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so I'm running low on ghost shrimp for my dwarf eel i tried for 1 and a half months and all i could get him to eat was these ghost shrimps because he likes to hunt at night but they are really expensive i was wondering how should i go about weening him off live food, or where can i find a live food that is easy to breed (i do have cherry shrimp that breed like crazy no idea if they can live in sw though)

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I used to just use silversides and krill. give him some live ones and than use a feeding stick with some krill or silverside on the end while the live ones are in the tank. while he is excited u can normally coax them into trying a dead piece off the stick. you can shake the stick and whatnot to make it look more lifelike.

 

also, I don't know about dwarf eels, but most eels can go a good while without food. if not having luck using the above method, don't feed for a little and than try again. a hungry eel is mor elikely to try something new.

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I used to just use silversides and krill. give him some live ones and than use a feeding stick with some krill or silverside on the end while the live ones are in the tank. while he is excited u can normally coax them into trying a dead piece off the stick. you can shake the stick and whatnot to make it look more lifelike.

 

also, I don't know about dwarf eels, but most eels can go a good while without food. if not having luck using the above method, don't feed for a little and than try again. a hungry eel is mor elikely to try something new.

 

they can go a little over a month without food i believe but the problem is that he just is a picky eater i tried silversides for 20 days 2 offerings a day he never felt like it so i tried squid never liked i tried live mollies he was interested but not enough to eat it but then i put fa ghost shrimp in 30 seconds later he is gobbling down a shrimp

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I always had luck getting my eels to eat by trying to feed silversides while the ghost shrimp were being fed. like I said get them excited and its really just an accident when they eat it the first time. are you using a feeding stick that allows you to move the silversides/krill around etc?

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I always had luck getting my eels to eat by trying to feed silversides while the ghost shrimp were being fed. like I said get them excited and its really just an accident when they eat it the first time. are you using a feeding stick that allows you to move the silversides/krill around etc?

 

its like a wood stick yes

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its like a wood stick yes

not sure about wood ones, but there are clear plastic ones sold specifically to the fish industry for lionfish, eels and anglerfish. very flexible to easily create lifelike motions with food on the end of the stick. it is also helpful to try to get them to eat the live food off the stick by slightly spearing the shrimp etc...

you been here I assume?

http://www.lionfishlair.com/foodandnutrition/toolsofthetrade.shtml

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