new fire eel

[steve535]

i picked him(?) up last night.it is about 4" long.its been a long time since ive had an eel in my tank.my tiretrack eel lasted a long time and got better then 20".with some luck this one will do the same.the sad thing is i wont see him in the tank until it gets comfortable with the cichlids.for the next two or three weeks my fish will be eating in the dark.ive added frozen brine shrimp to the food rotation

 

[.:Parky:.]

Nice looking eel. What size tank are you putting him/her in??

 

[geKo]

Very cool

What type of cichlids do you keep in that tank?

 

[steve535]

55 gal right now.im looking into a 90 soon with some luck by the end of the summer.tank mates are mostly Mbuna nothing small enough to get eaten until the 18" mark.the tank is still set up for my old eel.at almost 2 feet i had to set it up for him.all low caves

 

[ScubaSteve]

Really cool.... That eel looks awesome !!!

 

[steve535]

this is my first eel R.I.P. these pics are old he was about 16" at the time they were taken.

 

[ScubaSteve]

Cool pics........


I like the fire eel best of the two.....

 

[steve535]

its a dark pic but i thought it was cool

 

[steakaphagus]

Very nice! Once they are settled in, do you tend to see them much or are they quite reclusive? Also, do they search for food or are they ambush only?

 

[steve535]

that pic is a tire track eel the fire eel in the other pics got eaten.at 4" i thought it would be ok.it is almost 10".its been in the tank for 8 days now.he likes to hide but you can see it through out the rock work.as for eating i hand feed him.i put 6 or 7 krill under a ledge.the krill wants to float so it stays hidden from the cichlids.if you have never had one they are great!

 

[dial]

i have a spiny eel and i think its cool, i have had it for over a month now and im just starting to get worried that it may not be getting enough to eat. its a bit skinny. i feed my fish 2wice a day via a automatic timer first is at 12pm afternoon my lights come on at 10 :30am and the other is at 9:30 pm night might light goes off at 10:00pm. and 1nc a week i feed them 1 block off frozen bloodworm mixed with 1 block of brine shrimp, usually on a saturday, also 3 times a week ill feed them a little bit of shirmp pellets and aglue wafers (thoes are mainly for the catfish) and the occasional cucumber. i have tried to feed the eel bloodworm but it dosent seem interested it will poke and prod around my fingers then disappere. i have also tried wedging a frozen bloack of bloodworm/brineshripm under a ledge but it dosent get to it quick enough, once they start spilling up over the ledge the other fish get to it. is there a trick to them.

cheers aron.