eel and snails

[wakeskater]

i have a snowflake eel that i probably feed way to much and he is atleast 6 inches and about an inch and a half to two inchs wide and he ate all 12 of my mexican turbo snails but at the time that e ate them i wasnt feeding him but 1-2 silversides a day and now where up to three every day or so and i want to put mmore mexican turbos in do you think that he will eat all of those ones to or was it just that i wasnt feeding him enough when he did it last time?

 

[reefeel]

Wow, I though my eel was getting fat he is 12in long and a 1/2 in wide. Eels-if I recall from a book-don't over eat. Arer you sure the snails didn't die and he "helped" cleanup?

 

[gasguzzler]

Depends on the species. My dragon eats till he pukes if I let him- a snowflake would be much more reserved. I say feed him until he stops showing interest. Remember, snowflakes, zebras, chainlinks, etc are all crustacean feeders. Just about anything that goes in there will be lunch sooner or later.

 

[wakeskater]

no i know that he was eating them while he was a;ive cause i watched him pull on off the rocks and rip it aaound till it came out of the shell

 

[lilstrup]

yea they will eat them

 

[turbotsi]

my SFE has eaten 2 of my turbo snails I was hoping I could get other inverts but I have a volitan too...
btw I only feed mine one cube of either Mysis shrimp (frozen) or marine canavoir cuise a day
I tend to under feed.. this way they dont grwo to rapidly and they always have a hunger then
Dave

 

[lilstrup]

yea they should be alright