Balanced diet of a Zebra moray eel???????????
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FeliciaLynn
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A good variety of seafood is best. I feed mine a mix of silversides, salmon, scallops, clams, squid, and prawns.
FeliciaLynn
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No problem! I actually go to a local fish market and pick up a variety of fresh seafood and chop it all into chunks. I mix it all together and then divvy it up into ice cube trays and freeze it to make my own cubes. Then I can thaw one at a time to have a nice variety of food at each feeding. I just made a new batch yesterday evening so I have some photos. Here's the seafood I bought and it all chopped up before mixing it and freezing it.
FeliciaLynn
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You're very welcome!
FeliciaLynn
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I have a 40 gallon breeder, which is 36"x18"x17". I have a snowflake eel, which was pretty small when I got him. He was about 9" in length when I got him about 7-8 months ago. Now he's 12" long, so he's definitely growing. Eventually I know he'll outgrow this tank and I'll either have to upgrade or rehome him. Its a perfect size for him now though. For filtration I have a Reef Octopus 110 skimmer and a reactor running biopellets. I also have a small refugium in my sump with some macroalgaes. The predator fish are pretty heavy on the bioload, so I try to keep up with doing 10 gallon water changes once a week.
thanks mine is a 75gal 4/5 foot reef tank no nems 
recently died after coming home from holiday and no sps so wont get stung or burnt by those coral will be adding PVC piping for extra homing and also have a 50 gal refugium with protein skimmer for 180gal tanks and other normal filtration will also be looking into reactors don't know which to get yet but a pretty small one tho, any ideas would be great an idea of transporting the actual eel from a display tank home 
thanks
recently died after coming home from holiday and no sps so wont get stung or burnt by those coral will be adding PVC piping for extra homing and also have a 50 gal refugium with protein skimmer for 180gal tanks and other normal filtration will also be looking into reactors don't know which to get yet but a pretty small one tho, any ideas would be great an idea of transporting the actual eel from a display tank home thanks
FeliciaLynn
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Sorry to hear about the tank troubles. Being gone on vacation is always hard with tanks. A 75 gallon is a great size for a snowflake eel. Sounds like you have a really good amount of filtration too, so that should be perfect. I just use the Two Little Fishies Phosban 150 reactor. Its really inexpensive and small, so it doesn't take up much space in the sump. It works really well and is easy to clean. In terms of transporting, why don't you just use a plastic tupperware. I'd scoop it into the container and then put the lid on for transport, since eels are escape artists.
TheWhiteFord
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@JadeM Since you have a 75 I would watch his size because zebra moray eels get 5 feet long the eel would be a little cramped in a 75. Sorry to burst your bubble[emoji20]. But on the bright side if you get him when he is under 1 foot you should have 3-4 years before he needs a bigger tank[emoji3]
FeliciaLynn
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Oh right, its a zebra. For some reason I spaced and was thinking it was a snowflake eel.
Yeah the one I am getting is ell under 40cm and I have planned to get a 6 foot or so tank I really want one that can be 150gal or so! 
cant wait but yeah for now...have researched about them and thought about getting one for two years to make sure I really wanted one and I think that the size of the one i'm getting and has already been in captivity and feeds really well will be just great thanks guysI do the seafood market variety pack too. I also use Mazuri shark and ray gel formula. Lots of the frozen foods we use are missing vitamins and minerals, especially Iodine. I figure this is a great way to supplement the missing stuff.
Whats at the bottom right?
No problem! I actually go to a local fish market and pick up a variety of fresh seafood and chop it all into chunks. I mix it all together and then divvy it up into ice cube trays and freeze it to make my own cubes. Then I can thaw one at a time to have a nice variety of food at each feeding. I just made a new batch yesterday evening so I have some photos. Here's the seafood I bought and it all chopped up before mixing it and freezing it.
Whats at the bottom right?
FeliciaLynn
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I definitely think its a good way to get a healthy variety for not too much money! I've never heard of Mazuri shark and ray gel. What are those?
The bottom right was some sort of clam that my seafood market had on special. I forget what type of clam, but it wasn't one of the usual kinds. I believe it started with an "a". Wish I remember what it was.
Edit: Just used Google's reverse image search and figured out what it is. It was sashimi grade akagai, which is just Japanese for surf clams. So its prepared, raw surf clam that you could use for sashimi. I get my seafood at a Japanese market, so they have a lot of fresh sashimi-prepared seafood that is really reasonably priced for a small amount.
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It's a cool looking clam. Mazuri is a vitamin company which a bunch of aquariums use. I use the shark and ray formula because I bought it for my sharks and rays. I just checked out the website and it seems they make it for fish. I am not sure how long that has been going on for. You make it like jello.
http://www.mazuri.com/aquariumfish.aspx
http://www.mazuri.com/aquariumfish.aspx
FeliciaLynn
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It was a good price, so I figured clam would be something good to throw into my mix. Thanks for the information on the vitamin gel. So you make it like jello and then you mix it into your frozen seafood blend? Or do you just feed it separately. I wonder if my lionfish would go for a gel food. I'll have to look into this more!
FeliciaLynn
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Thanks for the info! I may just have to give this a try in my next food blend. Seems like a good option for vitamins.
