Fire eel advice

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I have always really liked this fish but have never had any luck, I have owned 3 small ones and they all seem happy healthy eating and water quality is perfect and then they just curl and die? I think I am ready to try again but I have no substrate ATM if I give him a good hiding place is it still a problem?


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ska_kid said:
3 at once? They were going to kill each other either way

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No i had 3, 1 after the other so only ever 1 at a time, sorry didn't word it very well and the tank is a 95g but I am moving house soon so by the time I get the "eel" it will likely have a nice 200-300g :)


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A soft substrate to nose around in is more natural. We need more details, tank size, tank mates, feed type and schedule and length of time before dying.


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dragonfish said:
A soft substrate to nose around in is more natural. We need more details, tank size, tank mates, feed type and schedule and length of time before dying.


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Yea I know, I will be putting sand in when I get time after iv moved, just wondered if it would be ok short term with a good hiding place (pipe or something)

Tank size ^^^

Tank mates are an endli bichir, giraffe catfish, small TSN, pleco and a tiger dat, only thing I am a bit worried about is the bichir and I know your going to say about the TSN but if he outgrows anything enough for it to be food then I already have a good home reserved for him in a lfs display tank.

Food is a mixture of hikari and frozen, with the occasional live but no live fish, but I can Taylor a specific diet to this fish if needed?

The length of time ranged from a week to almost a month and like I said everything seemed perfect, active, bright, feeding well then acting weird ( usually in the morning ) by lunch time dead... I couldn't find any reasons for this happening


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What's the footprint? Lot of bottom dwellers. How big are the eels when you've got them? Mine ate blood worms when small then moved up as he grew.


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dragonfish said:
What's the footprint? Lot of bottom dwellers. How big are the eels when you've got them? Mine ate blood worms when small then moved up as he grew.


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It's 4' long, about 18" wide but its a bow front and I think it's almost 2' in the centre and 20 high.

All of the eels was between 5-7" and yea I used to feed them live river shrimp, blood worm and krill


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