This fire eel ain't eating =/

[Keemofish4ever]

I had a few fire eels before n never had a problem feedings them..
This one is 12 inches got it from a lfs 2 weeks ago they said he was on blood worms
He always chilling between some driftwood n digging under the sand
I tried blood worms black worms cut up raw shrimp n scallops n nothing I want to try earthworms but can't find one spot that sells them
Ever other fish eating like champs...
any suggestions?

 

[Fatlungy]

Mine only ate small earthworms for a long time.

 

[Keemofish4ever]

Mine only ate small earthworms for a long time.

Yeah I'm going to have to find some earthworms for sale

 

[Fish Tank Travis]

If you have another tank you can put it in by itself temporarily, try that and see if it will eat the frozen bloodworms then. They can be quite skittish and the other fish might be spooking him too much to come out and eat.

 

[Cosmic_surfer]

Walmart has them...

 

[FriedFlowerHornFillet]

if he's not touching the blackworms I doubt earthworms will make a difference. Are they live blackworms? He might be on a late night schedule too. Maybe try throwing some ghost shrimp in there.

 

[Keemofish4ever]

if he's not touching the blackworms I doubt earthworms will make a difference. Are they live blackworms? He might be on a late night schedule too. Maybe try throwing some ghost shrimp in there.

Actually he love earthworms now.. like too the point where he wont stop eating them if there was a unlimited amount of them haha

 

[FriedFlowerHornFillet]

I'm glad you got him eating. Shouldn't be hard transitioning him to other foods. My Tiretrack loves them but my fire eel is still terrified of earthworms lol

 

[Cosmic_surfer]

Fire eels are definitely picky eaters... next step is to go get some frozen shrimp and cut it into pieces. Eventually you can blend the frozen shrimp and a pellet of your choice and the fire eel will gladly accept it... never knowing he was eating healthy

 

[Cosmic_surfer]

I have also done squid husks before... loves them too