My american eels all learned to eat out of my hand, one of they on the first day out of the wild. I had a spiny eel once, when I was a neophyte. It was really cool, but much more recalcitrant then the american eels. It was hardly ever seen. A spiny, a peacock, and a semingly empty tank. One day, they were just not there at cleaning time. never did figure that one out.

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