You could, but I'm not sure whether it would actually get done. If they do fix it, then they also need to change the adult sizes of both the fire eel and tire track eel, as well.EmrePekdeniz;4768935; said:
It's really not the best idea, tbh. Mastacembelids are notorious escape artists, so regularly taking them out of the tank is just asking for trouble (not to mention it's pretty stressful for the fish, as well).
Too late, I've already implemented the system. Until they're both accepting bloodworms, I'll have to keep feeding them in a bowl. They no longer look emaciated. The stress I'm aware of, but it must be better than starving to death.
There are much better ways to ensure they are eating (ie. handfeeding, spotfeeding, etc.).EmrePekdeniz;4810275; said:
Small cherry shrimp are fragile creatures. Gripping them with tweezers destroys them. Dead shrimp = eel doesn't eat. I don't know what exactly you mean by spotfeeding. Isn't that how corals are fed, with a syringe? Apart from artemia, which as reported in this thread has little nutritious value, I cannot imagine any other food suitable for such a method.drgnfrc13;4812910; said:
Spot feeding is just putting food in a specific place to ensure it gets to the fish (or invert.) that your trying to feed. I'm not sure whether this could be done with live shrimp, though. You'd be much better off feeding them frozen foods by hand rather than feeding them live foods in bowl.EmrePekdeniz;4812941; said:
I offer frozen bloodworms twice a week, but only one of them accepted any so far. I drop the worm cube in front of their noses and they just look at it. Maybe they eat while I'm not looking, but I don't want to take the risk.drgnfrc13;4815515; said:
If you stop feeding them live, they will accept the frozen food after a while. Fish do not willingly starve themselves to death.EmrePekdeniz;4816179; said:
I didn't say it won't starve to death with food in the tank, I just said it won't starve itself to death willingly. When a fish starves to death, it is either due to some kind of health issue, a lack of food being offered, the wrong type of food being offered (like feeding flakes to a pacu, or goldfish to a bala shark), or being outcompeted by its tankmates. I've never seen/heard of any instance in which the fish just starved itself to death because it decided the food wasn't good enough.MonsterMinis;4817172; said:
Turkey Baster
You should be offering them food daily. And I will agree to disagree w/ Drgn That a fish won't starve to death with food in the tank.
