Snowflake Moray / Other tank inhabitants...

[Verbalkint]

Well, i thought I was keeping him rather well fed with a diet of shrimp, scallops, and freeze dried bring shrimp...

But he saw fit to eat one of my hermit crabs when he shed his skin...

Is this normal???

It was a rather large hermit crab too... So, how long before the Moray needs to eat again?


k, thx.

Dave

[scuba_steve]

for starters i wouldnt feed freeze dried shrimp !! for one even after ya soak it in water its still real hard !! it be like you trying to swallow a beef jerky stick whole !! wouldnt be fun !! better to buy raw shrimp from the store for him !!
as for feeding i can feed mine a shrimp everyday !! but normally i feed every other day !!

[Hara]

How big is the eel? Mine will eat 3 huge cocktail shrimp every other day...
As far as eating the crab, well, if you were bored and a hamburger sat on a plate staring at you....you would probably eat it. They eat crabs, shrimp and fish, that is their nature. I have found that after the eel gets used to being fed by you, they tend to get lazy as far as hunting goes.

[stresco]

LOL, no matter how lazy my eel gets, he still feels like snacking every once in a while.