thanks everyone for the help. Today after work I stopped by Petorama and got some ghost shrimp and some guppies. As soon as I got home I threw one of each in and in a matter of seconds they were resting deep inside my lionfish's stomach. I must admit that it was pretty cool to watch my newest addition hunt those poor unsuspecting little guppies. The shrimp however seemed scared to death and almost begging for mercy. I hope one day he will accept frozen food but untill then I will enjoy feeding him living creatures. By the way the shrimp and the guppies were very inexpensive(12 for 2 dollars) ,so I dont mind keeping this up for a while.