I give up on Fire eels..

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Mudfrog

Mudfrog

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I guess it's just not meant to be. My first fire eel was 16" and he moved a 5lb weight that was on the lid and escaped. My second fire eel which is only 9" decided to try and swim up the outlet of my FX5.... I came home to this today.

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I would have never imagined he could swim up the tube.. there is a lot of pressure coming through there. I guess I'll just get more clown loaches.
 
Dang...sorry to hear about that...I just got a 6" fire eel a week ago and I'd be pissed if I lost him...much less 2 that are larger! Sorry man, don't give up!
 
my 10 inch fire eel got sucked up by a very large clown knife, like a worm, but I was there and watched it and caught the clown knife with rubber tip tongs and gave a gentle squeeze and he popped right back out and so far so good. :headbang2
 
My first one went into overflow down into filter sock then jumped?? Not sure how. Out of sock into sump. Later to get caught in a cluster of rocks to die. I am kinda like you either I need to buy a really large one but more likely I'll call it done for fire eels. They want to explore the wet and dry world far too much.

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Wow...that looks like the same filter I have...and I also have a now MIA eel in the same tank...oh gawd...
 
Change the outflow to a 1" PVC pipe with a 1/4" hole drilled every 1/2" along the length of the pipe (at least a footlong) and cap the end. No way to get in the outflow that way.
 
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