How to get my fire eel to get out of hiding?

[McKraken]

Actually, i do remember some users from the last post mention starting their eel off with frozen bloodworms, and i looked into it taking time to research on the internet and i concluded that i must try everything available to see what the fireeel perfers, and i had not yet tried frozen bloodworms so i gave it a try last night. That does not mean i am just going to stop at bloodworms and not take any other opinions into consideration, but what if it actually took and ate the bloodworms from last night? bloodworms obviously arnt a good food for the rest of its life but in my opinion if it starts off with it let it go at it for a bit. Also, it is unknown if it is suffering, which is why i made this post, to figure out if this behaviour is common with other eels. I really just want to gain all the knowledge i can about eels, i do not thing that is ignorant but rather it is taking responsibility for having a creature under your care. Giving it away would show a flaw in character in my opinion.

I am trying to help you don't get me wrong. I feel you got the pop bottle idea from another site. Someone said they put it in then in the morning they were gone. Something like that. And since your is stuck in a giant hollow log may be the way to go. But try something better then blood worms. Think fishing, better bait better results. Keep your lights off. And as soon as it comes out, I would remove the ornament. At least til you have it eating normally. They will starve themselves to death so it is important to get them eating as soon as possible since it has probably been a long time(probably before it was in the lfs.)

My first eel was a m. Circumcinctus it took me awhile to get it to eat. I tried so much I sent me nitrates soaring and had to do 50% water changes everyday for almost a week. I read every bit of info I could get on spiny eels and then started reading threads and post of those who had kept them. I wish I would have just ask some of the experts on here and saved myself some time.

if you need more advice from an expert, go to wetwebmedia and ask neale for it. He will give it to you straight up.

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[MonsterMinis]

I would move the cichlids.. cichlids and fire eels do not make good tank-mates when young.. small fire eels are very docile and timid... mine even hides a lot being in a community set-up and has taken t hiding again at my 10" fire eel is being bullied abit by an ARTC that's half his size or less... live blackworms imo are the best food for any young spiney.

most my spineys hid until 10-12" or more depending on the species and after 4-6 monthes in captiveity... another common misconception is eels jump ... they don't jump... they try and escape aggressive tank-mates/poor water conditions ect... I have never gone out of my way to cover my tanks and never had spiney eels jump once I addressed these issues in my husbandry practices...

gonna look this Neale guy up you speak of... be interesting ot compare notes w/ someone else whos a spiney nut.

 

[canucks]

Thank you i appreciate the suggestion, i was thinking about hunting for small sized earthworms in my garden to place in a black pvc pipe i just bought from home depot, hopefully it will find it more appealing than that hollow log i placed in previously.


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[McKraken]

I would move the cichlids.. cichlids and fire eels do not make good tank-mates when young.. small fire eels are very docile and timid... mine even hides a lot being in a community set-up and has taken t hiding again at my 10" fire eel is being bullied abit by an ARTC that's half his size or less... live blackworms imo are the best food for any young spiney.

most my spineys hid until 10-12" or more depending on the species and after 4-6 monthes in captiveity... another common misconception is eels jump ... they don't jump... they try and escape aggressive tank-mates/poor water conditions ect... I have never gone out of my way to cover my tanks and never had spiney eels jump once I addressed these issues in my husbandry practices...

gonna look this Neale guy up you speak of... be interesting ot compare notes w/ someone else whos a spiney nut.

They have some good info on them. However, they are very very particular. Check out their site wetwebmedia.com and then I think its neale monks. info on the species is so hard to come by and it varies by expert and site. Just common names in general. My first eel was sold as a zig zag but it was m. Circumcinsis and some say a zig zag is m. Armatus. And the other is a half banded. If you don't stick with latin names on any spiny eel except fire eel, no one has a solid idea of which ones your talking about.

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[MonsterMinis]

Thank you i appreciate the suggestion, i was thinking about hunting for small sized earthworms in my garden to place in a black pvc pipe i just bought from home depot, hopefully it will find it more appealing than that hollow log i placed in previously.


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I would suggest keeping the worms for a week or 2 before feeding them out and buying a basic worm bedding (organic if possible) from your local bait shops to clear out their system and minimalize any risk of pesticides ect. worms are fairly delicate to chemicals anyways but its better safe then sorry imo.