Help getting blue ribbon eel to eat

cu455 · Oct 12, 2015

Try using tongs to feed the eel. The thing that sucks with rosie reds, besides the nutritional value is that they don't survive long in freshwater. Get a container that only the eel can get into, you can cut a hole in a plastic container, and put the food in the container so the trigger can't get to it.

Do you live near the coast? Mollies acclimate to saltwater pretty well. If it doesn't eat the freshwater fish you can dump a bunch of mollies in there.

Naiad · Oct 12, 2015

I think they only ship in the US. I never had a ribbon eel. They were too expensive for me when I had the FOWLER. Then I moved to a reef with fish he would love to eat.

Saltwaterfishy · Oct 12, 2015

Naiad said:
I think they only ship in the US. I never had a ribbon eel. They were too expensive for me when I had the FOWLER. Then I moved to a reef with fish he would love to eat.

Oh nice

Saltwaterfishy · Oct 12, 2015

cu455 said:
Try using tongs to feed the eel. The thing that sucks with rosie reds, besides the nutritional value is that they don't survive long in freshwater. Get a container that only the eel can get into, you can cut a hole in a plastic container, and put the food in the container so the trigger can't get to it.

Do you live near the coast? Mollies acclimate to saltwater pretty well. If it doesn't eat the freshwater fish you can dump a bunch of mollies in there.

I have tried using the tongs and putting them in a net infront of him. He goes in there but doesn't seem to bite. Even when I did let them go in the tank he would follow them around but wouldn't bite. Don't know what's wrong. I have tried mollies but they are pretty expensive to supply and he doesn't seem interested any more then the other food I try and feed