Baby fire eel diet?

[rumblesushi]

I just got a reallys small little fire eel. 3 inches. Very cute not sure what to feed it. I've tried some very finely chopped mussels, and it's shown no interest.

What have you had luck feeding fire eels of this size?

[davo]

small bloodworms should be ok.

[Hakon]

Yeah blood worms frozen or live. Live bloodworms made mine eat.

[Honda12]

When I had my eel it liked live black worms, mysis shrimp, and frozen blood worms.

[starrfish71]

frozen bloodworms---- love fire eels

[guppy]

all the above and brine shrimp, they will usually take chopped earthworms as well

[rumblesushi]

**** it, I can't get frozen bloodworms in this country. Or brine shrimp etc.

I'm going to have to find a tackle shop and buy some small worms of some sort.

[Stone Like Fish]

Can you get pictures? I haven't seen small fire eels before :)

[PufferXtreme]

**** it, I can't get frozen bloodworms in this country. Or brine shrimp etc.

I'm going to have to find a tackle shop and buy some small worms of some sort.


What do you mean you can't get frozen bloodworms and brine shrimp in this country? They are everywhere!
Dig in your garden for earthworms.

[rumblesushi]

I mean I live in Spain, and the only 2 fish shops within a few hour radius don't sell bloodworms or any other frozen food, or any live food.

[Hakon]

I have found it difficult to make my eels accept other food than frozen and live. Maybe you can catch some live bloodworms in FW creeks or something.
Do your eel eat feeders?

[PufferXtreme]

Ahh, I see. I thought you lived in England! there must be some way around it!

[rumblesushi]

Puffer - yep I moved a few months ago. As a fishkeeper it's a real pain in the ass living here. They don't keep fish, especially not predatory fish.

I recently had to drive to portugal to pick up a shipment from a friend here on MFK.

Hakon - I'm afraid the eels are far too small for feeders, they are earthworm size.

[dovii88]

i have one about that size and i feed it frozen anything and guppies...and ghost shrimp.... but small sizes...

[zix]

is still to cold to have mosquitos larves in the water in there? Monday i go to LFS to see what they were eating, if need i wil send some frozem food for you:D

[rumblesushi]

hey josé yeah that's mosquitos larvaes, they are also called bloodworms :)

I was gonna ask you to find out what they were eating :D

Where would I get mosquito larvaes in the water? :D

[zix]

in stop water they grow if you fill a buket let it in the sun and bang:D mosquitos larves on top of the water, but if is cold than no luck:( .
you went from a cold place to a colder one :screwy:

[Miles]

Go find a seafood market and make your own frozen food 'flatpacks' ... ??

Grind up the scraps in a blender with a small amount of water.. put them in XL zip-lock bags and 'lay' them out in your freezer.. Vwa-lah, you have frozen foods!

They should hopefully key in on the 'smell' of the seafood, and gobble it down! A great inexpensive way to get those picky eaters some frozen food, especially if you can't find it in your country!

[AQUATiC213ZOMBiE]

blood worms & live worms.
:thumbsup: most definitely.

[rumblesushi]

Miles thanks for the good advice as per usual ;)

The only thing i can get here in abundance is seafood. Should I do a kind of mussel/prawn/scallop mix?

I'll give it a go.

zix - it honestly is even colder here than England, I don't believe it :(

I have tried some freeze dried bloodworms (I brought them over from england) but they are no good because they stay on the surface.

[Datnoid101]

Did you buy the eel from one of these shops? If so, you should ask them what they were feeding them. I fed mine mealworms, freeze dried bloodworms, and ghost shrimp. They will probably eat small fish.

[rumblesushi]

I had it shipped by a friend here on MFK. He's going to find out what it was eating.

I think it's too small to eat even a guppy at the moment.

[zix]

they were eating small dry food from Aquatic Nature and artemia ,blood worms frozen.
they fead 2 times a day

[rumblesushi]

thanks for finding out zix.

What small dry foods were they? Most of the dry food I have is floating, but I tried some sinking catfish shrimp pellets (nutrafin) and they don't eat those either. They are crumbly, so they break up into small pieces.

[PufferXtreme]

what about soaking the FD bloodworm so it sinks?

[jah29]

with my experience fire eels love frozen blood worms... order them off line, they dont go bad.. and upload some picks the smallest one ive ever seen was like 7inch or so