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Had him since october . Yes its a new bulge .. he is moving around the tank.. breathing seems a lil bit labored. But no intrest in food ..I guess this is a new bulge and not just a really well fed eel? Does it act distressed or different in any way? How long have you had it?
I do have a qt set up.but no seems to be bothering him so I dont want to add any unneeded stressHad him since october . Yes its a new bulge .. he is moving around the tank.. breathing seems a lil bit labored. But no intrest in food ..
He seems to have a wierd twitch when he is breathing... my LFS had no input ethier.My previous eel had same thing. Died about three days later. Is the eel breathing normally. My lfs couldn't explain what happened and said snowflakes eels are very hardy and prone to alot of diseases.
hey i know this is from a while ago but i just got a tiger moray eel a few days ago and was healthy and ate krill and scallops. i put him in the DT and was doing great, i just noticed that his stomach seems to be swollen and he only ate a small piece or two of scallop. I did add a few hermit crabs today, the only other tank makes are a white eyed moray eel and a blue line grouper which are still alive. did he possibly eat a hermit? what should i do? thanks for the help!He could have some sort of blockage, could be from a digestive issue like constipation or he swallowed something like a piece of rock or substrate. Mg is very effective in helping out predatory fish with digestion, 1st thing I would do is raise mg to 1600ppm. If it's a fowlr and you don't maintain mg, it is wise to maintain reef levels of mg and ca, fish do absorb elements from the water column, and this is very important to predatory fish. Diet and frequency of feeding plays the major role in digestion, so what is their diet and how often do you feed?
Don't use the epsom salt remedy, epsom salt contains questionable ingredients, and is also used as a fertilizer, so also expect an algae bloom. The active ingredient in epsom salt is mg, so just dose reef mg. You can test for it and maintain desired levels. I keep my predator tanks at 1400ppm which is slightly higher than recommended reef levels. If there's an issue, dosing up to 1600ppm is completely safe.
hey i know this is from a while ago but i just got a tiger moray eel a few days ago and was healthy and ate krill and scallops. i put him in the DT and was doing great, i just noticed that his stomach seems to be swollen and he only ate a small piece or two of scallop. I did add a few hermit crabs today, the only other tank makes are a white eyed moray eel and a blue line grouper which are still alive. did he possibly eat a hermit? what should i do? thanks for the help!
its a 210g tank, ive never dosed mg or ca before, dose for 1400 ppm mg and what levels for ca?It would the same suggestions I listed above, it's really all you can do. And yes they could have eaten a hermit, so you just want to hope he passes it. The elevated mg may help with digestion and straitening out the gut.