Snowflake eel

[jsbradbury]

Just wondering if anybody out there has a snowflake eel, cause I had a few questions about mine. He started small, 9" or so, and has grown to about 11-13" now. In the beginning he was eating freeze dried krill and loving it. After a while, he stopped eating that and took out a snail. Then he started to eat regular frozen krill shrimp, but he has now stopped eating that too. Now I have moved to the frozen pieces of lark fish, but he never takes it off the feeding prong anymore- almost seems as though hes afraid of it. So I drop it in the tank usually after about 10 minutes of waving it in front of his face and 50% of the time my 5" Domino damsels get it before he can (BTW - this is a 125g aggressive fish only tank- not a reef, im cheating asking the questions here). Can anybody tell me what they feed theirs and how? I want him to be healthy and get big, fast!

Thanks,
Scott

 

[krashish]

Hi Scott-

I had a snowflake eel in my reef a few years ago. His main diet was dried krill and frozen squid. He loved the squid.

After about a year, he took out 3 Domino Damsels and eventually tore the legs off of my arrow crab before eating the carcass. I wouldn't keep any fish small enough to fit in his mouth, crabs/shrimp included. They're tame at first, but like a wolf, that wild (and unpredictable) instinct kicks in.

-ksh

 

[Anonymous]

I had one that I fed small pieces of squid,shrimp,and fish on the end of a plasic prod that I puchased from my LFS. Do NOT feed your Eel cooked shrimp. I did and I think it killed him.

 

[Anonymous]

Know that these animals DO go on hunger strikes. Feeding at night (a short time after lights out) may be helpful.

 

[Anonymous]

Mine went on strikes that only lasted a couple days.

 

[jsbradbury]

mine seems to have been on strike for 3 to 4 weeks. i know this cant be right- hes got to be eating something. is it possible it needs a different kind of food because its still pretty young?

 

[Anonymous]

It's not unheard of for them to go on such long strikes. But, when it doubt, do a water change!