my first eel

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Nice Eel.
I had one a very long time ago when I was a turbo-noob to fish. It died a week later.
Really cool eels though.
 
feed him whatever you feed your other fish, lol

when they're small they do good on flakes and small sinking pellets, when bigger..market shrimp, larger sinking pellets..the occasional minnow..

you'll probably never see him with the sand in there, lol
 
max size seems right
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was hoping they got bigger. :irked:
i think i might fatten him up and see if he would be ok with my bichirs.
Nice Eel.
I had one a very long time ago when I was a turbo-noob to fish. It died a week later.
Really cool eels though.
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thanks
turbo noob?lol
good to hear there cool. :)
feed him whatever you feed your other fish, lol

when they're small they do good on flakes and small sinking pellets, when bigger..market shrimp, larger sinking pellets..the occasional minnow..

you'll probably never see him with the sand in there, lol
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lol
i feed brines and market shrimp.if he doesnt want brines i might try small pieces of skrimp :D
and i could put a piece of plexi over the sand :ROFL:
how cruel right?lol :grinno:
im kidding.they will stick there head out and ive added pvc so hopefully he becomes a pvc baby. :grinno:
thanks for the reply and info. :)

and im guessing spotted eel cus of the spots
i dont see spines to be a spiny eel.lol
:confused:
 
i got a peacock eel thats supposed to max at 14" but ive seen bigger. clean water, good diet should make it bigger. mine hides in the rocks all day. doesnt really play in the sand like i figured it would
 
Havnt had much luck with eels. Had one that used to sit up on the filter in the current. Took him bout 2 weeks to jump out of the tank and die. The other two I bout didnt last long either. Hope you have better luck. Eels are a interesting addition to a tank.
 
i got a peacock eel thats supposed to max at 14" but ive seen bigger. clean water, good diet should make it bigger. mine hides in the rocks all day. doesnt really play in the sand like i figured it would
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mine hasnt went in the sand yet.
hasnt done much.guess cus its all still new.
:)
Havnt had much luck with eels. Had one that used to sit up on the filter in the current. Took him bout 2 weeks to jump out of the tank and die. The other two I bout didnt last long either. Hope you have better luck. Eels are a interesting addition to a tank.
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ya sounds like bad luck but thanks for saying that tho.
just went and covered all the holes. :)
and welcome to mfk
 
midnight;1380597; said:
mine hasnt went in the sand yet.
hasnt done much.guess cus its all still new.
:)

ya sounds like bad luck but thanks for saying that tho.
just went and covered all the holes. :)
and welcome to mfk
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mine took a week to come back out of the rocks
 
I have a striped peacock eel around 7" and goes on hiding adventures will be hiding for 2 weeks or more at a time even when lights are off. Cool fish all in all.
 
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