I have a little baby eel which I don't know if its long or short finned. He is living with about 7 bullies which I think are common but I'm not sure. Does anyone have any pics of different bullies? I was wondering what my little eel and his bullies are going to eat? The eel is about 15cm long and the bullies are about 5cm.

TIA

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I hand feed my small eel bloodworm. Bullies i feed defrosted blood worms and water bugs when i can find them(larvae and the such out of stagnant water)

can u really keep eels? how big do they grow to?

can u really keep eels? how big do they grow to?

Yes.................

Huge, 6ft plus. They take years to get to full size (50+yrs)

I was just wondering... WOW thats awsome but I have to admit I think aros are better but thats my opinon. Eels are still nice fish. :lol:

but I have to admit I think aros are better but thats my opinon.

Eels cause less of an uproar when asking questions about them thats for sure :lol:

where can you get them from?

sounds like an interesting pet.

This is my second baby. My first one succumed to the evils of the carpet fluff. They will get out of any hole. I have taken every step to ensure this one doesn't get out. You can find them in most streams that are clean. I went fishing in a stream by the road with a big pool net and I found lots of wildlife.

Good luck!

have you had smoke eel it taste like chicken.yum :lol: :lol:

where can you get them from?

Most any stream will have some unless it's REAL polluted.

This one lives down the bottom of my garden. The neighbour has been feeding it raw chicken offcuts for years, so it's pretty tame. It's about 90cm long.

Cheers

Ian

lol asked the obvious.

I'm in central auckland so don't see too many eels around here.

wow thats a big eel

I'm in central auckland so don't see too many eels around here.

take a walk around western springs, dont take a net though - no fishing

saw a massive carp about two foot long there the aother day!

Yeah.. I was thinking of the ledgendary Western Springs Eels. The one in my picture is in Central Stratford, between my house and the sports field.

You might be surprised how many eels actually live around Auckland city, any little drain or stream that has permanant water probably has some living in it. They only need a couple of inches of water, and will actually travel quite a long way out of the water if they have to. You find them in farm ponds that are 100s of metres from any stream. They will travel overland through dew covered grass quite happily and live out of water for hours as long as they are damp.

One of the reasons they are such good escape artists, if they dont like where they are living in the wild, they will just climb out and head overland looking for someplace better. Not so good in your lounge, but if they made it to the lawn they would be off looking for a drain or swamp, and probably make it.

Cheers

Ian

Try Standen ave in Remuera for eels