I will be selling my 24"+ fire eel soon and I'm already dreading having to catch him. Any tips would be useful.
Best way to catch a large fire eel
- Thread starter ElectricBlueSeanBurch
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Pillow case or large fishing net with sawed off handle. I'd drain the tank as low as you can to help reduce the swimming area.
Also, I have heard to put a large piece of pvc in the tank that the entire body length can fit into. Be sure it has no sharp edges. Then take out all of the other hiding places out of the tank in the weeks/days leading up to when you want to capture him so that he gets comfortable in the pvc pipe. Buy two ends that will slip onto the ends of the pvc. Then, when he's in the pipe, reach both caps in and put them on both ends at the same time and pull the whole pipe out with the eel in it.
The pillow case should also work but you are going to have to entice him into it, which might be pretty hard to do.
The pillow case should also work but you are going to have to entice him into it, which might be pretty hard to do.
Selling him because I'm going saltwater. Tank is 27" tall so it won't be easy. He has a pvc cave. I think I can catch him in the cave with the pillowcase