Advice on how to feed my Snake EEL? -Its not a Moray. Banded Snake EEL.

[waverider]

She only comes out at night (Hall n' Oates reference, please ignore) -could not resist. . Please excuse corny. So I have been dropping in Mysis Shrimp cubes after lights out, but cant be certain my Snake EEL is getting them because I have hermit crabs...clean up crew who look for that food too. . She wont come out during the day so I cant verify she's eating.. Should I switch to fresh seafood on a wooden skewer? How are you all feeding your snake EELs?

 

[xxkenny90xx]

I don't know anything about that particular eel but I would normally feed eels seafood from the grocery store. Clams, mussels, squid, octopus, scallops, fish, shrimp, ect. Fresh is preferable

 

[fishguy242]

hi,yes start her with small small thawed pieces of cocktail shrimp,after lights out,stick in with tongs wave around a lil bit,wait till she comes out put it in front of her nose,they are practically blind

 

[waverider]

Thank you, I will try the Cocktail shrimp on a stick. -Sounds ideal, I would prefer to see her eat. Tonights behavior leads me to think she took the small chopped up pieces of Cod I dropped in the tank in the middle of the night while she was "patrolling". -I had left the chopped up Cod while she was patrolling in the dark, and when I came back about 30 minutes later she had burrowed again. -Where previously she would be out all night. Wondering that she might have eaten and gone back into the sand bed.

 

[fishguy242]

tonight, make sure she is eating ,kinda delicate eel,but once eating no problems

 

[Snoopy 67]

Depending on how much she ate she might not eat again for a day or 2.
I would skip tonight & try tomorrow.

 

[TheDragonsReef]

Mysis shrimp is most likely too small of a food item. Try anything larger and meaty like krill, small silversides, or diced up squid scallop or shrimp