Get a couple of big fat female mollys. Acclimate them slowly, and they do really well in salt water. The are livebearers and provide tasty snacks.

I am going to try these Molly's some day. Good suggestion. :idea:

So do the mollies actually survive in SW? Or do they just not die right away?

My understanding is they can be acclimated to SW as their natural habitat is brackish estuaries or something like that.

I have kept them in SW and they did very well. I had them for 1.5 years then gave them away.

JACKPOT!!! .. on day 37. Tonight he totally ate the squid I offered him. I stuffed it into the entrance (well, one of the entrances) into his burrow, took about 5 minutes but suddenly I saw it get pulled in. I cautiously peeked closer, and saw the eel munching away. Waited a few minutes, tried again with squid-on-a-stick, and he took it off the stick and ate that too. W00ty!!1!!one!! (<-- translation: me happy)

Tony
I bet you are very happy and relieved. I still want to see more pictures from everyone.
I am starting to get interested in these eels. Keep up the thread.
Shane

That's awesome Tony. He went on quite the hunger strike hey??

Anyways, congrats!

Anyhow, mine has hit the sad ending of its story. Haven't seen it all week so finally decided enough was enough and took apart the tank. He's not in there. Not in the sump either. Either he perished and was scavenged (found a nasty large red eyed crab while taking the rocks out) or he's managed to find his way out of the tank. Either way, no more eel. :(

This has been a rough stressful ride the last 4 months trying to keep this thing happy. I don't think I'll get another.