Breakin Him of Live Food!

[JD'sReef]

Good evening all,
Just wondering if anyone can give me any pointers for breaking my Antenna lion from live shrimp. I am only feeding him once a week but I feel it would be much easier it I could just give him a piece of dried shrimp rather then live. I have tried silversides and the works. He will go and look at the piece of food I am dangling in the tank, but upon closer inspection he realizes it is not real. Then he will just watch it till i get pissed off. I know he is laughing at me.
Thanks for the Advice.
J.

 

[Anonymous]

Frozen, thawed, on a feeding stick. You should be able to devise one easily enough with plastic cutlery.

 

[Anonymous]

Also remember that in the interests of proper nutrition and the long term health of your fish, you need to offer WHOLE food items most of the time - not just fish or shrimp meat. This means whole fish.

 

[JD'sReef]

-I have been using the whole fish, for that reason only. I am more or less trying to ween he/she/it off of live ghost shrimp for health reasons.
-A feeding stick is something I had not thought of. I am using large tweezers and he seems to be frightened when I move them around the tank. Because of this I keep the food at the surface of the tank. He is enticed by it, but dose not want to take food from the surface. When I release the food he realizes it is dead and moves on.
Anyone know how long he can go without a meal. I do not want to kill him, but right now it is about a week between live shrimp.
Thanks,
J.