snowflake eal not eating

by **singapore** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:37 am

my eel used to eat every other day. maybe half a silverside, or a chunk of his favorite table shrimp. a few days ago, he ate nearly a whole silverside. but now he wont eat. its been maybe 4 days...

do they g through phases where they dont eat? is there anything i can do to get him eating?

btw, hes about 10 inches

im going to my lfs at somepoint this week. maybe even tomorrow. so if theres anything i should pick up, then i want to know asap

by **littlej2455** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:57 am

what do you water parameters look like? How long have you had the eel? When and how much was your last water change?

by **singapore** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:21 am

my water is fine. the ph is normal, notrates are the lowes theyve ever been thanks to a new protein skimmer. ummm...not sure how long its been its been since the last water change. but ive had him for 2 months now. and hes eaten all the time untill now.

by **schigara** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:35 am

I usually just shoot snakes. This snake is in the water and a box so it's a judgement call. Maybe you'll get lucky and the ugly thing will just die.

I once caught a black eel fishing the inter coastal down in Orange Beach Ala. That thing hissed at me and I literally beat it off my line. Try feeding it some antifreeze or muriatic acid.

by **dick_headers** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:39 am

WOW!
What a beautiful and helpful opinion. Must have came from a true animal lover.
Singapore,
I think you simply overfed him. Not much you can do about it right at this point.

by **dick_headers** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:50 pm

Do you have a quarantine tank?

by **Snowboss4492** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:02 pm

i must say im supprised.............im gonna say Schigara was having a bad day, lol, that was totally out of charector for sure .....................................

by **singapore** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 1:29 am

yeah i do believe killing him is a stupid suggestion.

anyways. i dont have a quarantine tank... just the 55. somebody once reccomended a product to get fish eating...ummm....something garlic? maybe not...i might be thinking of something else. do eels prefer anything more than shrimp and silversides?

by **littlej2455** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:22 am

you can try to feed it squid.

by **snowboss** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:50 pm

this may sound silly but are you missing any other fish? Serial32 has a monster in his tank that was eating about the same as your eel then one day a cichlid was missing and oscar didn't eat for like 2 weeks, do they molt or anything like that? my large hermit will disappear for a week or more and not eat while he's doing that business, is he being bullied? doesn't take much to stress lil guys out, my 2 larger clowns will chase the little one at feeding time sometimes, i just drop some food on one end of the tank and wait till they are eating then drop a little for the tiny guy to get on his own at the other end...........and sometimes they just aren't hungry, unless there is something wrong with him , the will to live will over come any pickyness and he will eat eventually

Good luck man

Boss

snowflake eal not eating

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