henward Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 picked up a fire eel from hff roskill. they weaned it onto hikari sticks. wheni got it ack, it was reluctant so i fed it shrimp stuffed with pellets and slowly but surely removed the shrimp portion and did a flavour transfer treatment on massivore and hikari sticks. now, it eats them with no flavour transfer. purely hikari and massivore. see how fast this eel will grow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 BOO YA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 nice! always wanted to know how big those guys can get and how quick they grow. how long is it now? (for the record) 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 nice! always wanted to know how big those guys can get and how quick they grow. how long is it now? (for the record) 8) this is a reasonable size :nfs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 its currently 35 cms ish. hard to measure but it now starts to take them from the surfice before i had to drop it one by one, not i can drop a few and it eats at its leisure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 now a few weeks is past, and the red has eaten a good fill, grown a bit and put on weight, thickened and more aggressive with food. I will commence training with pellets again perhaps lol i really really want it eating pellets! sticks and massivore. i may try the flavour transfer method. this time i will not feed it for a good 10 days, then feed it. will take self control lol but will see how i go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-town... Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 I thought you didnt want a fire eel? :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 i didnt - but saw the one eating hikari sticks which i havent seen before and impulse took over! :oops: unplanned completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 just got myself a fire eel... yeaaa! i've wanted one for ages. its about 20ish cm long and for now it is in a 200l planted, with some dwarf cichlids, and plenty of guppy fry to munch on if he ever gets sick of bloodworms. ill let u know if I see him eating the crushed up hikari gold pellets or flakes I feed to the other fish. loving the eel already! cool fish! 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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