abit of advise with my new eel? (I.D/Treatment/feeding)

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Well a week or two ago I lost my favourate peacock spiny eel. Well from the point of loosing him I realised how boring my tank is without a spiny eel in there so I went to my local pet store and picked up a new eel, I've always said don't buy a fish you don't know the I.d of etc but I couldn't resist, he was in a tiny tank feeling sorry for himself.. I just had to save him! But anyways, regardless of grow size etc don't panic, he/she is about 4/5 inch atm and is in my comunity tank. He swims arround a lot more then my peacock eel did :o But as expected when we saved him/her from a crap tank he/she has some problems.
1, as I said.. I.D?
2, I think he has a tiny tiny ammount of white spot, the little spots seem to have faded as I put him in my tank so I dunno if stress caused this as I didn't notice it in the fish shop ether?? I dunno, but if I do need to treat him how should I go about this? Best treatment to use?
3, Lastly he hasn't eaten yet, I'm sure there's nothing to panic about but as per usual I'm panicing :p my last eel ate within minutes of me realising him which I think is why I'm panicing. Could anyone suggest a way to tempt him to eat? Like maybe garlic or somthing? I dunno..

I.D him? ((:

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I personally would have guessed that this new one is also a Peaock eel based on the spots near its tail....

as for eating, what are did you feed your old eel? But for me personally, in the past i always found with smaller spiny eels, they could never seem to turn down Frozen blood worms, or live black worms i think they're called...
 
Mk tire track eel would only eat frozen bloodworms at fires. Now he eats frozen bloodworms, Nightcralwers, and pellets that are for fish like Oscars. When I got him he was about 4 inches. Now he is 13 inches. By the way you probibly have a peacock eel. It looks very similar to the others I have seen that were peacock eels.
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This is a tire track eel.

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This is a fire eel.

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This is a peacock eel.


None of these are my pictures by the way.
 
also I found this on a website. I dont
know how accurate it is but here is some info

[h=1]Peacock eel - Macrognathus siamensis[/h]
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Common Name
Peacock eel
Scientific Name Of The Species
Macrognathus siamensis
slovensky , français , deutsch

  • Size of the fish in home aquariums (min-max):
    24 - 31 cm ( 9.45" - 12.2")
  • Water pH for Peacock eel should be maintained within the range:
    6.3 - 7.3
  • Water hardness (dGH):
    7 - 15 °N
  • Recommended water temperature for Peacock eel:
    22 - 27 °C ( 71.6 - 80.6 °F )
  • Compatibility when kept in fish tanks (to it's own species):
    peaceful (visit this article)
  • Compatibility (temperament to other fish species):
    aggressive to smaller (visit this article)
  • Preferred swimming area in the aquarium:
    Bottom levels
  • How this species reproduces:
    Spawning
  • This species originates from:
    East Asia

Information about care Food and feeding
Getting eels can be difficult to start with, supply them with live foods initially, blood worms, brine shrimp and daphnia are ideal. As the eel settles in more, they should start to accept the same foods in the frozen form.

Origin
The Peacock Eel is found all over South East Asia.

Sexing
Females tend to be larger with a fuller body shape.

Breeding
The male will chase the female around the tank and she will then scatter the eggs around the substrate for the male to fertilise. The eggs should hatch in 3-4 days and the fry, when free swimming, can be fed on rotifers or newly hatched brine shrimp. The mortality rate for the fry may be high as they are prone to fungal infections.

Lifespan
The expected life span for Macrognathus siamensis is 5 years.

Short description
Unusually for spiny eels, the peacock likes to be in a group of its own species. As they only reach a length of 14” they are more suited to home aquariums than some of the other species. As these fish like to burrow, always use a sand substrate and never keep them with small tank mates as they are predators.
 
I am a bit late, but I believe what you have is Macrognathus aral, rather than M. siamensis. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Macrognathus-aral.html

In any case, don't worry too much if it takes a while to start eating. Spiny eels can be stubborn, and sometimes take a few weeks to begin accepting food. But as Homer suggested, blood worms are always great for getting new eels to eat well.
 
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