Lost 18" Fire eel

[regalt]

Well iv been busy the past few weeks trying to get my car done and ready for a race next week so I haven’t really paid much attention to my tanks. last night I’m sitting there feeding the fish in the big tank and happen to notice my fire eel was missing I look all over the place and find nothing. I happened to notice that one of the overflow pipes was not working at all and seemed to be clogged so I decided to to take it apart today to see if it was him and found this. I really hope I can find another one his size or bigger I really liked him.

 

[poly-nomial]

Wow that sucks

 

[mamapuff]

Dang. I'm sorry for your loss man. That was a big boy. I know theres a fire eel thats pretty thick, not sure on size, but over a foot for sure, here at a store. If only you lived closer.

 

[regalt]

Wow that sucks

yep, he was awsome to he just started to come up and get shrimp from my hands.

Dang. I'm sorry for your loss man. That was a big boy. I know theres a fire eel thats pretty thick, not sure on size, but over a foot for sure, here at a store. If only you lived closer.

Thanks, I may have found one not as big but close to it i think they said its like 14-15".

 

[nolapete]

Lesson learned: If you think it's too small for one of your fish to swim through or jump through, it's not. Lost so many fish thinking they'd never fit into the drain or be able to jump out through that little slit.

Sorry for your loss.

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Eek!!! So sorry....

 

[regalt]

Lesson learned: If you think it's too small for one of your fish to swim through or jump through, it's not. Lost so many fish thinking they'd never fit into the drain or be able to jump out through that little slit.

Sorry for your loss.

Yea i have no idea how he got into the overflow but he found some way

Eek!!! So sorry....

Yea there some bad pics but u should have seen how I had to get him out of there the main pipe is 3" his head was stuck in the bottom piece witch is 1", my breakfast ended up all over the yard after doing that.

 

[jevan7]

i went to one of my local shops and saw a fire eel jump its tank and land into a tire track eel tank

 

[fcamargo6thave]

very sad indeed i had a 22 inch that my red tail cat ate. becareful next time good luck

 

[Red Devil]

that is sad to see.. he was awesome.. i love my fire eel... so i know how you feel