my freshwater moray wont eat i need help

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carlo1988

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i recently got my self a FW moray my dream eel to have i have him in a 65g brackish water with sand hes in there alone for now but iv had him for about week in a half iv read every thing i can about them be for i got him iv read that they can go for a month with out eating and as for if there stressed. he has a nice hidding spot he took for him self so i dont know why he wont eat iv tryed silver sides and other meaty foods iv tryed ot feed him with the lights on and in the dark and even went to my lest fave feeders but nothing is working i really dont wana lose him so if any one can help me out or give me some pointers it would help alot

thanks guys, Carlo
 
It took a month before mine started to eat.I have two golden tulip eel that eat in front of the snowflake and he still didn't eat.He likes cut up smelt,he never eats the worms.Give it time,maybe add a little salt,GL.

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Maybe your eel is like mine - will only eat pieces of squid. Maybe if you can get like a pair of tongs and just dangle the food in front of his lair, getting him to strike? Once they get a hold of their food, they rarely spit it back out.
 
when i had one it took about 2 weeks for it to eat. i just put some prawn in its lair and it took it. try things that are fishy. see if that works.

if you've had it a while and its still stressed, even though it has places to hide and so on, it might be your water. now i hate to tell people your water might be of poor quallity (when mine is far from perfect), but with these animals its important your water is spot on. so no offence, but i would definately consider this a factor. do a WC see if it perks up a bit.

with your water it could be 1 of 2 things, either the params are askew, or the sg isnt high enough. G. tile perfer water with an sg of 1.015+. preferably 1.018... freshwater moray my arse. :)
 
I got other suggestion - leave some feeder ghost shrimps in his tank. He should get tempted to eat them after some time. It worked for a friend of mine, so I'm sure it should work for you. Good luck.
 
yea i was thinking about the ghost shrip i mihgt try it to day,... and as for his color its not bad he was a lil light in tone when i got him home and in the store but now its been allmost 2 weeks and his color darkend alot more
 
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