eels
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What do you mean by hand fed? I personally would NOT feed ANY Eel by hand, they are notorious for bad eye sight and taking a shot in the dark, well they have a good chance of hitting your finger. I have fed all Eel's I have had in the past (SFE's, Zebra, Ribbons, etc) by feeding stick (depending what type of fish you have you might need the tube too so the food gets to the bottom) and feed seafood from the grocery store. Anyway hope this helps and good luck!
yep, gotta agree with MonoS. I had a snowflake moray that I thought would be cute to hand feed (I was a reckless teenager 
). Sure enough, he clamped down on my finger and started twisting. Nothing too bad, just a few tiny puncture wounds, but the bacteria in the tank can't have been good for me 
After that, it was always the stick method for me.
I suppose they don't HAVE to be spot-fed like that. But it's hard for them to find food that's swimming around or floating too far away. Mine would occasionally grab some krill that was floating at the top, but definitely not often enough that I would have counted on that satisfying all its dietary needs.
). Sure enough, he clamped down on my finger and started twisting. Nothing too bad, just a few tiny puncture wounds, but the bacteria in the tank can't have been good for me After that, it was always the stick method for me.
I suppose they don't HAVE to be spot-fed like that. But it's hard for them to find food that's swimming around or floating too far away. Mine would occasionally grab some krill that was floating at the top, but definitely not often enough that I would have counted on that satisfying all its dietary needs.
Feeding sticks are definite pluses, apart from what Plah and MonoS have said, they prevent other fish from taking the morays food.
I have a snowflake eel right now and they are not hard to feed really and the feeding stick is the best possible way to make sure the eel gets to eat. it kinda target feeds the eel and less likely to have other fish for the eel to have to compete for with to eat. also they use sense of smell and have not the best eyesight so feeding them like that is better overall.
1-would a snowflake eel eat a clownfish, spotted cardinal fish or a tang?
2-liveaquaria.com says that a 50 gallon tank will be good for a snowflake eel. would a 55 gallon be ok for 1 or 2 percula clowns a cardinal and a yellow tang and a snowflake eel?
just trying to do my research.
thanks so much :dance2:
2-liveaquaria.com says that a 50 gallon tank will be good for a snowflake eel. would a 55 gallon be ok for 1 or 2 percula clowns a cardinal and a yellow tang and a snowflake eel?
just trying to do my research.
thanks so much :dance2:
If the clownfish is small then yes a snowflake will eat it. They are not known for eating fish but if they are hungry enough.... The Spotted Cardinal and Tang should be fine. I would be careful with a Tang in a 55g as they are really hyper fish. Most people recommend 75g minimum for these fish (there used to be TangPolice over at RC that would go nuts on people that housed a tang in anything less than a 75). Other than that your list looks fine. Anyway hope this helps and good luck!
I wouldn't put a tang in anything less than a 75 they need lots of room to swim and are very active fish. Live aquaria is trying to sell you a fish and we aren't.