I stumbled on this guy at my local lfs , after some persuasive talk I walked out of there paying $35, Not bad at all. I have a 29 gal setup for about 13 months I've had the eel for about 4 months. Intially he was stubborn but I got him eating frozen bloodworm with fresh squeezed garlic juice. I'll update periodically as theres always a new challenge to take with finicky creatures.
OOtzie's fire eel & cuc
- Thread starter OOtzie
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- Staten Island
Not a bad deal, those freshwater eels are usually one of the most desired and typically go between 60-99 bucks.
You'll definitely want a bigger tank though, they don't grow as big as some morays but can easily hit the size of a snowflake and will be much thicker around.
I had one a few years back would put my freshwater tank under low power actinic lights just for looks, it would highlight the eel's red streaks, big attention getter.
You'll definitely want a bigger tank though, they don't grow as big as some morays but can easily hit the size of a snowflake and will be much thicker around.
I had one a few years back would put my freshwater tank under low power actinic lights just for looks, it would highlight the eel's red streaks, big attention getter.
Yea I know in time ill have to upgrade. I'm working on him accepting frozen krill because I want to vary his diet. What did you feed yours ? Intially he loved frozen blood worm now he just eats it just cause, doesn't really seem interested likea little kid to vegetables
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- Staten Island
Shrimp from the supermarket frozen food section make sure it is NOT cooked, and Blood Worms that's all there is to it really. I don't have my freshwater tank anymore, about a year and a half ago I got completely bored and took it down. But the eel was definitely the centerpiece of that tank. Never fed mine veggies, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try and get them to eat some but most of the fire eels I've seen don't really fancy it.
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- whitestone
wow, did they go up in price by that much? 60-99 seems extreme, I remember 8 years ago when I bought mine for 10.
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