Eel people ...feeding knot pics!!!!!

[d0ch0liday]

hey have you guys seen your eel do this...........

 

[swfishonly]

what exactly are they doing it just looks like their moving really fast and twisting or are they trying to catch the food so they twist and everything

 

[d0ch0liday]

i will get better pics but that is my reticulated moray tieing him self in a knot during feeding look closly at the second one

 

[dougai]

yah i noticed it
looks pretty cool
must be cool to watch

 

[texasmetal]

I have a freshwater (brackish) eel, it ties itself in knots all the time when I drop some shrimp in and it grabs one.

 

[konrade]

Yeah, my sfe does that to, especially if he tears of more than he can chew.

 

[jes723ika]

looks cool.. i want an eel... but dont know if i should dare to put one in my tank.. i have a 55 gallon.. anyone know if one would fit, or would it outgrow? are there peaceful eels?? I havent really done any research on them.. as i'm kind of a wimp and read that sometimes they try to jump out of the water.. i dont like that .. lol

 

[the_fish]

just sweet.

 

[dme]

A good many moray species use that technic in trying to prevent their prey from escaping them :scared:

 

[wanabebell]

My sfe did it last night when he hit a silver side I thought it was awsome ***)

 

[unleashed]

Originally Posted by TexasMetal
I have a freshwater (brackish) eel, it ties itself in knots all the time when I drop some shrimp in and it grabs one.
sorry to bust into this thread with this question but do you have a pic of your fw eel?I have a type of eel unknown to us i cant ever get a good pic but I also cant find one like it online to compair it we think it may be a fw moray.hes now 24 inches long

 

[epicentyr]

What are you feeding? It looks like whole octopus. If they are frozen what kind of store did you go to to get them?

 

[dme]

You can get frozen octopus from fish markets mostly for I have to buy baby octopus by the boxes of #24 that the octopus are frozen in #2 packages. (# this means lbs) as the #24 box cost me just under $160.00 for some places may be able to get it, but they not sell it as much so one would have to be willing to buy the whole box.

 

[arlene1995]

In nature Moray Eels will lunge out of their hiding place and knot up like that on an octopus and does this for several seconds. They will then let go and only take a tentacle or two.
Hope this helps!!
Arlene1995 :happyfish

 

[dme]

Arlene1995, eels not just lunge out as if mindless creatures for this know that they a better chance of success in catching their prey by getting as close as they can before they make that lunge and only taking a tentacle or two, that would very much depend on the size of the octopus and moray for the largest baby octopus I get, my male dragon swallows it with no problems.
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