Well, guess what. I actually bought a juvenile tire track today, so the title of the thread is now true. It's around 7'' long I think. Buying it was a great risk, I was aware of that but I wanted to try my chances anyway. There were a couple of them. I asked the guy at the store when these fish arrived. He said the fish have been in the store for weeks. Then I asked him what kind of food he's feeding to the spiny eel. He said he gives them the regular deal (bad news.) So I asked him to feed the tank. He fed something like artemia, which the eels weren't interested at all. I was at the store to get a baby albino bichir, and since I already had zigzags, I thought what the hell.
I also got some frozen bloodworm cubes from that store (finally.) So I thawed a cube and dropped it to the tank.. only to watch my greedy baby bichirs eat them all. I dropped in some shrimp pieces to divert them, but they managed to eat them AND the bloodworms. The rest, my two ghost knives ate up.
Next time, I'll drop the worm cube last.
I also got some frozen bloodworm cubes from that store (finally.) So I thawed a cube and dropped it to the tank.. only to watch my greedy baby bichirs eat them all. I dropped in some shrimp pieces to divert them, but they managed to eat them AND the bloodworms. The rest, my two ghost knives ate up.
Next time, I'll drop the worm cube last.
.. And I agree completely the science backs up all of the info. But there isn't extensive research on spiney eels out there. I always try and er on the side of caution. Very few of these species have been kept in captivity for extensive lengths of time outside Public Aquariums. Very little is actually known of these fish in the General Hobby.