caught lizards fish at a pier can I feed them to my Moray eels?

[Mark The Kidd]

Went fishing on Monday caught some lizard fish at long beach pier will it be okay if I clean them up and cut them into pieces and feed them to my snowflake eel and my yellow head eel since its a saltwater fish?

 

[Dyl1234]

Some lizards are poisonous........ Do you know what the actual name is of the lizard?

 

[Mark The Kidd]

Some lizards are poisonous........ Do you know what the actual name is of the lizard?

I believe it looks exactly like a iguana lizard fish

 

[Dyl1234]

I believe it looks exactly like a iguana lizard fish

Oh... I didn't read the fish part. I was thinking you were talking about a real lizard.... Sorry

 

[Mark The Kidd]

Oh... I didn't read the fish part. I was thinking you were talking about a real lizard.... Sorry

Lol no it's a fish had me worried for a second

 

[Justin0329]

I personally don't see any reason why you couldn't. The only thing to be aware of is the possibility of parasites or other infections they may transfer to your tank. Kinda the idea behind quarantine but I'm sure there are steps you can take to kill off anything that may be a threat, ie: freezing the food first. I'm not a pro here so don't quote me however, I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong... at least I hope.

 

[Mark The Kidd]

I personally don't see any reason why you couldn't. The only thing to be aware of is the possibility of parasites or other infections they may transfer to your tank. Kinda the idea behind quarantine but I'm sure there are steps you can take to kill off anything that may be a threat, ie: freezing the food first. I'm not a pro here so don't quote me however, I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong... at least I hope.

Yeah their still in my fridge frozen just wanted to treat my eels to something new but wanted to be sure first

 

[Justin0329]

I would definitely research first. If you don't find answers here you may try Google. I'm sure the fish itself is perfectly safe and like you said, a treat, but I'd research the dangers of feeding wild caught fish first.

 

[Mark The Kidd]

I would definitely research first. If you don't find answers here you may try Google. I'm sure the fish itself is perfectly safe and like you said, a treat, but I'd research the dangers of feeding wild caught fish first.

Yeah I'll do research if I don't get any answers here thanks btw.

 

[Justin0329]

Your welcome

 

[Demonknight]

I would think that a light poaching would be ok (high temp water for a a few seconds) , guess it would be based on how picky the eel is about "cooked" food