Peacock eel

[TinfoilBala]

I have had a peacock eel for the past few months and have never once seen him eat.he occasionally changes hiding places and now lives swimming in the open water, but I was wondering how I know if he it's getting enough food. And what the best type of food for him was since none can agree I was hoping anyone could shed some new light on the subject

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[dvessavid]

I have had my peacock eel for about 6 months now and never seen him/her eat until recently. I did a lot of research on these picky eaters. I tried feeding it nearly everything just to witness it eat. Obviously it is eating; otherwise it would not be alive. I finally tried live red wigglers. I placed a few in a disposable cup that was filled with some water and cut them up into small pieces. Drained the water carefully and used a baster to squirt the pieces in the general area to allow the eel to hunt (in a way). To my surprise it came out of cover just by the smell of the worms. I noticed it only went after ones that were still moving. The rest of the pieces were quickly eaten by my black ghost knife fish. I also witnessed a time that I did not chop one of the worms enough and the peacock eel went after it thrashing violently. It swam with it at a very high speed right out of the tank smacking the glass top of my tank. I thought it injured itself in the process but it seems to be fine. Be sure to cut the worms to the right size. I hope this helps.

 

[TinfoilBala]

Thanks for the info I will try this tecjnique out

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[MonsterMinis]

Live black worms.. my spineys love them and get good growth and health..nice thing about them is you can dump a bunch in once a week and they're good. long as tank-mates aren't eatign them all.. It pretty fun to watch my eels dig around for worms in the sand at night.

 

[Simonson]

Had a peacock eel for about 6 months before he managed to escape (cover all holes in your tank with nylon, sponge, Anything) and all I was really feeding my tank in that time was bloodworms. I never saw him eat, since he hides in the sand 90% of the time, I'm sure he hunts for food while you're sleeping. Hope that helps!