Great theroy that would make pellets unhealthy for every fish then lmfao.Loves severums;3959141; said:
Fire eel and pellets?
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My fire eel just started eating Hikari sinking carinvore and has been eating Hikari food sticks for as long as I can remember.
The argument of Pellets being good or bad depends on what pellet you use, carnivore or massivore are designed to have what those type of fish eat. Trout pellets or others may not???
My fire Eel will eat anything I show him, if it is too large he spits it back out and tries again and again until he works out if it can be swallowed (Oscars do similar)
Mine eats pellets from time to time, I personally think it is a lot better then some Fire Eels will get, stuck on just frozen blood worm....keeping a balanced diet is the best.
My Eel is currently around 10" but growing massively now he is in an understocked 300gal with 4 cubes of frozen daily and next to no Nitrate in the water.
My fire Eel will eat anything I show him, if it is too large he spits it back out and tries again and again until he works out if it can be swallowed (Oscars do similar)
Mine eats pellets from time to time, I personally think it is a lot better then some Fire Eels will get, stuck on just frozen blood worm....keeping a balanced diet is the best.
My Eel is currently around 10" but growing massively now he is in an understocked 300gal with 4 cubes of frozen daily and next to no Nitrate in the water.
Mine eats shrimp pellets all day longdrgnfrc13;3957488; said:
took a while i didn't feed him for a few days and when i wen't to feed the catfish i noticed he developed a taste for pellets to To answer the posted question Fire eels are a hell of alot more picky from my experience i couldn't get my old one to eat any thing other then blood worms and night crawlers but it can be dont just takes time and luck i suppose
And i have had a ton of luck with picky fish I've gotten Needlefish, Leaffish, Baracudas and several species of eel to eat frozen/prepared foods just for the record
pellet's are a much better way to go then live food there cheap and eazy to store , Won't contain parasites like live food can, if there good quality they will have plenty of vitamins and aside from flour or corn starch there not made from any thing fish don't normally eat read the ingredients
I agree with Loves severums.
Fire eels will not even touch pellets. They do not eat pellets in the wild. They eat live and frozen. Shrimp, worms, krill, feeders, etc.
Fire eels will not even touch pellets. They do not eat pellets in the wild. They eat live and frozen. Shrimp, worms, krill, feeders, etc.
That seems like silly logic.
No fish, or invert for that matter, eats pellets in the wild.
I think if you can do it then getting an eel on pellets may be the best way to get them the nutrition they need. I fully intend to get my eel(not a fire eel) on NLS. Then the fish, krill and worms are given as well. Then you know for sure they are getting everything they need.
No fish, or invert for that matter, eats pellets in the wild.
I think if you can do it then getting an eel on pellets may be the best way to get them the nutrition they need. I fully intend to get my eel(not a fire eel) on NLS. Then the fish, krill and worms are given as well. Then you know for sure they are getting everything they need.
