IN SHOCK AT EEL

[jayclarke]

I cant beilieve wot ive just seen, i dropped one kick arse huge 4" earthworm in my tank for my cichlids to munch on an my 7" Tyre Track Eel Swallowed it whole!!! Im sure ive read somewhere these fishes can choke on anything too big. Anybody else heard this? I dont wanna be loosing it to a WORM of all things! :headshake :duh:

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Chop up the worm b4 you stick it in your tank.

[jayclarke]

I was going to but its funny watching the cichlids, clowns and synodontis scraping over it. Didn't expect the eel to storm in there. Anyways, the worms will get the old chop chop next time.

[Tainted Glory]

He should be alright. My old TSN (talking about him lately makes me want another) used to pound earthworms his body length. They are soft bodied, so digestion is relatively easy. Make sure you ring out the worm before feeding, expelling the dirt and misc. waste within.

[scarlett]

Cool....saw in some documentary that are deep sea fishes capable of swallowing a prey as big as they are!!

[Tainted Glory]

Cool....saw in some documentary that are deep sea fishes capable of swallowing a prey as big as they are!!

Don't need deep sea fish-RTC lmao.

[DanDanUK]

I cant beilieve wot ive just seen, i dropped one kick arse huge 4" earthworm in my tank for my cichlids to munch on an my 7" Tyre Track Eel Swallowed it whole!!! Im sure ive read somewhere these fishes can choke on anything too big. Anybody else heard this? I dont wanna be loosing it to a WORM of all things! :headshake :duh:

Fish don't choke.You'll be fine scouce mate.

[jayclarke]

Sound that kid, he's swimmin round on the prowl 2day. I've been feeding him every other day coz he really pigs out.

[guppy]

I have had fish die from eating catfish and getting the stuck in there throats, does that count? I have also had fish that swam around with worms or fish sticking out of their mouths because they couldn't swallow it all at once, small sunnies with worms and a 10" marbled goby eating an 8" LM bass. the ones that died were bullheads and a SM bass and something else that escapes me at the moment.

[jayclarke]

Did they choke? If so id say it counts!

[oscar1]

carefull with feding it whole

[Kieranuk]

My friends tire track eel chocked and died trying to eat a black ghost knife fish. He found the bgk half swallowed and the eel went all stiff and was standing on the end of its tail.

[jayclarke]

I've got a Black Ghost Knife in the tank with it ........ their the same size though! luckily :grinno:

[Caveman]

My old eel bit into the back fin of my Pleco and I guess its teeth must have got stuck in its back. When I found the Eel it looked like it had been beaten to death. My little brother said "That one snake looking fish bit that gray looking fish then the gray looking fish started to ram into all the decorations till the snake looking fish stoped fighting back" :ROFL: He was like 9 when he said that.

[Fish_are_fishfood]

Well, I did fear the death of my American Eel once, but it survived. What happened was I was feeding the crabs and the eel with some frozen mackerel that I cut up. So I gave the eel all soft meat, but I gave one of the cabs a peice of meat with a vertabrae in it. So, being the theft that he is, he stole the crab's peice and had the vertabrae stuck in his throat for about 4 or 5 days. He kept opening his mouth wide and rolling, and everytime I could see the bone in his mouth. The eel was only about 9 or 10 inches, and the bone was about the size of a pencil earaser. Eventually he spit it out and I found the bone laying at the bottom of the tank, so I removed it.

[Waldo]

I've had ceptopsis (6") Blue shark, eat a lazor cory before. He laid on his side with a bloated gut for a couple days, pooped out the remaining bones and didn't make no never mind. Was kinda pissed he ate a $10 fish though.

[ringham]

I once had a very large tyre track eel and it tried to eat my BGK but instead it died because it choked on it!! Unfortunatly the BGK died as well.