What to feed baby spiny eel

[Nbiaz]

I have a baby zig zag or striped spiny eel it is to small to tell what should I feed it I ignores blood worms I got it earlier today

 

[Bertie07]

Try some cut up shrimp or fish, they usually don’t eat within the first couple days so keep trying and he should start eating soon

 

[piranhaman00]

Try feeding at night, or just wait. After a few days it will take blood worms.

 

[fishnatics]

Try live blackworms and mix in frozen bloodworms occasionally

 

[Nbiaz]

Try live blackworms and mix in frozen bloodworms occasionally

What else can I feed it other than brine shrimp that has more protein because it is not growing very fast and I am worried it is malnutrited

 

[Fish Tank Travis]

Definitely, bloodworms are a good option. If it hasn’t been in the tank long, then it might still be adjusting. Generally, they can be very hard to get eating. I have three fire eels. The first two were easy as they pretty much went crazy for bloodworms from day one, when they were 4”. Those two now eat pretty much anything but pellets. My third one didn’t go as well. I got it at a later time and I couldn’t get it to eat anything for nearly two weeks. Finally, I made a last ditch effort to find something it liked by pretty much shotgunning a bunch of different stuff at once. I mixed up frozen mysis shrimp, frozen market shrimp, frozen bloodworms, live red wigglers, frozen tilapia, and a few others, and threw them all in at once. He ended up picking through and eating all of the red wigglers, so that became what I fed him. He now eats everything but pellets also.

How long has the eel been in the tank?

 

[fishnatics]

What else can I feed it other than brine shrimp that has more protein because it is not growing very fast and I am worried it is malnutrited

Like I stated above. Live blackworms and frozen bloodworms. Live baby guppies if you can breed your own.