Well, it's been a while. Here's Flame............ - Aquarium Advice

Lonewolfblue · 12-10-2006, 02:25 AM

Well, for you guys and gals that have already seen Flame, here's current pictures of him. For those of you who are new here, he is a 15 inch Fire Eel. He was 2.5 inches when I bought him about 19 months ago. He's now broke the 15 inch mark, and still growing, eating 2 bloodworm cubes a couple days a week, and a single cube the other days of the week. The cost of the bloodworms is getting higher, and higher, and higher, lol, as I have to feed him more, and more, and more, LOL.

Also, in the pics you will also see some of his battle scars, lol. It's the battle between him and the Emperor 400 biowheel, when he goes in there during the day, lol. He may have beaten me, but I think the biowheel is beating him up, lol. This weekend I'm going to Lowe's to see about getting a long, 2" black PVC to put down behind the shipwreck for him, a nice and dark place to hide. Maybe that will help keep him out of the filter, lol.

Well, here he is on all his GLORY.......

tropicfishman · 12-10-2006, 02:36 AM

wolf those are marvelous my friend, excellant camera work, I didn't know eels were that colorful actually, I figured more brownsihs for the most part, so how does he exactly get into the bio wheel filter?????? and why????? nice red finned shark too lol

Lonewolfblue · 12-10-2006, 02:38 AM

Where the water comes out under the biowheel, he swims upstream into the filter compartment where it's dark, lol. See one of the last pics? The albino rainbow shark? He's the one that slapped me, lol.

tropicfishman · 12-10-2006, 02:44 AM

wow I didn;t even see him back there, how big is he? looks liek 5 inches or so

Lonewolfblue · 12-10-2006, 02:52 AM

Both the Rainbow Shark and the Albino Rainbow Shark are 5 inches, not including the tail. Well, the albino is just shy of 5 inches.

fish_4_all · 12-10-2006, 03:38 AM

Gonna have to switch to feeding him prawns pretty soon or maybe red wigglers. Or maybe if you have enough of your aquatic earthworms.

Lonewolfblue · 12-10-2006, 05:11 AM

Gonna have to try red wigglers again. Wouldn't eat them before, but he's much larger now. Worth the try. As for shrimp or prawns, won't touch them. He'll only eat brine shrimp only if it's mixed in with bloodworms, lol.

BrianNY · 12-10-2006, 08:14 AM

and.... I've seen them trained to be hand fed. Great fish.

lovemybarbs · 12-10-2006, 08:59 AM

He's amazing!!

So what is his max size??

Peyton · 12-10-2006, 09:22 AM

What a fish! I've never really paid that much attention to eels before but that thing is awsome looking. Reminds me of the creature from a sci-fi movie that was on a few weeks ago called Basilisk.

12-10-2006, 02:25 AM	#1
Lonewolfblue Planted Geek Community Mentor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wenatchee, WA Posts: 7,871 Images: 7	Well, it's been a while. Here's Flame............ Well, for you guys and gals that have already seen Flame, here's current pictures of him. For those of you who are new here, he is a 15 inch Fire Eel. He was 2.5 inches when I bought him about 19 months ago. He's now broke the 15 inch mark, and still growing, eating 2 bloodworm cubes a couple days a week, and a single cube the other days of the week. The cost of the bloodworms is getting higher, and higher, and higher, lol, as I have to feed him more, and more, and more, LOL. Also, in the pics you will also see some of his battle scars, lol. It's the battle between him and the Emperor 400 biowheel, when he goes in there during the day, lol. He may have beaten me, but I think the biowheel is beating him up, lol. This weekend I'm going to Lowe's to see about getting a long, 2" black PVC to put down behind the shipwreck for him, a nice and dark place to hide. Maybe that will help keep him out of the filter, lol. Well, here he is on all his GLORY....... __________________ 26G Medium Planted Community - 65W CF Lighting - Emperor 280 Bio-Wheel - Established Feb 2004 55G Aggressive Community - Filstar XP3 - Established Dec 2005 75G Heavily Planted - Pressurized CO2, 520W Lighting, Filstar XP3 with spraybar - Established Feb 2006 29G Planted - 130W Lighting, Filstar XP2 with spraybar - Established May 2006 5 10G Tanks - Various setups - Tanks Established May-Sep 2006. 3 currently empty. 5.5G Crypt/Java Fern Tank - Established Oct 2006 My 29G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=78469 My 75G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=70764 My 75G Makeover Thread: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=87691

