Mr. Phoomps

[danny zubot]

About 6 months ago I bought a dwarf lionfish that wouldn't eat for me. I sent him over to Deb, aka "Lion Tamer" and she got him feeding. Now he's 3 times the size he was before.

Mr. Phoomps!

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1071Phoomps3.jpg

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1071Phoomps2-med.jpg

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/data/500/1071Phoomps1-med.jpg

[Delphinus]

Awesome! How big will he get?

[danny zubot]

He won't get much bigger than what he is now, thank God! I was a bit nervous putting him back in the tank but he feeds fine and leaves the other fish alone.

[EmilyB]

He looks great Danny ! We miss him already.. :smile:

[danny zubot]

Haha! You can come and visit when the new tank is setup! :biggrin:

[Coldwater]

Thats one nice looking fish and tank!

Matt

[Beverly]

Beautiful fish :cool: But with my luck, I'd probably get stung while basting the tank and end up in ER again :razz:

[AndyL]

Beautiful fish :cool: But with my luck, I'd probably get stung while basting the tank and end up in ER again :razz:

Lion venom isn't too bad actually... Speaking from experience, felt like my arm was gonna fall off for a while...

The toxin breaks down in heat - thus putting the stung area in water as hot as one can stand is the general cure (tho it is highly recommended that you visit a medical professional to make sure none of the stinger remains to cause an infection).

Andy

[danny zubot]

Thanks everyone. I was pretty nervous watching Deb feed him the other day because her hand got dangerously close to him. I fed him by hand last night though, and that was soooo cool! :cool: He recognizes a hand as being the bringer of food, not a threat, but caution never hurt anyone. :biggrin: