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| hi i have a 60 gallon tank about 3 months old. i had a 2 inch lionfish and a koran angel. a couple of days ago i added an anger. i put about 6 guppies in there for the lion and the angler, however the lion ate all the guppies right away. the next day the lion was in the bottom gasping and eventually died. there were no visible marks on him, all the tests came out normal. what caused the lionfish to die? was it intestinal blockage from the guppies? please help
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| Hi angler, I don't know if there is any way to know without doing a necropsy on the fish. Probably not a blockage, but always a chance. I recall recently reading an article where a persons angler ate his shark (killed both). Sorry for your loss.
________________________________________________ Keith "Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy." Wayne Dyer
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| Guppies are NOT an appropriate diet for lionfish. Live foods carry pathogens. Did you quarantine the fish? There are a few threads on feeding lionfish that you may find helpful - the search button in the upper right corner will provide many threads.
Kelly
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