Important. What Do I Feed My Tire Track Eel?!

I got a 4-7 inch tire track eel a few days ago, and I have been feeding him a quarter tubifix worm cube. I know they eat earth worms, blood worms, and black worms but it's too cold out for earth worms and the closest place to buy blood or black worms is a few hours away, so it may be a while before I get any. I could order brine shrimp eggs but I don't know if he would eat them. Is he big enough to eat feeder fish? I could easily get some dried krill to feed him if you think that would work.

I bought a 6-7 inch tire track eel on Saturday and I don't know what to feed him. I had one before, but that guy was used to eating canned food and would take dried krill out of my hand. This new guy is ver skittish and was fed live food. I'm getting brine shrimp eggs on Thursday and am gonna raise them for this guy. It's too cold out for me to find mosquito larvae or earth worms and the nearest place that sells black worms is a few hours away. Is he large enough to eat feeder guppies? Theyre easy to get and I could pick some up tomorrow. Ive been trying to get him to eat half a dried tubifex Worm cube but I don't think hes eaten them.

 

Chopped up shrimp and fish.

 

Chopped up shrimp and fish.

Like, from a grocery store or a fish store?

 

Grocery store is fine.

 

Grocery store is fine.

Awsome, any specific way of feeding him? Hes made his home inside a stump decoration and ive only seen him come out in the late evenings so far

 

Mine comes out when it senses food.

 

Mine comes out when it senses food.

Lets see if my guy is as smart

 

Buying feeder fish is not a good idea since these fish are sick and disease, the disease can be given to your fish! However you could raise your won live fish!

 

Buying feeder fish is not a good idea since these fish are sick and disease, the disease can be given to your fish! However you could raise your won live fish!

What about setting up their own quarantine instead?

 

I feed my fire eel shrimp, swai, and scallops. She's healthy as can be.

 

You need to get the eel feeding and comfortable with his tank before you start feeding it food it's not used to. I found feeder guppies are the best way to get TT eels started.

 

Shrimp chunk, krill, plankton, blood worms, earth worms, ghost/cherrry shrimp. Feeders must be smaller than mouth and not goldfish or rosy minnows. Feeder guppies, mollies or any other livebearer is better.

 

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Alright. So as of right now my Tire Track eel is enjoying anywhere from 1/2 to 1/3 of a frozen shrimp every other day. Ive been giving him a frozen bloodworm cube weekly to mix up his diet, hes far less excited about those but he eats them anyway. I hatched some brine shrimp two days ago, so when theyre grown up ill add them into his diet. I was considering raising some feeder guppies and shrimp, separating the ones I like into my 90 gal community tank and adding the rest into my eels diet as well.