lionfish28
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my eel smells food and then he chases all my fish(but mainly my damsel)and its fun to watch my eel chase my fish!That makes me happy!
this is ver entertaing!
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lionfish28
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chainlink
conogre
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If he's chasing your fish that means he's starving!
Chainlinks are non-aggressive eels that feed mainly on shrimp and squid, with many refusing to eat fish flesh of any kind.
If it's a very small juvenile it should be fed as much as it can eat at least every other day....with adults, all it can eat 2-3 times per week.
Mike
Chainlinks are non-aggressive eels that feed mainly on shrimp and squid, with many refusing to eat fish flesh of any kind.
If it's a very small juvenile it should be fed as much as it can eat at least every other day....with adults, all it can eat 2-3 times per week.
Mike
gasguzzler
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They are strange creatures with eating habits. Sometimes my Zebra wont stop until I cut him off, other times, he'll have maybe two pieces. Depends on the day.
gkp
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We need to stop ripping and understand that he is happy his eel wants to eat... and just becouse he chases fish does NOT mean he is starving that is the dumbest thing I have ever heard ( they chase fish becouse hunting is in there nature). I can feed my eels untill they wont eat any more and 4 or 5 hours later they are at it again. By the way my black edge did this and he was supposedly not a fish eater and ate fish every few days..
conogre
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GKP, it also helpe to make sure that you're getting the correct information......there are many people out there who are trying to help, but just arent being told the truth themselves and inadvertantly causing problems.
Any of the several species of moray usually sold as "blackedged morays" are definitely fish eaters, and hence SHOULD be expected to chase fish, their natural prey, when hungry.
The Chainlink, however is a definite species, one of the smaller belonging to the genus Echidna and has conical teeth desigend for catching and crushing shrimp,small crabs, cephelopods, and such, therefor fish chasing is NOT normal behavior for this species unless very underfed.
The Chainlink occurs locally here in this part of Florida and it's quite unlikely that it would do something in an aquarium that it DOESN'T do in the wild for any other reason.
Mike
Any of the several species of moray usually sold as "blackedged morays" are definitely fish eaters, and hence SHOULD be expected to chase fish, their natural prey, when hungry.
The Chainlink, however is a definite species, one of the smaller belonging to the genus Echidna and has conical teeth desigend for catching and crushing shrimp,small crabs, cephelopods, and such, therefor fish chasing is NOT normal behavior for this species unless very underfed.
The Chainlink occurs locally here in this part of Florida and it's quite unlikely that it would do something in an aquarium that it DOESN'T do in the wild for any other reason.
Mike
lionfish28
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I feed my eel very good!!!!!!!!He just likes chasing the fish
I feed him lots of silver sides and sometimes as a treat i will feed him shrimp.
conogre
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lionfish28, you've just described the whole problem better than I ever could......"I feed him lots of silversides and sometimes as a treat i will feed him shrimp."
You can feed your cat all the rabbit pellets you want, with an occasional helping of catfood as a treat and it won't be very healthy or happy.
Switch that around to feeding him lots of shrimp with an occasional feeding of silversides if he wants it and you'll have a very healthy and happy animal.
Enough said on this subject for me....I'm pretty well sure the horse is dead and my whip arm is getting tired.
Mike
You can feed your cat all the rabbit pellets you want, with an occasional helping of catfood as a treat and it won't be very healthy or happy.
Switch that around to feeding him lots of shrimp with an occasional feeding of silversides if he wants it and you'll have a very healthy and happy animal.
Enough said on this subject for me....I'm pretty well sure the horse is dead and my whip arm is getting tired.
Mike
chandler04
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Conogre, yer the man. LOL. Actually, Im thinking a variety of shrimp, krill, silversides and watnot. Maybe some live, tiny damsels as the "treat". LOL. LOL. LOL.
conogre
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LOL!
You're still missing the point.
Snowflake eels, Chainlink eels and Zebra Morays, along with a few others are different from most of the other moray eels.
These guys have special teeth for catching and crushing shrimp, prawn,crabs and squid that actually don't work very well for catching live fish, thus many of them won't eat them at all unless they are VERY hungry (like feeding YOU once every 4 days).
I have a personal suspiscion that some of the boy eels may have sharper teeth than the females, thus MAY eat fish, but so far I'm the Lone Ranger on that one, as far as experienced eel keepers go, and I MAY be wrong (but I don't think so!**grin**)
Use care with damsels...they may be small and cheap, but they are also VERY MEAN and could end up damaging your eel.
I've seen 15 foot pythons killed by well meaning owners who put a live rat in its cage as a "treat" and woke up to find a hole chewed completely through the giant snake. They forget that if the snake is too cool, gravid(pregnant), getting ready to shed or just plain not hungry it will ignore the rat and the crustacean (shrimp/crab eating)eels are just like that with live damsels.
TRy live ghost shrimp instead for a treat, or if your eel is bigger, even a small crayfish (with the claws broken off just to be safe).
Mike
You're still missing the point.
Snowflake eels, Chainlink eels and Zebra Morays, along with a few others are different from most of the other moray eels.
These guys have special teeth for catching and crushing shrimp, prawn,crabs and squid that actually don't work very well for catching live fish, thus many of them won't eat them at all unless they are VERY hungry (like feeding YOU once every 4 days).
I have a personal suspiscion that some of the boy eels may have sharper teeth than the females, thus MAY eat fish, but so far I'm the Lone Ranger on that one, as far as experienced eel keepers go, and I MAY be wrong (but I don't think so!**grin**)
Use care with damsels...they may be small and cheap, but they are also VERY MEAN and could end up damaging your eel.
I've seen 15 foot pythons killed by well meaning owners who put a live rat in its cage as a "treat" and woke up to find a hole chewed completely through the giant snake. They forget that if the snake is too cool, gravid(pregnant), getting ready to shed or just plain not hungry it will ignore the rat and the crustacean (shrimp/crab eating)eels are just like that with live damsels.
TRy live ghost shrimp instead for a treat, or if your eel is bigger, even a small crayfish (with the claws broken off just to be safe).
Mike