrimp, ect.) so he is prob. the one leaving empty shells.....and you are feeding too much.....the lion wont digest all of the parts of the live critters. so you get alot of excess waste....the cube will crach quick if you continue to feed live food. I learned that one personally with a 12 gallon tank and a baby lion. it may be hard to restrain yourselfm, but if your lion does good i would not add anything else to the tank, cubes seem to have severe one fish syndrome.