My Japanese Dragon Eel hasn't eaten since i got him two weeks ago. I have tried shrimp, silversides and clams. I wanted to know if anyone live feeds and if you do what do you feed? or any other foods you feed.
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What kind of live food? I don't know what I should try.I don't own one but I do definitely recommend live food...
So your talking about making freshwater mollies saltwater then feed him those?Some eels do need something live to settle them in, this usually only takes a couple of feeding for most. The dragon eel does seem to take to dead food fairly quickly, but does seem to be one that many times need the live jumpstart. Eels also come in with internal parasites so be mindful if he doesn't eat the live food. I recommend feeding live mollies because they have near zero threat of spreading disease and have a similar protein and fat structure to saltwater fish. If you feed saltwater fair you risk spreading disease, and today that's a high risk.
Okay thank you! Being brackish they shouldn't bring any disease in correct?Mollies, being a brackish fish should be able to survive going straight from fresh to salt. At least long enough to become a meal. Many, many people report doing just that and the mollies live for months.
Myself, I typically acclimate them over 2 hours and have pretty high survival rates. 6/7 from the last batch.
Okay thank you! Being brackish they shouldn't bring any disease in correct?