my new 14inch fire eel ??

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mine only ate blodworms until 12"(ish), then he would only eat worms/nightcrawlers until around 18". Now he will only eat fresh shrimp, he eats 2 a day. If i buy cheap frozen shrimp he bites it and then spits it back out. Luckily I get fresh gulf shrimp at a cheaper price...so its actually cheaper in the long run than any other fish food. Basicy just keep trying new foods, but as long as you eel is eating you will be fine. And as far as growth rate, mine is still hitting a little over an inch a month @ 19-20"
 
ElectricBlueSeanBurch said:
mine only ate blodworms until 12"(ish), then he would only eat worms/nightcrawlers until around 18". Now he will only eat fresh shrimp, he eats 2 a day. If i buy cheap frozen shrimp he bites it and then spits it back out. Luckily I get fresh gulf shrimp at a cheaper price...so its actually cheaper in the long run than any other fish food. Basicy just keep trying new foods, but as long as you eel is eating you will be fine. And as far as growth rate, mine is still hitting a little over an inch a month @ 19-20"
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Yea that's wats going on with mine I feed it night crawlers and a 2large ghost shrimp a day you think she'll still eat the ghost shrimp I freeze them then feed them to her?? Were do you buy fresh shrimp like live???
 
And also is there a difference between feeding her bait worms and lfs worms??
 
hey guys just thought id share my experience with yall lol
ok well i went crazy looking for damn worms everywhere 5 diffrent citys lol
im not joking kinda happy i did though cool fish finally got my delhezi bichir really good price and added 2 more hujetas to my tank 3inchers got along with my other 2, 7 inch hujetas schooling :)
and getting red tail barracudas 2 maybe as an anniversarry present i snooped around and overheard my wife talking lol she doesnt know that i know :)
really excited for those cudas i know their not really cudas ;)
anyways the answer was in front of me this whole time i totally forgot when my other eels didnt eat i use to feed them black worms and guess what it worked whooooo
really happy my eel is more active now swims around stares at me kinda reminds me of my grievous r.i.p
thought of renaming her grievous the 3th??
 
giant19000 said:
hey guys just thought id share my experience with yall lol
ok well i went crazy looking for damn worms everywhere 5 diffrent citys lol
im not joking kinda happy i did though cool fish finally got my delhezi bichir really good price and added 2 more hujetas to my tank 3inchers got along with my other 2, 7 inch hujetas schooling :)
and getting red tail barracudas 2 maybe as an anniversarry present i snooped around and overheard my wife talking lol she doesnt know that i know :)
really excited for those cudas i know their not really cudas ;)
anyways the answer was in front of me this whole time i totally forgot when my other eels didnt eat i use to feed them black worms and guess what it worked whooooo
really happy my eel is more active now swims around stares at me kinda reminds me of my grievous r.i.p
thought of renaming her grievous the 3th??
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congrats on the new fish, future fishy presents, and getting your eel to eat black worms. I buy both woms and nightcrawlers from the walmart fishing section. An I have been doing this for years with no issues.
 
Thank you fir your help I'm happy now can you post pics of your fire eel???
 
I buy my Nightcrawlers at Cabelas at 3.50$ per 2 doz... atm my M dayi will eat the worms and frozen krill ( which they get more as a treat or when I run outta worms and haven't had a chance to go get more) like it's going outta style...I've owned a fair amount of spineys over the years. and by far nightcrawlers ime have been the best food if you can find them. my current spineys have gone from 4" to approx 14" in this past spring/summer/fall... I expect they'll both hit 18" by next Feb/March. I lost my fires ( to an unfortunate accident i guess is the best short explination) at about 1.5yrs.. and 20"+
 
I have 3feet fire eel, that will eat nothing but ghost shrimp, i tried feeding those frozen market shrimp, but it just wouldn't eat , no matter what. i think most people face the same problems when it comes to market shrimp, polly the eel need a little training with market shrimp. What my friend taught me , throw in market shrimp and the ghost shrimp together, ratio maybe 3:1.
The ghost shrimps will eat the market shrimp and when the eel eats the ghost shrimp, theres a chance it will eat the market shrimp together with it. I haven managed to do it, im still trying. Worth a try though.
 
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