I just got a snowflake eel really cheap, because it was getting really close to dying like literally on its last minutes/hours of life. I have it on a brackish drip right now, because it was kept in freshwater. It's starting to look better, but is there anything else that I could do to revive it?
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They like a warmer tank, go 82 with it. Throw in some live food for it to pick on if it feels up for eating. Keep lights off. they like a fine substrate with plenty of caves and stuff. I always found that freshwater salt was appreciated by my former G. tile. If you can grant it these requirements so its stress reduces and it can eat you might be alright. Whatever you do don't medicate the tank with anything asside from that freshwater salt.
here is a article I wrote on mine
http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/others/e_Gymnothorax_tile.php
hope there is some helpful info in it.
http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/others/e_Gymnothorax_tile.php
hope there is some helpful info in it.
Add some Stress Coat Marine or similar product to the aquarium; it will help with the recovery.
So you essentially increased the salinity on it? Seems counterproductive to me unless the salinity was too low to begin with; it wouldn't help under proper salinity levels.
kamikaziechameleon;4992519; said:
So you essentially increased the salinity on it? Seems counterproductive to me unless the salinity was too low to begin with; it wouldn't help under proper salinity levels.
kamikaziechameleon;4992519; said:
I agree here. And keep the lights off and/or cover it so it is dark. Bright light will only stress the fish more.
I feel that the salinity swap will benefit your G. tile primarily by helping it fight any parasites it may have. Treat away with stress coat, that I used to remove chlorine and they react fine with it. "Whatever you do don't medicate" I meant don't try quick cure or anything for treating parasites, no antibiotics(to many cons). Hopefully the salinity swap, a warm temp and a dark/comfortable cave will get this guy back in the game.
Can you describe the animals condition with any greater detail, can we see some pictures.?
Can you describe the animals condition with any greater detail, can we see some pictures.?
It was just breathing really heavy and it was like white and flaky looking and was just layin on itself using itself on a pillow in the pet store. Looked like it was literally minutes from death. He started swimming around once in a while in my bucket that i was using to drip my brackish water in, and then i decided to finally put him in my tank and i left for a couple hours came back and him and my toadfish were cuddling. He's no longer breathing heavy or anything he looks great. Glad i took a gamble on this guy(or girl).
Just so you know, snowflake eels are marine fish. They can tollerate brackish but they won't be exactly happy about it. They get big too, how big is your tank? Mine went from 8" to 13" in less than a year and they max out around 36", hes a great fish.
Lots of LFSs assume that they are brackish, buy a baby snowflake and throw them in a fresh tank with AQ salt just to limp it along to someone buys it. and since they are a predetory fish, they produce LOADS of waste. Eel turds can do WORK on nitrate levels. I hope brackish is enough for him, eels are among the coolest fish out there you can have!
Lots of LFSs assume that they are brackish, buy a baby snowflake and throw them in a fresh tank with AQ salt just to limp it along to someone buys it. and since they are a predetory fish, they produce LOADS of waste. Eel turds can do WORK on nitrate levels. I hope brackish is enough for him, eels are among the coolest fish out there you can have!
It will be easy for this person to upgrade to SW...he/she might have to get rid of the other fish however.