Post pictures of your eels!
- Thread starter Salt Life
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I'm not technically an Eel keeper, but this one just happens to live in the stream at the bottom of my garden. We feed it chicken and fish scraps and it has become fairly tame over the years.
It's a NZ longfinned Eel, (Anquilla dieffenbachii). They can grow to 2m long a weigh 40kg, so this is just a small one - about 90cm long.
I lured it out with some pieces of fish to take the pictures.
Then it wriggled back to it's cave.
Cheers
Ian
It's a NZ longfinned Eel, (Anquilla dieffenbachii). They can grow to 2m long a weigh 40kg, so this is just a small one - about 90cm long.
I lured it out with some pieces of fish to take the pictures.
Then it wriggled back to it's cave.
Cheers
Ian
Ian - Thats the coolest thing ive ever seen as part of anybodys garden!!!
How long have you guys been feeding it?
How long have you guys been feeding it?
I've only lived here about 4 years. Next door neighbour has been feeding them for years. Not sure if it's the same eel, sometimes other ones appear at feeding time. This one is probably 20-30 years old though.
Cheers
Ian
