22in Fire Eel HELP! Haven't Seen It Eat Over A Year!

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BASSTIAN182 said:
I find this very interesting, I have had 4 fire eels over the past 3 years , and have lost 3 out of the 4 to finding a way out of completely covered tanks. And when I say completely covered, I mean what I literally thought there was no way out. Oh yea, if there is no way out, they will find one. The one I have left was the first one I bought, which strangely enough he also got out of the tank, and I found him dried up and stuck to the carpet, but to my astonishment still barely breathing. I held his dried body with hair and carpet fibers stuck to it over a bubbler for 2 hours, and here it is 3 years later and he eats jumbo bloodworms out of my hand every day. Can't imagine anything going a year without food, this story is baffling, but so is a dried up eel stuck to the carpet who is still alive and thriving today.
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Fair point. Well, I hope to report at some point that I observed the lil bugger eat something.
 
Mine is the same way! I've never seen mine eat too. 20 inches long and looks healthy but no food
 
SirCatfish said:
I had an 18-20 inch fire eel that loved crayfish. Also the smaller red wigglers rather than nightcrawlers.


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Thanks for this. I literally thought of the red wigglers the other day...hadn't tried those yet and remember that quite a few years back, I had an eel that would only eat those. I stopped by my bait shop the other day and all 40 boxes of red wigglers were dead! As soon as I get my hands on some, I'll try those and crayfish.

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dave'stank said:
Next time at bait shop try and get some live shrimp- I have 5 fire eel's and they all love the live bait shrimp. The red wigglers and earthworms should work as well. Good luck!


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Thanks. I don't know of any bait shop around me (Wisconsin) that sells live shrimp...I'll do some digging. The eel won't touch night crawlers or ghost shrimp but I will try red wigglers. Thanks a mil!
 
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