ZEBRA EEL BEHAVIOUR

[cale262]

Originally Posted by DOMINATOR

So i just put my new eel in my tank yesterday...i know that itll take a couple of days to adjust but hes eally motionless. I have to stare really hard just to make sure hes breathing....sound normal? Anyone have similar patterns? Should i put a feeder fish in there or skewer one and wave it in front of him fore a while??? When should he start to eat??

When I first got mine, he went right into the rockwork and I didn't really see him for a couple days...Now He is out quite a bit, especially at feeding time. I've been feeding mine Silverside, he goes through cycles where he'll take 2-4 large ones for a few days in a row then he may go another 3-4 days without eating, everything I've read about them states this as normal. Their eyesite isn't the greatest, he'll come right to the surface looking for food and sometime I have to tap him on the nose before he see's it, once he does though, look out, almost like a dog, he grabs the silver side and shakes it back and forth as if he's trying to kill it...