eel on hunger strike

[j-spot]

My zebra eel has refused to eat for about a month now. Water checks out fine, nothing new in the tank. He is still active as usual moving about at night as if in search of food which I am still offering as normal. He has been eating only frozen cubes, formula one, for over 6 months now, refusing anything else. I have tried other foods in the past to try and provide a varied diet but he would only eat the frozen stuff.Could it be possible that he is just tired of the same thing? I know hunger strikes are normal for eels but is there anything else I might be able to intice him with? Also how long can it go on before I should be really concerned?

 

[ryanhayes9]

try soaking in garlic

 

[aw2eod]

Dont fret...it's a common occurance for Morays to go on hunger strikes.
My female Hawaiian Dragon went 4 - 5 months without eating, one time and my Whitemouth has gone almost 5 without eating.
Check your pH. I've noticed that whenever mine have stopped eating, the pH has fluctuated a little.

 

[sunburnt]

Whatever happened with this? My kidako went on a mini-strike for 9 days when I first transferred him from the 90 into the 215... and I was just beginning to freak out when he FINALLY decided to eat the silversides and squid I was offering... In the WalMart near me, they sell little styrofoam containers of squid, clams/oysters , fish, shrimp, and sometimes fake crab for a good price... The eel loves the squid, the puffer will eat anything, and my Mastiffs like the "krab", so it works out well. f you haven't tried fresh squid, I suggest that.

Good luck!

 

[j-spot]

The hunger strike is still on. Looks like I'm on my way to Wally World. Thank you for the tip. Hopefully this will bring the eel out of it.

 

[subonidio]

i feed my sebra eel with mithrax carabs (emerald crabs)i know is expensive but is wort it i buy feeder shripm from live aquaria sense the shripm is marine stayin my tank and i dont have to worry about feeding my eel you get 100 pcs per 28 dollars so i keep some in the main tank a 5 to 10 ,and tha rest in my refugium this is very convinient to me and i dont have worry forfrozen shripm or squid etc,your eel will love it guarante.