ribbon eel

[antwon]

hello, had anyone had any success keeping ribbon eels, b/c they are stunning creatures, but I know that they are extremely hard to get to feed, even on live food.

 

[blackjacktang]

I have heard many different things with them. Sometimes they are hard and sometimes they are not. Yes they can be difficult to feed at times. Make sure you have a sealed top. They will escape in the smallest of holes!

 

[antwon]

I was barely able to get my whitelip moray to eat, so I'm alittle hesitant, but they are beautiful, and for sale at **please do not post competitor sites**, but i think i'll pass. LOL

 

[blackjacktang]

LOL that may be best. I would wait until you have ALOT of expeirence. I have been in the hobby for 5 years and i still wont trust myself with something that hard.

 

[antwon]

someone at reefland.com actually successfully kept a blue ribbon for quite some time, and documented it. he got the eel to eat by chasing guppies near the mouth of the eel with a feeder tong that looked like a eel, which was actually funny, and he said he eventually got it to eat frozen silversides, but it took him like 6 months

 

[blackjacktang]

I hear they get REALLY long also.
I like the black ones the most

 

[btldreef]

Quote:
Originally Posted by antwon http:///forum/thread/383291/ribbon-eel#post_3351158
I was barely able to get my whitelip moray to eat, so I'm alittle hesitant, but they are beautiful, and for sale at **please do not post competitors sites** but i think i'll pass. LOL

 

[jc germ]

I had a black ribbon eel for almost 3 years got him when he was really small and he grew to be about +- 1,2m when he was turning into a blue ribbon he went on hunger strike and did not make it I use to feed him strips of hake and silversides with a feeding tong and he would take it strait away but lots of time to get him to eat

 

[erifish3]

My ribbon eel eats chopped shrimp and silversides twice a week

 

[blackjacktang]

VERY nice eels

 

[ironeagle2006]

I had luck with a Ghost Ribbon Eel. Had it for 8 months til I moved for a month it is still alive if I want it back.

 

[antwon]

for the people who kept the BR eels: how did u get them to eat??

 

[erifish3]

Quote:
Originally Posted by antwon http:///forum/thread/383291/ribbon-eel#post_3351684
for the people who kept the BR eels: how did u get them to eat??
I quarantined mine for about 4 months in a 20g with a 1" sand bed and 1 rock the size of a softball. I didnt try to feed him till about 2 weeks after i got him. What i did was just leave a piece of silverside by the rock and walkaway. First he ignored it for a couple of hours and then he would eat it. A few days later i did the same with same results. Waited a week and this time i fed him with a long feeding stick and he took it, has ever since. On a side note, i added 5 damsels today and he quickly gobbled one up.

 

[jc germ]

time it is all it takes i would stand hours with a feeding tong and waving the food in front of him like I said worked for 3 years

 

[antwon]

im not the most patient person LOL it seems like the nicest fish are the hardest to care

 

[erifish3]

Quote:
Originally Posted by antwon http:///forum/thread/383291/ribbon-eel#post_3352410
im not the most patient person LOL it seems like the nicest fish are the hardest to care
Ain't that the truth
Update: Ribbon eel ate 2 damsels in 2 days, 3 more to go