I have had this guy fore about a year now, and he stopped eating, breathing really slow and ddint move when i tapped him with my finger, I have no clue whats wrong with him the 2 clownfish in there with him and doing fine, any help woulds be appreciated
snowflake eel sick?
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What is your water quality? Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, pH, salinity? Need a little more info before being able to really help! Hope this helps!
A while ago, not too long ago another member had lost his Zebra moray and it was all due too a combination of water aquality and a healthy diet. I understood from what I readied that his eel eaten mostly only shrimp. But nitrates were through the roof.
Being that your a reef eel as that other member, you need to best have your salinity up there, not in the lower safe zones, but rather 1.023-24 as the lowest. Strictly reef eels do far better with it, if in a FO tank.
As the other thing which I pointed out, that eels in general will suffer a great deal longer then any other fish a hobbyist will keep. The signs from the eel will be extremely slow, and before most hobbyists realize their eel is with a problem, most loose their eels.
I have too believe that your nitrites and ammonia are good, what of your nitrate levels and the Ph? Salinity?
Im guessing that the tank is a 55 gal tank, what else is in this tank and how much LR?
Please do list the diet you been feeding it. Vitamins?
If the eel is getting the best in water quality and in its diet, Vitamins wouldn't be necessary.
Buddy
Being that your a reef eel as that other member, you need to best have your salinity up there, not in the lower safe zones, but rather 1.023-24 as the lowest. Strictly reef eels do far better with it, if in a FO tank.
As the other thing which I pointed out, that eels in general will suffer a great deal longer then any other fish a hobbyist will keep. The signs from the eel will be extremely slow, and before most hobbyists realize their eel is with a problem, most loose their eels.
I have too believe that your nitrites and ammonia are good, what of your nitrate levels and the Ph? Salinity?
Im guessing that the tank is a 55 gal tank, what else is in this tank and how much LR?
Please do list the diet you been feeding it. Vitamins?
If the eel is getting the best in water quality and in its diet, Vitamins wouldn't be necessary.
Buddy
its too late, hes gone, I fed him krill with a salinity of 1.024 and had him for a year so I dont know, it sucks thanks for the feedback anyways.
Sorry for your lost 
What was the Ph and nitrate levels?
Buddy
That is no better then the member who lost his zebra moray, feeding it shrimp only
Even that the salinity is up there, it a lone will not do. It needs everything to be as near to perfect as you possibly can manage them, and maintain it always.
Just as the zebra moray, the hobbyist had the eel for six months, know that no two tanks are a like. The eel for a good number of years, not six months too a year.
What was the Ph and nitrate levels?
Buddy