Alternate foods for my eel..

[silly34]

I have been feeding silversides but they are too small, he just eats and eats. I want some larger food, can I go to the supermarket and pick up a pack of raw fish and just cut it into pieces for him?

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[Anonymous]

Yes, you can do that. Be sure you get an ocean fish (like, not catfish).

Very pretty eel!

 

[Anonymous]

That eel is smokin'! 8)

What I have heard is in agreement with Laura. But I have never kept an eel myself. I do know you will go broke quickly keeping that guy full of silversides.

 

[silly34]

Thanks I figured I could but I like having support to back me up. The eel is a Yellow Headed Moray eel. It will get about 3' feet long, currently he is about 1.5' or so. Eventually this tank will be all his as I will have the 155 up and going eventually, a lot of the rock and corals will be moved. He has been the coolest addition to the tank as of yet.

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[Anonymous]

Feed it a wide variety of foods from your grocers seafood section. Peeled uncooked shrimp, strips of raw squid and as said raw marine fish flesh, all should be soaked in a product like Selco.

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[silly34]

Don't have the Selco yet but I picked up some Talapia, man he ate it up! I sure hope he starts growing a bit more. Thanks for the tip!

B.

 

[Anonymous]

Lovely eel. I agree with the feeding. Feed him plenty of different foods. Be inventive and try to get him used to feeding tongs (which should have rubberized or soft endcaps to prevent injury, eels can be overenthusiast eaters :roll: )

I love your sand. What is it?

 

[silly34]

I feed him with a plastic feeding prong, I definitely don't stick my hand in the tank w/ food, he moved FAST tonight, surprised me!

This tank was once freshwater and the sand is a leftover. I used to have a completely black sandy bottom and then decided to mix it with some white sand. I probably won't ever change it as it is unique but my next tank (155) will be white sand.

;0)

B.

 

[RacinRabit]

I have a black laced moray that is now almost 2 feet long (she is in a 255 gallon tank). She thrives on a mixed diet of squid chopped up into chunks (tubes and tentacles) and peeled shrimp. I only have access to frozen foods, so I thaw chunks of the squid and feed her pieces using long-handled tongs from which she will take food from directly, or I drop pieces into the tank and hope that her tank-mates don't steal it before she gets it. She also will search out food that I hide amongst the live rocks for her - that keeps it from the porcupine puffer who loves squid and shrimp too. Morays are cool and can develop quite the personalities. They can certainly let you know when they are hungry! Watch your fingers though if they are really hungry!

 

[sediener]

I am pretty sure Tilapia is a freshwater fish... not sure it makes a difference but just FYI.

- steve

 

[Anonymous]

I feed my eels a combination of uncooked shrimp and a seafood combo that I buy from the local supermarket. The seafood combo is an uncooked combination of squid, shrimp, cuttlefish, and a few other items and is sold in 1 pound packages. I have been feeding my eels this for many years. You may have to look around for it since I have only found it at select supermarkets.

Some of the other fish enjoy this as well, particularly the larger carnivores like triigers, lions, and rabbit fish..

 

[RacinRabit]

My Foxfaced Rabbitfish is particularly fond of the squid tentacles and a saddle wrasse will chow on the squid too.