henward Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 last night was alive, thismorning, freshly dead. sad day:( i have had him approx 5 years, got him when he was 60cm. measured at 74cm at death. i approximate 8 to 10 years old. wonder what the expectancy is. had a good life, lots of prawns, some beef, some pellets.... dissected it, as i thought maybe swallowed a clown loach. stomach is empty. completely empty, no blockages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 :evil: break out the smoker :evil: it sad when the big guys die, my friend just lost her 8yr old Black ghost knife through a tiny gap where the filter enters the tank. keep getting mental images of it lying on the ground calling for mummy :tears: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Beast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 RIP Earnie, he was a monster!!! No pics of the dissection? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee2 Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 it is sad to see your old fish to go... anyway, time to get new fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted May 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 no, no dissection pics sorry:D but there really isnt much in the body ay, that thing was all meat! it had a layer of fat, liver, heart wasnt big (what i thought was heart) then the gut isnt big either. but it was a thick hunk of meat! sad, really sad, but i thought about it, it was very old! 8 to 10 years i believe. googling it, that is reasonable, so i dont feel AS bad about it i guess, got to a ripe old age. new fish? well.... not sure about another eel, i find smaller ones tend to be very easily phased and die easily. was thinking perhaps a school of another type of loaches lol dont know, or more mid dwelling fish actually, cichlids perhaps:D fire mouth, texas...cheap, pretty and eats heaps:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 strange how one day they are ok and the next day dead , he was a true monster in the making Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally07 Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Sorry to hear man, he was one of the coolest fish in your tank (besides Brutus lol).. If post-mortem didn't show any cause of death, maybe it was just his time. :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 So sorry to hear of your loss, he had a very long and happy life though :love: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 I wonder if they are migratory? They aren't true eels so maybe not. What so 74cm isn't quite a monster Snookie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee2 Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 strange how one day they are ok and the next day dead , he was a true monster in the making could be heart attack in that case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 My old ~50cm fire eel died a similarly sudden death, fine one day dead the next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamosfish Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 That sucks..... Maybe one day you could replace it with a big Royal.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted May 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 That sucks..... Maybe one day you could replace it with a big Royal.... why wait.... i remember i did offer a person for their SPECTACULAR royal:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Sorry to hear the sad news Henward, i have a small fire eel here (20-25cm) looking for a large tank as a new home. It's in with another fire eel and the banded knife and brown ghost knife i got off you. Let me know if your keen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted May 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Sorry to hear the sad news Henward, i have a small fire eel here (20-25cm) looking for a large tank as a new home. It's in with another fire eel and the banded knife and brown ghost knife i got off you. Let me know if your keen. sorta keen, but thinking of buying a red severum, might take my funds, so depends on how much it is for lol whats the diet of the fire eel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Its eating blood worms mainly, the brown ghost i got from you was struggling for food in the 7' tank in the house so moved it to the big tank in the shed to feed it up but it will only eat blood worms where as the banded knife is keen on prawns. The fire eels race the brown ghost for the blood worms, once its getting nice and fat im planning on starving them to change them over to prawns etc, my black ghost inside loves dry food but the others just ignore it. If your keen on the eel you can have it for $40, i paid $70-$75 from hff approx 9 mths ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcanine Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 oh dear! &c:ry hope that doesn't happen anytime soon to my fire eel, he's a good 75cm now. there have been a few times when i've thought "oh crap here we go" because hes been found upside down...turns out thats the way he sleeps! either that or draped over a vertical ceramic pipe.... silly eel ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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