New Peacock Eel

[jimi priest 0189]

ok hes so cool but im curiouse about what to feed him hes 2 inches and wont touch live any thing or flakes sould i try sinking foods

 

[cane76]

have you tried frozen bloodworm?

 

[Fella]

Both of mine had no interest in sinking foods, and the other had no interest in anything and starved.

I'd recommend bloodworm, chopped up earthworms (these are meant to be very successful!), blackworm, tubifex etc.

Mine wouldn't touch flake.

I hope you have more success than I do, one dried out on the carpet (I'd even blocked all the holes!) and the other refused to eat. They can be tricky.

 

[ryeung]

hey guys im new and got a question...just got a peacock eel and am worried that hes sick cause he seems to have white spots on his body...dont know how to tell for certain...what can i do?

 

[ringham]

bloodworms are pretty successful when I am feeding my spineys. Whenevr one of my eels in lying on it's side not moving at all and out in the open not hiding I normally think that there is something wrong. If the white spots are only on it's belly then I wouldn't be TO worried. Just make sure to keep an eye on it incase it spreads.

 

[jimi priest 0189]

thanks guy he loves blood worm he go to the top and pulls them down the best he can (usualy buy laying on it and gobbles them up i noticed a small whit abration on his side that he had but he cam from a gravle tank so he is so happy

 

[ringham]

hey guys im new and got a question...just got a peacock eel and am worried that hes sick cause he seems to have white spots on his body...dont know how to tell for certain...what can i do?

some advice

Whenevr one of my eels in lying on it's side not moving at all and out in the open not hiding I normally think that there is something wrong. If the white spots are only on it's belly then I wouldn't be TO worried. Just make sure to keep an eye on it incase it spreads.

 

[Dragonscales]

If it is whitespot (and from the sounds of it it may be, although natural colouration shouldn't be ruled out as well as several of mine do have a mottled pattern on their skin) then you should know a thing or two about treating them.

Firstly, peacock eels are copper sensitive, this means that you should always try and find medication specifically for copper sensitive and scaless fish, it should say this on the bottle. Secondly, if you can't find copper sensitive treatments then copper based meds can be used but only at half strength, never use a full dose on them. I did once by accident as I thought the eel in the tank had died as I hadn't seen him for months and he survived without any adverse effects, but he always was - and still is - tough as nails and shouldn't be seen as the norm, better safe than sorry He has survived numerous carpet dives, a cat mauling (during one of the said carpet dives) a whitespot outbreak that killed a couple of fish that are often thought of as much more hardy than peacock eels, a blown powerhead which also took casualties and various other traumatic experiences and yet he remains the largest and most robust eel I have ever owned, the guy literally has 9 lives . Also, by half doses I don't mean to only treat for half the recommended time (if it says treat once a day for a week then still do this) but to simply cut the reccomended amount in half, if it says 20 mg daily then cut back to 10 mgs daily for instance.

 

[Aguer]

If it is whitespot (and from the sounds of it it may be, although natural colouration shouldn't be ruled out as well as several of mine do have a mottled pattern on their skin) then you should know a thing or two about treating them.

Firstly, peacock eels are copper sensitive, this means that you should always try and find medication specifically for copper sensitive and scaless fish, it should say this on the bottle. Secondly, if you can't find copper sensitive treatments then copper based meds can be used but only at half strength, never use a full dose on them. I did once by accident as I thought the eel in the tank had died as I hadn't seen him for months and he survived without any adverse effects, but he always was - and still is - tough as nails and shouldn't be seen as the norm, better safe than sorry He has survived numerous carpet dives, a cat mauling (during one of the said carpet dives) a whitespot outbreak that killed a couple of fish that are often thought of as much more hardy than peacock eels, a blown powerhead which also took casualties and various other traumatic experiences and yet he remains the largest and most robust eel I have ever owned, the guy literally has 9 lives . Also, by half doses I don't mean to only treat for half the recommended time (if it says treat once a day for a week then still do this) but to simply cut the reccomended amount in half, if it says 20 mg daily then cut back to 10 mgs daily for instance.

The Fires are the biggest than Tire track than peacocks ? I looked into Fires but never into the other two but thinking of it . Fires got to big for me .
Thanks

 

[Dragonscales]

I don't have a tank big enough for a fire eel atm either. All my eels are peacocks right now. This should change in a couple of months though, looking into getting a bigger tank soon so who knows? Maybe a fire eel might be on the agenda depending on the tank size I settle on. Of course, there is always the possibility I will go with a marine eel too as I want to buy a second big tank later on down the track a bit (next 12 months cash-god willing of course ).

Either way though, the treatment is the same for all the freshwater spiny eels, whether they are fire eels, peacocks, etc, just for the record .