Best diet for fire eels?

[LeePakao]

Hey everyone, i have 2 fire eels, 8 and 6 inches. I want to make them as healthy as possible so i was just wondering what should i feed them daily, weekly and monthly!
Also if anyone knows what i should feed daily weekly and monthly for a Black Ghost Knife that would be a huge help too! thank you!

 

[keepinfish]

for fire eel i would feed daily at that size. I would suggest diet mainly of nightcralwers/ earthworms. I would alos maybe mix in pellets with nightcrawlers to try and trick him into taking them. Mine will also take shrimp.

Once they get some size on them 18" + i would go to every other day

 

[LeePakao]

where can you get Nightcrawlers? my local fish store does not carry them. i currently feed them blood worms would that be okay?

 

[keepinfish]

ehh, your in canada? that is where these Canadian night crawlers come from? I get mine at walmart or bait stores.

 

[dbcb314]

I hate blood worms. They are fish crack. Fish get obsessed with them and won't eat anything else.

Earthworms or shrimp would be best. I wish I could get mine off nighcrawlers and onto shrimp but no dice for me

 

[LeePakao]

haha my fish fiend flakes more then bloodworms, but i dont want to feed my eels ghost shrimp all the time its expensive, brine shrimp will fill them up but its not really healthy. My walmart doesnt have a petstore so i dont know where else i could get them, i cant find any bait shops near by either

 

[dbcb314]

does your walmart not sell bait back in the fishing/gun section? that si where I get mine

 

[kattty]

I hate blood worms. They are fish crack. Fish get obsessed with them and won't eat anything else.

Earthworms or shrimp would be best. I wish I could get mine off nighcrawlers and onto shrimp but no dice for me

bahaha to fish crack remark..hillarious and so true.

 

[LeePakao]

No they do not.

 

[MonsterMinis]

bloodworms have little to no nutritional value... it's like feeding kids candy... Nightcrawlers are your best bet for food, Period. Pellets imo are OKay but not the best food for spineys as most are not designed towards them. Shrimp imo are controversial at best, stick to FW species if you do. other foods kept my fire eels alive.. but nothing puts size/girth on them like nightcrawlers.

Just about any sporting goods store big or small usually carry worms.. and if not can stear you in the direction of ones that do. Local Petsmart also carry them ( but they are waaay overpriced compared ot a bait/sporting goods store.)

live blackworms are also a good food for small spiney eels ime. at 6-8" your fires hsould be growing approx 1" per month if fed right.