Eel issues

[sailfish]

I fairly recently added a Golden dwarf moray eel, problem two different full grown fairy wrasse looked to have been attacked during the night.

Is this possible/likly it was the eel?

I feed him daily but he acts like he is always hungry. I plan to start feeding him more and or lager pieces of silver sides. He is a good 12" long.

The thing is it has only been full grown 4"plus wrasses. I have juvenile females he could eat whole if he wanted to. Is this some sort dispute or is he trying to eat them.

I really think it is him because there seems to be damage on both sides of the wrasse like a mouth did it. At first I thought they were scraping themselves up when escaping their sleeping spots(being startled by him) but the one this morning looks like he was bitten.

The only other thing I can come up with would be an emerald crab. I plan to watch the tank at night as best I can for a few days and see if anything else shows it head. I have never had this problem till recently but I added emerald crabs and the Eell around the same time.


Any help from those with experience with dwarf golden mary Eel would be great.

Thanks Joe

 

[jmaneyapanda]

Eels are eels.

It is surely the eel. I would feed him until he will eat no more. My little male golden can eat 1, maybe one and a half silverside before satiating.

 

[sailfish]

Thanks

I was feeding him two 1.5" to 2" pice of silver sides with the head removed. He is larger then some I have seen he around 12". I was slowly trying to reduce feeding to every other day.

Everyday he starts roaming around the tank and is restless till I feed him. It's fun to watch but can't have him attacking my fish at night.

I would expect him to go after the smaller ones but he has been going after the big boys.

Joe

 

[legalreefer]

I would take him out to insure no more damage to the wrasse. You dont want to wait a couple of days to figure out which one it is. It only takes a second for the eel to eat the wrasse. Just my .02

 

[jmaneyapanda]

Well, I HIGHLY doubt he would be able to eat one, but he will try. I would try feeding more. That should help a lot.

 

[twistoflime]

LegalReefer;394145 wrote: I would take him out to insure no more damage to the wrasse. You dont want to wait a couple of days to figure out which one it is. It only takes a second for the eel to eat the wrasse. Just my .02

I think it be almost impossible to get the eel out of his tank, they are very hard to catch.
I had my gdm try to eat my firefish (I think) I was feeding my gdm twice a week and started feeding it every other day and a more varied diet. After that I never had another problem.

 

[sailfish]

Thanks for the feed back everyone. He gets one more chance with me feeding him till he will not eat anymore. If it happens again I will set a trap and put it in my other tank.

Joe

 

[sailfish]

Oops try this. I have never seen one before.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+3&ddid=71371">http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+3&ddid=71371</a>

if it does not work try Diver din Malachite Secretive Wrasse
(Pteragogus aurigarius)

 

[james s_]

I seriously doubt the eel has attacked your wrasses....I have had several of these eels now and only feed mine every 3-4 days....sometimes I go a week depending on my schedule.. There mouths just do not open as wide as many of the other eel species..


If you dont want him let me know, I could use another one

 

[simon_kruger]

I could sell you my Electric Blue Ribbon Eel. He's eating like a pig now I've trained him to only eat from my tongs. I can show you him eating. He's safer than other eels.