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Old 10-18-2008, 05:58 AM
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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.
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Old 10-18-2008, 07:21 PM
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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.
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Old 10-18-2008, 08:58 PM
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So do the mollies actually survive in SW? Or do they just not die right away?
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Old 10-19-2008, 06:30 AM
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My understanding is they can be acclimated to SW as their natural habitat is brackish estuaries or something like that.
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Old 10-19-2008, 07:00 AM
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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.
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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)
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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.
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YAHHHHHOOOOOOOO!


Everytime I see the email with this post...I say to myself..PLEASE let it be Tony saying his eel ate....and YAY this time it happened! I am soooo glad for you!


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