Golden Dwarf Moray Eel (Gymnothorax melatremus)

kipsix · #1 10-18-2008, 02:01 AM

Have you tried the Silversides yet??

I think mine ate my peppermint shrimp..... you could always try that. If you're concerned just have something in the tank for him to eat should he get that hungry, like a clown goby or shrimp that's roughly bite sized. My now deceased peppermint shrimp was easily 2-3 mouthfuls and it's completely gone.

When I had mine in my BC29 he got in the back even thru my über custom eel guard netcontraption. So he must have come an inch or so out of the water. Yesterday when I was transferring him from a temp tank to my 65gal he got out the container and it must have been a solid couple inches out to the floor. The last thing I would do is underestimate these guys.... damn cunning.

Delphinus · #2 10-18-2008, 05:52 AM

Yeah, I've tried silversides. I even chopped a few heads off, skewered them and had them "peek" into his cave like a puppet.

Gruesome but oh well.

To be honest the peppermint shrimp idea did occur to me. I also might try ghost shrimp if I can find any... I hear if you acclimate them real slow they'll last a couple days in SW.

Borderjumper · #3 10-18-2008, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Yeah, I've tried silversides. I even chopped a few heads off, skewered them and had them "peek" into his cave like a puppet.

Gruesome but oh well.

To be honest the peppermint shrimp idea did occur to me. I also might try ghost shrimp if I can find any... I hear if you acclimate them real slow they'll last a couple days in SW.

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.

Oceanic · #4 10-18-2008, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Borderjumper

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.

kipsix · #5 10-18-2008, 08:58 PM

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

Delphinus · #6 10-19-2008, 06:30 AM

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

Borderjumper · #7 10-19-2008, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by kipsix

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

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

Delphinus · #8 10-20-2008, 06:08 AM

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)