Well, it's been a while. Here's Flame............

[Lonewolfblue]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[Lonewolfblue]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[lovemybarbs]

He's amazing!!

So what is his max size??

 

[Peyton]

8O 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.

 

[plecoperson]

That's it baby. Work it. Aw, yeah, that's nice. You're beautiful. A little to the left. Pout. Yes. YES!!! PERFECT!!!!

 

[rich311k]

Great looking fish. He is one impressive looking dude.

 

[drobertson]

That is one great looking specimen, hope you get your filter situation worked out. Hate to see him keep hurting himself.

 

[Lonewolfblue]

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

Yup, and mine also likes his head rubbed. Will come up to my fingers and let me rub his head.

He's amazing!!

So what is his max size??

44+ inches, and lives 20+ years (Max age is still unknown but this is just an estimate that I found online, but most places say unknown)
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/profiles/6_50_en.html

 

[hc8719]

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

i know what your saying, my BGKs are eatting more and more...

what are red wigglers, and where do you find prawn shrimp? im interested for my BGKs

 

[Lonewolfblue]

Red wigglers are small earthworms. Usually the Petco here will carry them in the refrigerator. They just need to be kept cool and moist, they are live worms.

Also, at the lfs, in their freezer, you might find frozen Krill. It's a much larger food for bigger fish. I have some, and will be trying it for my eel to see if he'll take it. Also, shrimp and prawns from the frozen section in the grocery store.

 

[niks93gt]

How big is your tank? I'd love to see more pictures of it.

Nik

 

[Lonewolfblue]

It's the 55G.

 

[toddnbecka]

Have you tried earthworms? I had a tire-track eel (years ago) that thrived on them after it outgrew bloodworms.

 

[lovemybarbs]

Wow. I'm glad your fish aren't in danger.