12-10-2006, 02:36 AM	#2
tropicfishman Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ashland KY Posts: 1,890	wolf those are marvelous my friend, excellant camera work, I didn't know eels were that colorful actually, I figured more brownsihs for the most part, so how does he exactly get into the bio wheel filter?????? and why????? nice red finned shark too lol __________________ I love my clown loaches and red tail shark!!! lol

12-10-2006, 02:38 AM	#3
Lonewolfblue Planted Geek Community Mentor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wenatchee, WA Posts: 7,871 Images: 7	Where the water comes out under the biowheel, he swims upstream into the filter compartment where it's dark, lol. See one of the last pics? The albino rainbow shark? He's the one that slapped me, lol. __________________ 26G Medium Planted Community - 65W CF Lighting - Emperor 280 Bio-Wheel - Established Feb 2004 55G Aggressive Community - Filstar XP3 - Established Dec 2005 75G Heavily Planted - Pressurized CO2, 520W Lighting, Filstar XP3 with spraybar - Established Feb 2006 29G Planted - 130W Lighting, Filstar XP2 with spraybar - Established May 2006 5 10G Tanks - Various setups - Tanks Established May-Sep 2006. 3 currently empty. 5.5G Crypt/Java Fern Tank - Established Oct 2006 My 29G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=78469 My 75G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=70764 My 75G Makeover Thread: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=87691

12-10-2006, 02:44 AM	#4
tropicfishman Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ashland KY Posts: 1,890	wow I didn;t even see him back there, how big is he? looks liek 5 inches or so __________________ I love my clown loaches and red tail shark!!! lol

12-10-2006, 02:52 AM	#5
Lonewolfblue Planted Geek Community Mentor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wenatchee, WA Posts: 7,871 Images: 7	Both the Rainbow Shark and the Albino Rainbow Shark are 5 inches, not including the tail. Well, the albino is just shy of 5 inches. __________________ 26G Medium Planted Community - 65W CF Lighting - Emperor 280 Bio-Wheel - Established Feb 2004 55G Aggressive Community - Filstar XP3 - Established Dec 2005 75G Heavily Planted - Pressurized CO2, 520W Lighting, Filstar XP3 with spraybar - Established Feb 2006 29G Planted - 130W Lighting, Filstar XP2 with spraybar - Established May 2006 5 10G Tanks - Various setups - Tanks Established May-Sep 2006. 3 currently empty. 5.5G Crypt/Java Fern Tank - Established Oct 2006 My 29G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=78469 My 75G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=70764 My 75G Makeover Thread: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=87691

12-10-2006, 03:38 AM	#6
fish_4_all Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Aberdeen, WA Posts: 1,809 Images: 4	Gonna have to switch to feeding him prawns pretty soon or maybe red wigglers. Or maybe if you have enough of your aquatic earthworms.

12-10-2006, 05:11 AM	#7
Lonewolfblue Planted Geek Community Mentor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wenatchee, WA Posts: 7,871 Images: 7	Gonna have to try red wigglers again. Wouldn't eat them before, but he's much larger now. Worth the try. As for shrimp or prawns, won't touch them. He'll only eat brine shrimp only if it's mixed in with bloodworms, lol. __________________ 26G Medium Planted Community - 65W CF Lighting - Emperor 280 Bio-Wheel - Established Feb 2004 55G Aggressive Community - Filstar XP3 - Established Dec 2005 75G Heavily Planted - Pressurized CO2, 520W Lighting, Filstar XP3 with spraybar - Established Feb 2006 29G Planted - 130W Lighting, Filstar XP2 with spraybar - Established May 2006 5 10G Tanks - Various setups - Tanks Established May-Sep 2006. 3 currently empty. 5.5G Crypt/Java Fern Tank - Established Oct 2006 My 29G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=78469 My 75G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=70764 My 75G Makeover Thread: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=87691

12-10-2006, 08:14 AM	#8
BrianNY Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NY Posts: 4,259 Images: 18	and.... I've seen them trained to be hand fed. Great fish.

12-10-2006, 08:59 AM	#9
lovemybarbs Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 856 Images: 5	He's amazing!! So what is his max size??

12-10-2006, 09:22 AM	#10
Peyton Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: May 2006 Location: Milton, WV Posts: 522 Images: 15	What a fish! I've never really paid that much attention to eels before but that thing is awsome looking. Reminds me of the creature from a sci-fi movie that was on a few weeks ago called Basilisk.

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