I have a peacock eel in a ten gallon tank with 3 ghost shrimp, and one black moor goldfish. I know not to ussually mix the two fish, but they do not bother each other and the temp is room temp 74 degrees for the water. my eel i have had for about a week, and im not sure if hes eating or not. the guy at the store told me bloodworms, i have found that the eel comes out from hiding and is more active in the evening, i have been cutting out all the lights and putting in the freeze dried bloodworms hoping the eel with eat the food before the golfish will. Does anyone have any experience with this kind of thing or not? Im just wondering if the eel will find the bloodworms and the goldfish and shrimp wont eat them all.
Thanks
2007-02-13 07:55:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
When I had peacock eel, I used to buy live bloodworms, place them in a small saucer or container with a layer of gravel and place it on the floor of the fishtank, where the eels usually lived, then the eel would come out & search for worms in the container and feasted upon them (during the night). Earlier it was difficult to feed them because other fish would eat the worms from the feeder,leaving nothing for the eel. Now I gave away the eels to my neighbour who is very happy with them in a small 10g tank. Remember u should never directly place the worms on the tank gravel, or thell penerte through it & if the fish dont eat them they'll spread the bacterial diseases.
2007-02-14 18:54:00 · answer #1 · answered by hhhhhhh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peacock Eel
2016-10-31 23:16:43 · answer #2 · answered by sorgente 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason it's usuallly recommended not to mix tropical fish with goldies is because goldies naturally put out a lot of ammonia through their waste and respiration. Goldies should have at least 15-20 gallons to themselves. The eel has the potential to grow to about 12+ inches.
They are usually nocturnal so feed at night, preferably after the lights are off, and also try to do it the same time every night. It is possible the goldie is eating the blood worms. That's the other problem with them, they usually end up hogging all the food. Your ghost shrimp might become lunch for the eel as well, but they're generally cheap. Also, try the frozen bloodworms instead of the freeze dried ones. The freeze dried ones don't sink, and the eel probably doesn't know they're there. You could also try pieces of shrimp, like salad or cocktail. I usually buy the frozen ones, and just say a few out when needed. Cut it up into pieces for him, and they sink good. Try the tongs with these as well. That way you know he's eating.
You could get a pair of kitchen tongs, and "hand feed" the eel. Brine shrimp is good as well. What I did when I had mine, I'd put the shrimp in the net, my eel always hid in the sand under this ornament I had in the tank. I'd release the shrimp under the ornament so I knew he was eating. I also made a little "food dish" for mine. I had bought a small white container of meal worms once. I cut out a large enough whole for the eel to fit in, put a rock in to sink it, yes it fills with water, but sometimes it would float around. I would put some food in there sometimes, and he'd go in and eat.
The temp might be a little too cool for the eel as well. If the water's too cool for a fish, they won't be as active, and they will have a harder time digesting what they do eat. This can cause lots of problems for the fish. But, any higher then that, and it's not ideal for the goldie.
2007-02-13 08:24:16 · answer #3 · answered by tikitiki 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-09-11 01:58:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we used to keep the peacock eel and the larger tiretrack eel, I think the best thing to feed the eels are earthworms, give him one and turn off the light
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