Need Help... Wolf Eel on hunger strike

[ogre]

I have a 120 gal. that is well established. I've have a Yellow Tang, Lion Fish, and a Green wolf Eel for about a year. Everybody is doing great but about 1 week ago the eel decided to stop eating. He used to be my most aggressive eater. Now he checks out his Silversides and swims away. Everyone else is eating fine. I feed every other day so he has missed 3 feedings. Water Quality is good, same as it's been for months. He's only ever shown interest in Silversides, won't give Krill the time of day. He did just recently eat one of my lg hermits, well... he's getting the blame. Garlic soaked Silversides don't work either.

 

[slackjawed]

Originally Posted by ogre
http:///forum/post/2670649
I have a 120 gal. that is well established. I've have a Yellow Tang, Lion Fish, and a Green wolf Eel for about a year. Everybody is doing great but about 1 week ago the eel decided to stop eating. He used to be my most aggressive eater. Now he checks out his Silversides and swims away. Everyone else is eating fine. I feed every other day so he has missed 3 feedings. Water Quality is good, same as it's been for months. He's only ever shown interest in Silversides, won't give Krill the time of day. He did just recently eat one of my lg hermits, well... he's getting the blame. Garlic soaked Silversides don't work either.
i have a wolf eel with 18 of my other fish ,usually he eats live silversides or i have seen him eat raw scallopsbut mostly live minnows but i understand if you dont wanna feed live but i bet he wood eat small live rosies

 

[el guapo]

Have you tried to offer small pieces of chopped shrimp or clams ?
or even try offering some live ghost shrimp .

 

[regina13]

Originally Posted by EL GUAPO
http:///forum/post/2670867
Have you tried to offer small pieces of chopped shrimp or clams ?
or even try offering some live ghost shrimp .
+1

 

[ogre]

I appreciate your responses and will try them all. As of tonight he showed no interest in the scallops,tomorrow clams. Live feeders as a last resort.

 

[slackjawed]

Originally Posted by ogre
http:///forum/post/2672331
I appreciate your responses and will try them all. As of tonight he showed no interest in the scallops,tomorrow clams. Live feeders as a last resort.
why last resort? he will love live feeders !!soak em in garlic

 

[el guapo]

Saving live feeders for a last resort is a good idea .
Some times fish will just go on a starvation run for a few days or even weeks . It can be due to diet . This is not uncommon in moray's but I can imagine even your wolf eel is susebtable to it . It basicly steams from them not being able to pass what they have eaten . So they will stop eatting until they have passed it , AKA constipation.
Getting on the live feeder train is bad . You can have issues weaning them back on to frozen/prepared foods .

 

[ogre]

Yea that's what I was thinking on the feeders. It's hard enough to try and get new frozen past the Lion so that the eel has a chance to decide if he's interested. Granted I'm sure they would both prefer live over frozen but that's a road I really don't want to travel. The Lion did this awhile back after snatching a cube of Mysis I let slip from the tongs. Picky eaters!Can't really blame them. Who wants dead fish when you have tasted shrimp cocktail

 

[slackjawed]

Originally Posted by ogre
http:///forum/post/2672974
Yea that's what I was thinking on the feeders. It's hard enough to try and get new frozen past the Lion so that the eel has a chance to decide if he's interested. Granted I'm sure they would both prefer live over frozen but that's a road I really don't want to travel. The Lion did this awhile back after snatching a cube of Mysis I let slip from the tongs. Picky eaters!Can't really blame them. Who wants dead fish when you have tasted shrimp cocktail

well is he eatin?

 

[bigtankbigfish]

mine used to go nuts for live ghost shrimp. If he dont eat them there's an issue.