My New 9'' Fire eel won't eat

[Cichla dude]

Hello, all my new 9'' fire eel will not eat. I have had him for a week now. I've tried raw hotdogs, scallops, flakes,and pellets, and feeders. What should I do?

 

[titanfish]

Hello, all my new 9'' fire eel will not eat. I have had him for a week now. I've tried raw hotdogs, scallops, flakes,and pellets, and feeders. What should I do?

all the foods u have mentioned above, a 9'' fire eel will not take those foods.
i had a similar problem at first. try some live river shrimp or worms, give it some time, eels sometimes take time to acclimatize, but also give it a nice hiding place it will feel less stressed, also try some live blood worms

 

[Cichla dude]

all the foods u have mentioned above, a 9'' fire eel will not take those foods.
i had a similar problem at first. try some live river shrimp or worms, give it some time, eels sometimes take time to acclimatize, but also give it a nice hiding place it will feel less stressed, also try some live blood worms

Ok I'll try live blood worms. Can I get him to eat market shrimp?

 

[johnuskglass]

bloodworms should get him to eat.

 

[StripeGirl]

try chopped market shrimp and worms,Mine went two weeks without eating at first.

 

[titanfish]

Ok I'll try live blood worms. Can I get him to eat market shrimp?

cut the shrimp into elongated pieces then give it a wriggle like imitating a worm, the eel will take. eels build trust with their owners, it will soon start associating you with food once it eats, then you can regularly hand feed it

 

[dragonfish]

Mine will only eat bloodworms, red wigglers and ghost shrimp. Try putting afew live ghost shrimp in and let him hunt.

 

[Cichla dude]

cut the shrimp into elongated pieces then give it a wriggle like imitating a worm, the eel will take. eels build trust with their owners, it will soon start associating you with food once it eats, then you can regularly hand feed it

Ok I will do that. I did that with my 2'' fire eel and he loved it.

 

[Bderick67]

Try earthworms/nightcrawlers. Most can't resist. careful though they can get to the point of only wanting to eat the worms.

 

[Cichla dude]

Try earthworms/nightcrawlers. Most can't resist. careful though they can get to the point of only wanting to eat the worms.

Ok I'll try some of these to,.