melrick1 Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 My eel has continued to grow, he is now 45-50 cm long. He comes to the top of the tank and sticks his head out to feed from my hand. He is eating shrimp stuffed with carnivore sticks (arrowana ones). Just wondering what everyone else feeds theirs? I only have a 4 foot tank and am worried it is becoming too small for what I have, really want to upgrade to a larger tank but with wedding and honeymoon the boss has put a hold on spending... Maybe I can find someone to swap + money (who knows). I am going to load some pics and videos once we have internet hooked up so everyone can see him :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 My eel has continued to grow, he is now 45-50 cm long. He comes to the top of the tank and sticks his head out to feed from my hand. He is eating shrimp stuffed with carnivore sticks (arrowana ones). Just wondering what everyone else feeds theirs? I only have a 4 foot tank and am worried it is becoming too small for what I have, really want to upgrade to a larger tank but with wedding and honeymoon the boss has put a hold on spending... Maybe I can find someone to swap + money (who knows). I am going to load some pics and videos once we have internet hooked up so everyone can see him :-) Thats a pretty good diet, i would stay on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melrick1 Posted December 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Cool thanks Henward. His colours are way better after he started on the sticks. I just cant believe how much they can put away!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 I hand-fed mine shrimp at that size too, and you're right they can put it away! Seemed happy enough in the 4' tank yet one day just dropped dead for no apparent reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 I found eels to be a funny one. I have not had good luck with them except for my last 70plus cm TT eel. i got him when he was already big, and grew it more but i find that from small, survival rate seems to be quite bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melrick1 Posted December 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Years ago the same happened to my young one, no reason at all. I'm hoping the food and good environment will keep my guy healthy. 70cm!!!! Now that is an eel alright! I think I saw him on a youtube video of yours, very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Years ago the same happened to my young one, no reason at all. I'm hoping the food and good environment will keep my guy healthy. 70cm!!!! Now that is an eel alright! I think I saw him on a youtube video of yours, very cool! one of mine started to 'twitch' and just died, like a seizure type thing. dont know what it was. weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dattofish Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 so what is the diet to feed these bad boys apart from shrimp/blood worms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 aww guys.. they will be loving it up there in fishy heaven. i got mine at 25cm two and a half years ago and he stayed 25cm no matter what i fed him. still alive in my friends planted tank, she feeds it bloodworms and shrimp when it's not eating all her guppies and digging up plants and still being 25cm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 just watch out with prawns imo ... viewtopic.php?f=32&t=59877 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 yeah you can go to the chinese supermarket and get freshwater vietnamese/asian prawns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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