Blue Ribbon Eel

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nyx

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We just got a Blue Ribbon. I love her. The LPS said it was a Black, but darnit, she is blue. . .well greenish yellow (I was told that was how you tell they are female) I am pretty sure she is full grown. Good luck with yours.
 
joojoo

joojoo

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Originally Posted by Nyx
We just got a Blue Ribbon. I love her. The LPS said it was a Black, but darnit, she is blue. . .well greenish yellow (I was told that was how you tell they are female) I am pretty sure she is full grown. Good luck with yours.
Does yours eat?
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

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Originally Posted by MX#28
Ok, here’s what I’ve seen work before:
The juvenile ribbon eels can swallow (and seem to prefer) a surprisingly large meal - like a goldfish. At first it will probably have to be alive – you can skewer a live goldfish on a feeding stick (yes, it’s ugly – hopefully PETA isn’t reading this) just barely enough to hold the goldfish on so that the eel can pull it off. Sometimes the ribbon eels are finicky about wanting a saltwater meal that they are used to (you might try a dead damsel or something) and it often helps to rub something like a cocktail shrimp on the goldfish to get the smell that the eel is looking for.
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Animal cruelty? There is nothing nice about nature. Did you see Planet Earth where the snakes and large fish team up to hunt the reefs where the snakes would go into the cracks and if they missed the smaller fish and it escaped it would face the jaws of the larger fish?
 
lazypinoy

lazypinoy

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why is it when we hurt animals its animal cruelty. but when animals hurt each other it not? have we forgotten that were animals too? jus food for thought...
n e ways. hows the eel doing!!?!?
 
joojoo

joojoo

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Lol... it's animal cruelty because it's unnecessary pain and hurt... We are animals with ethics and morals, so we know how to humanely kill food.
And back to goingpoor's eels ^_^.
 
mx#28

mx#28

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Originally Posted by joojoo
Animal cruelty anyone?

No, I’m not advocating animal cruelty. Just passing along some info about things I’ve read about, heard of, and personally witnessed working to get these finicky feeders to eat. I’m sure there is a more humane way of doing it, but I thought I’d convey the exact way that I’ve seen someone feed a ribbon eel for the first time in its captive life. The more success stories that we can spread around, the more we’ll know about these eels and how to take care of them, properly.
Anyways, back to the discussion at hand – Goingpoor: How are your eels doing?
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goingpoor

goingpoor

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well still havent seen them but on the bright side i sent 6 goldfish down the pvc pipe and only one returned up out of the pipe i hope that this is a good sign :joy:
oh and this was threw a hour period that i did this(6 goldfish down the pvc pipe and only one returned up out of the pipe )
 
joojoo

joojoo

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Originally Posted by goingpoor
well still havent seen them but on the bright side i sent 6 goldfish down the pvc pipe and only one returned up out of the pipe i hope that this is a good sign :joy:
Sounds good to me!
 
goingpoor

goingpoor

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well ok there it is i found them in my sump one died
fixed the tiniest hole that i found and the other one is doing good still nothing on the eating even with my brother feeding him bye hand,ill keep you all updated but for know its not looking so good

does anyone havre suggestions on other ells that are reef safe and more hardy????????? :help:
 
joojoo

joojoo

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OOO NOOO! I'm sorry, I was hoping they would both make it! At least you still got one to try for a couple more days.
If the other doesn't pull through, you can always try Snowflake Eels.
 
goingpoor

goingpoor

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Originally Posted by joojoo
OOO NOOO! I'm sorry, I was hoping they would both make it! At least you still got one to try for a couple more days.
If the other doesn't pull through, you can always try Snowflake Eels.

im looking for some what of a more interesting eel,(Yellow Canary eel),,i liked the ribbon because of its size not so fat and big(Golden Dwarf Moray Eel ),
but thanks ill look up on that
 
goingpoor

goingpoor

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sharkboy13 do you still have your white ribbon eel????? saw in a past thred you where able to come across one wondering if you had any luck with it????
i retarted i see that wasnt you
 
goingpoor

goingpoor

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Originally Posted by Sharkboy13
i wouldnt mind a white ribbon, come to think, hand over ur black

where do you live
 
member007

member007

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This is not cool! You still have one more alive and you are already looking for other alternatives!? You knew that it will not be easy to keep them alive... It is normal that they won't eat for the first week or two, but you have to keep trying. You knew that it's hard to feed them, and they are known as escape artists. Now you act like there is something wrong because they are not eating? You don't even have them for a week?
 
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