New eel won't eat... Please help

[ColemAnthony1]

Hey, so I bought an Indian striped peacock eel about a week ago for my 60 gal. and he hasn't eaten a thing all week. The other fish I bought with him are eating like pigs. He usually hides all the day long under the sand and I've only seen him with his head poking out 3 or 4 times. When I do see him, it's at around 9pm while I'm feeding my other fish. When trying to get him to eat, I get a turkey baster I use just for feeding my fish and I've tried frozen brine shrimp, bloodworms, and live mealworms to no avail... I'm not sure what to do...


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[ColemAnthony1]

This is the tank he's in.


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[Nils]

What re your parameters? New fish don't eat for a while, I don't know much about eels though. Could some other fish be stressing the eel and scaring it? What other fish are in the tank?

 

[ColemAnthony1]

I'm saving up for a new water test kit and plan to buy one ASAP, but until then all I can go off of is that all the other fish are happy and healthy. I do a 35-40% bi-weekly water change, so the water is usually good. As far as tank mates, I have several angelfish, Odessa barbs, a paradise fish, a featherfin catfish, pictus catfish, geophagus abalios, Senegal Bichir, two zipper loaches and that's about it. I don't think he's scared of his mates, I saw him resting under a slanted rock with a zipper loach, and he didn't even flinch when my huge featherfin cat swam by.


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