SnowFlake Eel won't Eat

[Kunal Patel]

Hi

I have a snowflake eel he is about 18 inches. He has not been eating recently. For about couple weeks he has not ate
anything at least when I hand feed him. I feed him squid, & Shrimp, he has not taken any of that. Last time i fed him he ate a small piece of
squid and a couple of crabs. every now and then I feed him live crabs but that was a couple weeks ago.
I have small damsel in the tank and he hasn't tried to eat them. My water chemistry is right and everything was on point.
Anyone have any idea, I don't want him to starve. He does not show any symptoms that i can tell. All my other fish are doing fine.

Thank You
Kunal Patel

 

[deejeff0442]

I only fed mine once or twice a week. Any snails missing?
Mine would suck them out of the shell

 

[Kunal Patel]

I don't have any snails, but I have hermit crabs.They are all there though. I feed mine every other day usually he is happy with that. I tried yesterday but he did not take anything, hasn't for a couple of weeks now. He use to love squid but now just looks at it.

 

[jay0705]

Unless he's under fed the damsel is safe. Snow flakes aren't terribly fish aggressive. Crustaceans tho, rt up there ally. Now I agree with above you've probably been feeding too often. Has anything else changed? New filter, water,ect?

 

[Kunal Patel]

I did a water change after I noticed that he wasn't eating. I do a 30% water change every week, i also changed all filter pads, other than that I left everything the same in the refugium. Maybe he is eating too often, He doesn't look sick or anything, but that is hard to tell because he is always hiding.

 

[jay0705]

Give it a week and see

 

[Jen831]

My snowflake eel does that sometimes. He can be an absolute pig one day and than kind of go into "hiding" for 2-3 days and not eat anything. Than he comes out and starts swimming near the surface of the tank like a maniac wanting to eat again.