Leaf scorpion fish ?'s

[ReeferDude]

I have purchased a leaf scorpion and its an amazing fish but ive had it for a week and its still not eating. the person who i got it through siad it was eating krill while he was in the transfere of giving it to me but its been a week now and ive tryed silversides krill prawns and live mollies and ive even saoked the frozen food in kent marine garlic extreme to coaxe him to eat but still no success. he doesnt look skinny or malnourished but im worried about suck an amazing fish. what should i do. when ever i try to feed him he gets discouraged and swimms away from the food.

 

[Reefdweller]

Have you tried ghost shrimp. When I needed to get my dwarf lion fish to eat, he went for ghost shrimp first then guppies and finally silversides.

 

[Leroy]

I don't have a leaf scorpion but I do have the ugliest scorpion fish, it's awesome. Got him from Aqua Addicts. It sits and waits for a guppy to swim by but misses out because all the other fish a 20 times faster. So I took a rigid plastic clear 3/8 air line and sharpened a point on the end then with a bic lighter I barely got close enough to warm it up and put a slight bend, little less that 45 deg, on the line. I pierce a thawed silverside and wiggle it in front of the scorpions face till it get the hint, time to eat. It's very time consuming but worth it. I asked a LFS about ghost shrimp and he said "Oh that's gonna cost you a lot of money" , "silversides will be best to feed your fish"......hmmmmm......oooook. It's eating, was tough at 1st for me too, also plenty of water changes since I do have a heavy load on my tank, all aggressive. Good luck, and patience. I get another if there's an uglier one out there.

 

[seahorse1]

You guys have any pictures of your scorpion fish?

 

[ReeferDude]

the one on my avatar is the picture of my fish