fire eel in quarantine

Onyx4476

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I recently purchased a 14” fire eel. It has been in quarantine for about 2 weeks. Still will not eat, and has a small fleshy growth on the base of the pectoral fin. Not sure what i should do. i water test every day (always 0) i do water changes with prime 2 times per week. the tank is 60 gallons. I try to feed night crawlers, cut up frozen shrimp from kroger, blood worms, and carnivore pellets.

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Looks like a growth of some kind. I’d keep the water changes going but reduce to once daily if water parameters allow. Eventually it should eat.
 
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It could be lymphocystis…nothing dangerous but it comes and goes and there’s no cure. Probably flared up from shipping stress? Could be contagious if another fish has an open wound and somehow comes in contact with the growth….unlikely.
 
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He would appreciate a longer narrower pvc pipe. Then try dropping an earthworm or cooked mussel near the entrance.
good that his condition is cleared up.
you may need to keep trying different feeds, at 14” if he was not fed a varied diet before he may have one food he “likes” or rather has always been used to. With mine it was cooked mussels and they would not accept anything else for a long time. Have to admit the moving earth worms always made them give in, good luck.
 

Onyx4476

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He would appreciate a longer narrower pvc pipe. Then try dropping an earthworm or cooked mussel near the entrance.
good that his condition is cleared up.
you may need to keep trying different feeds, at 14” if he was not fed a varied diet before he may have one food he “likes” or rather has always been used to. With mine it was cooked mussels and they would not accept anything else for a long time. Have to admit the moving earth worms always made them give in, good luck.
i drop in night crawlers, frozen shrimp from kroger, and carnivore pellets every day. there are small fish in there as well. i will try the mussels next.
 
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