freshwater moray eel

[tashanbrown]

i brought a freshwater moray eel but i don't know what to feed him or how to look after him but they gave my live bloodworms and to get some earthworms out of the garden and feed to him.

please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

 

[CFC]

Firstly how big is your eel and what SG is the water you are keeping it in?

The key to getting moray eels to feed is the salinity of the water, they really do need to be kept in water with a SG of at least 1.010 and their appetites increase dramatically when this is so. I have 3 brackish moray eels, 2 Gymnothorax tile (common and gold spot variety) and a White cheek moray; Echidna rhodochilus and all 3 have particular favourite foods, the gold spot preffers mussels over any other food, the common preffers whitebait and the white cheek preffers cockles though when hungry all 3 will eat whatever is offered. Unless your eel is very small i would forget about the bloodworms and earthworms and offer a meatier diet of frozen sea foods.

 

[tashanbrown]

Firstly how big is your eel and what SG is the water you are keeping it in?

The key to getting moray eels to feed is the salinity of the water, they really do need to be kept in water with a SG of at least 1.010 and their appetites increase dramatically when this is so. I have 3 brackish moray eels, 2 Gymnothorax tile (common and gold spot variety) and a White cheek moray; Echidna rhodochilus and all 3 have particular favourite foods, the gold spot preffers mussels over any other food, the common preffers whitebait and the white cheek preffers cockles though when hungry all 3 will eat whatever is offered. Unless your eel is very small i would forget about the bloodworms and earthworms and offer a meatier diet of frozen sea foods.

i don't have a brackise water eel it is all freshwater only no salt.
he is about 14" in length and is gray
yesterday i feed him some earth worms and this morning i didn't see any in the tank so i think that it was him.

 

[CFC]

Im afraid you have been misslead by whoever sold you the eel, there are no freshwater moray eels. Some species of moray eel spawn in freshwater rivers but adults must live in heavy brackish or full marine water or they will eventually die, by the time the juvinile eels reach the fish store they should already be moved on into saltwater.

 

[jflowers]

Echidna rhodochilus are sold as FW but as you can see CFC is right they are not

http/www.aquariacentral.com/species/db.c...&view_records=1

Jon