More problem with my fire eel! Please help

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
I bought him incredibly small maybe 2 inches? It was my first fish ever lol but yeah mine seems to love burrowing under drift wood I had some caves he never really went into them but I plan to get some larger diameter tubing and run in through the sand or something to that affect and hope he likes it.. I have noticed recently he's been getting more bold and begging for food daily so I'm expecting for a growth spurt soon especially when my shrimp breeding kicks off and I can feed him gut loaded shrimp
 
Even if he was only 2" when you bought him, growing to8" in two years is incredibly slow, something not right there imo. My eel gets those scrapes too from burrowing, nothing to worry about.
 
Even if he was only 2" when you bought him, growing to8" in two years is incredibly slow, something not right there imo. My eel gets those scrapes too from burrowing, nothing to worry about.
Well I was feeding pretty slow for a while but he had a big growth spurt and I feed him quite a bit more often and he seems to grow way faster he obviously wasn't getting enough food food now I think he's getting too much haha he's looking kinda chubby
 
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