spaghetti eel-my eel not eating...

kno4te

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I’d suggest checking ur water quality. Needs brackish water last time I checked.
 

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You can get this eel to live successfully in freshwater but most reports show that it does best in brackish. I would suggest keeping in some level of salt. How long a the eel you have roughly?
note that they don’t adapt to change well and hence can take a while to feed.
 
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How long have you had the eel? Most eels don't eat in the first day or even week.
i have eel two weeks.Other fishes with eel are: tire track eel, stone loach, crosocheilus loach and goldline knivefish...all fishes are small sizes or juveniles.all fishes are feeding with frozen bloodworms.
 
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i have eel two weeks.Other fishes with eel are: tire track eel, stone loach, crosocheilus loach and goldline knivefish...all fishes are small sizes or juveniles.all fishes are feeding with frozen bloodworms.
I'd say give it a little more time, maybe put out the food at night in the dark with no lights on.
 
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