Brackish eel?

I bought this eel marketed as a freshwater moray. I know they are brackish. My ? Is what is the best thing to feed it? I've tried clams on the half shell, fresh frozen uncooked shrimp, brine shrimp, gammarus, frozen silversides, and live feeder fish. It's been two weeks and I'm still not sure if it's eating because it's in a tank with a GSP that eats everything.

 

I bought this eel marketed as a freshwater moray. I know they are brackish. My ? Is what is the best thing to feed it? I've tried clams on the half shell, fresh frozen uncooked shrimp, brine shrimp, gammarus, frozen silversides, and live feeder fish. It's been two weeks and I'm still not sure if it's eating because it's in a tank with a GSP that eats everything.View attachment 206528

Why did you try feeder fish?

 

I was told by the LFS they were feeding small feeder fish once a week

 

I was told by the LFS they were feeding small feeder fish once a week

NEVER get feeder fish to feed your fish. LFS can be really stupid sometimes. Don't listen to their advice.

 

NEVER get feeder fish to feed your fish. LFS can be really stupid sometimes. Don't listen to their advice.

This info is wrong in this case. Sometimes live will be the only way to get piscavores to start feeding. OP try live ghost shrimp for your eel. Once it starts feeding then you can try feeding other foods.

 

First, what you have is NOT a brackish fish. It is a Synbranchus marmoratus, a Swamp Eel. They are often sold under the abhorrent name of "Freshwater Moray". I suggest doing some additional research, and either return or rehome it if you do not have a freshwater tank where it would be safe. BTW, record size for these eels is around 60 inches, though they rarely exceed 3 feet in the aquarium.

In the wild their diet when younger consists primarily of tadpoles and small fish. I agree with slayer590, getting a known piscivore to start eating often requires live fish.

 

First, what you have is NOT a brackish fish. It is a Synbranchus marmoratus, a Swamp Eel. They are often sold under the abhorrent name of "Freshwater Moray". I suggest doing some additional research, and either return or rehome it if you do not have a freshwater tank where it would be safe. BTW, record size for these eels is around 60 inches, though they rarely exceed 3 feet in the aquarium.

In the wild their diet when younger consists primarily of tadpoles and small fish. I agree with slayer590, getting a known piscivore to start eating often requires live fish.

This is not what I have. I realize the photo is a little hard to see but what you suggested isn't what I have. I have a freshwater snowflake eel aka gold dust eel. It is definitely a brackish eel and looks very much like it's marine moray counterparts

 

This is not what I have. I realize the photo is a little hard to see but what you suggested isn't what I have. I have a freshwater snowflake eel aka gold dust eel. It is definitely a brackish eel and looks very much like it's marine moray counterparts, this is a better photo.

 

You are correct, that is an actual Moray. When I checked the research, it suggested that their diet consists primarily of Crustaceans. So they are looking for a shell to crunch, most likely.

 

NEVER get feeder fish to feed your fish. LFS can be really stupid sometimes. Don't listen to their advice.

You have no idea what you are talking about

 

How much did you pay for him and where