Snowflake eel experiences

[subman]

One of my favorite's of all time....but as mentioned their brain shuts down at feeding time and they bite at anything close. Like Denny mentioned they are mostly blind so its the smell of food that gets them going. When I had mine it was all large aggressive fish so i never lost any but sometimes they would have scrapes on them that looked like eel teeth marks.

If you get one I would target feed it first then everyone else in the tank.

[monocus]

mine has never eaten any fish(4 years)-even with all my small fish.he likes clams ,prawns,oysters and especially,king crab(eats better than i do)he does tend to jerk and tear when he gets food so make sure you use a feeding stick.a more gentler moray is a zebra.mine is a very delicate eater and doesn't snatch at his food (sometimes hard to feed as all my other fish like to steal its food before he can get it)

[sphelps]

IME they seem to be totally blind working on not only smell but stress as well. New additions that are overly stressed may not fair well but happy healthy fish provided they keep to themselves as well should do fine. Target feeding is a must, blindly dumping food in the tank could cause issues. If you proceed with caution I see no reason for concern.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by sphelps

IME they seem to be totally blind working on not only smell but stress as well. New additions that are overly stressed may not fair well but happy healthy fish provided they keep to themselves as well should do fine. Target feeding is a must, blindly dumping food in the tank could cause issues. If you proceed with caution I see no reason for concern.

I have a feeding stick (use it to target feed my Fu man chu lionfish in that tank) so target feeding won't be a problem. Also bonus the snowflake I am thinking about is from a friend of mine so it's healthy.

[subman]

If you still want a Dwarf Golden Eel Laurie I have a pair in my 225 I'd be willing to part with. (I have no idea how I would get them out but...)

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by subman

If you still want a Dwarf Golden Eel Laurie I have a pair in my 225 I'd be willing to part with. (I have no idea how I would get them out but...)

Don't tell me such things!!!!! I really loved my golden dwarf moray. He was awesome until I went to mexico for a week (this was over 2yrs ago) and for some reason he refused to eat for the tank sitter and continued to refuse to eat when I got back. I tried like crazy to get him eating again but he never did and after 2 months of not eating he died It broke my heart to watch him slowly wither away and I said I wouldn't try one again. Which is why after 2 yrs I'm finally thinking of attempting another eel, but as much as I love the golden dwarfs I can't go though that again and think a more heartier less tricky eel would be better. Plus I imagine it would be a big PITA to catch them, but thank-you for the offer.

Here's a pic of my old eel RIP

[subman]

All good Laurie They aren't really for sale I just know you loved yours and would give them a great home. I would get a snowflake again in a heartbeat.

[fishoholic]

Thanks for all the replies still fairly mixed *sigh*

I really want a zebra eel but I know one would be to big for my 80g so I had thought about putting a zebra in my 230g fowlr but my blue line trigger might pick on one (more likely then not, but hard to say for sure) so I'm not sure about taking that risk. Thought about selling my trigger so I could get a zebra eel but even though my trigger can be mean at times I do like him so I'm not sure I could bring myself to sell him (debating that still) so then I thought I really miss having an eel (used to have a golden moray) so why not get a snowflake, thinking that would be perfect until I heard they could eat fish Guess it'll be something to think about for awhile.