Golden Dwarf Moray Eel not eating.

[Anarcha0s]

Good news! I finally saw the little guy eat! I was excited and I only managed to get this picture before he went back into his cave.

 

[DarthSimon]

Awesome!!!

What was he eating in photo?

 

[Anarcha0s]

Awesome!!!

What was he eating in photo?

A piece of table shrimp from Walmart lol

 

[DarthSimon]

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[BobbyOtto]

Only read the first page, however a great food to get a eel eating is crawfish. Get some small enough for him to eat, its a little magic trick I've used for years to get finicky eels to eat.

Edit: Glad its eating

 

[Anarcha0s]

Only read the first page, however a great food to get a eel eating is crawfish. Get some small enough for him to eat, its a little magic trick I've used for years to get finicky eels to eat.

Edit: Glad its eating

I can try that, it never hurts to have variety in their diet

 

[TinyChocobo]

Glad to see he's eating.

Personally, at least right now, I have no interest in eels. Seem like too much of a pain in the butt for a critter that will almost never come out where I can see it :P.

 

[Anarcha0s]

Glad to see he's eating.

Personally, at least right now, I have no interest in eels. Seem like too much of a pain in the butt for a critter that will almost never come out where I can see it :p.

I get that, I've loved eels since I was a kid, so they are kind of special to me lol and the snowflake has a lot of personality, golden not as much lol

 

[sp1187]

ok, I haven't read thru all of this, (lunch break at work), if you haven't tried feeder goldfish, try that. yea.... supposedly it isn't good for them, but that's what I fed my 2 12" long snowflakes, and my 10" whitemouth moray and my large lionfish. did that for 12 years until I sold them. this was back in the late 80's-90's. that's what most people fed their predators back then. they didn't seem to be suffering any.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

It's been a while and somehow this thread got burried in my notifications. I'm glad you got your eel eating. I'm thinking mine is a combination of new tongs and some water quality issues from my DI. Hopefully with the water quality solved I can get him used to the tongs...

 

[Anarcha0s]

It's been a while and somehow this thread got burried in my notifications. I'm glad you got your eel eating. I'm thinking mine is a combination of new tongs and some water quality issues from my DI. Hopefully with the water quality solved I can get him used to the tongs...

Thanks! Yeah he just is really shy, ill see him eating a little piece of shrimp I drop in every now and then. Have you tried a skewer? The tongs might reflect light and freak him out.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Thanks! Yeah he just is really shy, ill see him eating a little piece of shrimp I drop in every now and then. Have you tried a skewer? The tongs might reflect light and freak him out.

He used to eat off metal tongs, then quit... I now have plastic 3d printed tongs that are much larger. Going to get more metal tongs today. I've also tried a bamboo skewer with no luck. I'm gonna find some ghost shrimp and see if he'll go for them.

 

[jasonrusso]

He used to eat off metal tongs, then quit... I now have plastic 3d printed tongs that are much larger. Going to get more metal tongs today. I've also tried a bamboo skewer with no luck. I'm gonna find some ghost shrimp and see if he'll go for them.

Mine rips food off of plastic tongs. Once they associate the tongs with food it's a breeze. He eats whatever is on them.

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