wackyvolitan
New Member
I have a 55 gallon FO aquarium. I bought a 7.5" Snowflake Eel about 2 weeks ago,
and when I first got him, he seemed to be doing fine. He was fed feeder fish (rosy reds) at
the pet store. But I fed him freeze-dried krill after I bought him, and he was eating really
well. Then a few days later, he stopped eating. I thought maybe it was because I was
overfeeding him earlier, because I read online that if you overfeed them, sometimes they
go a couple weeks without eating.
But then today, when I woke up and turned the tank light on. I looked at him, and he was
a lot lighter-colored than he was yesterday. There was an area near his head, a couple
inches long, where he was all pale and white, and the big black spots were gray instead. But all the rest of his body
was still the normal color - light yellow with big black spots.
And the white
part of his body looks fatter than I think it used to be. He still looks the same, it's horrible! He also seems to be breathing a bit
heavier now, too, but it could just be my imagination.
I also recently (after I bought him) read that feeding them freshwater feeder fish will cause
liver disease for the eel - do you think that’s what it could be, since that’s what he was fed
at the pet store? Does anybody know what it is, or has anybody here ever experienced this
before? Please help me!!!
and when I first got him, he seemed to be doing fine. He was fed feeder fish (rosy reds) at
the pet store. But I fed him freeze-dried krill after I bought him, and he was eating really
well. Then a few days later, he stopped eating. I thought maybe it was because I was
overfeeding him earlier, because I read online that if you overfeed them, sometimes they
go a couple weeks without eating.
But then today, when I woke up and turned the tank light on. I looked at him, and he was
a lot lighter-colored than he was yesterday. There was an area near his head, a couple
inches long, where he was all pale and white, and the big black spots were gray instead. But all the rest of his body
was still the normal color - light yellow with big black spots.
part of his body looks fatter than I think it used to be. He still looks the same, it's horrible! He also seems to be breathing a bit
heavier now, too, but it could just be my imagination.
I also recently (after I bought him) read that feeding them freshwater feeder fish will cause
liver disease for the eel - do you think that’s what it could be, since that’s what he was fed
at the pet store? Does anybody know what it is, or has anybody here ever experienced this
before? Please help me!!!