Help! Missing snowflake eel

[Jmas4]

My snowflake eel is missing. I went to feed him he was not there. Last time I saw him was exactly 24 hours ago. He escaped once but i easily found him only a few feet from the tank and I learned my lesson. He lives in a 125 gallon and the eel is about 2 feet long and very thick. I can always see a part of his body in the rocks but now I can't see him. I looked everwhere. Please help

 

[Shaddow_wolf169]

Check behind the stand or any dark place in your house. Even shoes

 

[pirate2876]

He's on the move. I've had this happen and the eel crawled into a different room.

 

[Jisko]

0_0 I've heard of loosing a snake but an eel?! haha oh boy that would be lovely to see the wife find

Goodluck on your search

 

[Shaddow_wolf169]

Eels can live out of water for quite awhile. Find him fast though.

 

[Jmas4]

Thanks for the support. If anyone has advice please let me know

 

[Jmas4]

Can an eel as large as mine fit through the overflow tube

 

[pirate2876]

Oh yeah, even if you find him and he looks like a dried out husk, put him back in the water. You never know...

 

[lion king]

My 1st thought was the overflow.

 

[Jmas4]

Update. I still haven't found him. My family and I searched the entire basement. We crawls on all 4s looking under furniture and wood planks. How far can an eel travel? Could it be stuck in the overflow pipe? Can my eel even fit in it?

 

[Jmas4]

My 1st thought was the overflow.

I tried the overflow. I got the tank from someone else and the pipes are glued together. So I just shined a light and put a wire to see if he is in there. He could be in there abd i missed it but I will have to dismantle the overflow and take a look

 

[pirate2876]

Is the flow through the pipe slowed? If so, you may have an eel in your pipe.

 

[finncole14524]

Have you found him ?

 

[Jmas4]

Is the flow through the pipe slowed? If so, you may have an eel in your pipe.

He was not in the pipe.

Have you found him ?

No i have not.

 

[AcroNem]

Keep us posted, that has to be so terrifying I'm sorry.

 

[PSLReefer]

Any cats or dogs that coulda got it, if it jumped out the tank? Perhaps under s rock or a hole and is really coiled up, or buried in the sand,but snowflakes typically don't burrow.

 

[Jisko]

This is crazy... I've lost snails before but never an eel.... I never find the snails either -.- my pet rat eats them and leaves shards of shell in her cage for me to find...
( her cage is on the same stand as my tank haha snail gets out and becomes food )

 

[paul01]

I found mine in my sump in my sock filter

 

[stevieduk]

its like the end sequence in finding Nemo, its escaped, free back to the ocean............now wheres the ocean ?

 

[klp]

Years ago a friend had a 5 gallon tank in an apartment we were rooming together in as he had money troubles and needed a place to crash. He had put a crab that was about 4 inches across in it. After a few months it escaped. We found it dead behind a gas stove in the kitchen about 30 feet away with his claws up and ready. We figured he was coming after us and ran out of gas at his ambush spot. They can travel quite a bit farther than you would think and wind up where you would not think to look.