Fire eel Keepers thread......

[Cichla dude]

This thread is for my all time favorite spiny eel------ fire eel.
People who keep fire eels this is the thread for you.
Post size, pics, diet, and tankmates.
My fire eel is a 4.5''-5'' and eats earthworms. He lives with a smaller rtcxtsn in a 20 long grow out.
Here are some pics......... I am growing him out so he won't be lunch:

 

[Loves severums]

monty 18" and long john 13"
tankmates cichilds
diet frozen krill earthworms and live shirmp

 

[CODzilla]

Here is Neil the Fire Eel, my guesstimate is that he is just over a foot long.

I picked him up yesterday and he set me back £57 but he's worth it.

He is in a tank with my Oscars who are about 8 inches, some Pictus Cats, a JD and my Silver Dollars. The Oscars were first to investigate when I added him but when he didn't back off and started feeling them up with his nose they freaked out and are scared of him now!

I have put a 2ft length of 110mm UPVC pipe in the tank so he has somewhere to retreat to when he feels like it but he is very lively, still checking out his new home and tankmates.

He hasn't eaten yet so i'm a little concerned about that, I put a block of blood worm in his tube today and he ignored it even after it has defrosted. I think i'll try again tomorrow and if he doesn't take it i'll pick up some meal worms and see how he goes with them. it's a bit frosty still to go digging for earth worms so is there anything else I can try?

 

[Cichla dude]

Wow you guys sure have nice fire eels. I can't wait for mine to get that big.
I am growing him out, I think I'll shoot more pics of him...
GO SAINTS... even though I am a buccaneers fan

 

[CODzilla]

Yeah! Neil is now eating Prawns and even peas!

 

[Cichla dude]

Good to hear, my little fire eel still only eats worms, but hey atleast he eats.

 

[Loves severums]

cool fire eel CODzilla.

 

[fire eelz]

my 2 fire eels are about 20 cm long and eat bloodworms mostly, there tankmates are 2 tiger oscars 12cms, blue acara 12cms, pleco 30cms, and probably a clown knife coming in soon.
By the way nife fire eels!!!!!!!!

 

[Loves severums]

cool

 

[snookman]

I have an 18"er. Lives wit 11" yellow perch, 10" red bay snook, 6" bn pleco, 5" albino gibbiceps pleco, 6" Asian bumblebee cat and a 6" featherfin synodontis. He eats cut market shrimp, earthworms, frozen bloodworms and freeze dried krill. Will post pics soon.

Justin