Snowflake eel

sackles · May 23, 2023

Evening all,

Ive had my snowflake eel for just over 2 weeks now, at first he would happily eat frozen shrimp, but has refused to eat for over a week now.

Any hints tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated

Jay Hemdal · May 23, 2023

sackles said:
Evening all,

Ive had my snowflake eel for just over 2 weeks now, at first he would happily eat frozen shrimp, but has refused to eat for over a week now.

Any hints tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated

Snowflake morays sometimes go on "hunger strikes" for no apparent reason, but when a newly acquired one does that, it can be serious. The first thing is to try and figure out if there are external issues causing it not to eat.
Morays are fairly disease resistant, but they do contract a few diseases like velvet. They are also pretty sturdy when it comes to water quality problems, but if things get too far out of line, that can cause them to stop feeding.

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