Are blue ribbon eels still a lost cause?

Bent

Bent

I got nothin'
I've been eyeballing hard a cube tank and stand.

I am very very tempted to try another blue ribbon eel. Back in the day these used to be near impossible to keep. No specimen would ever eat and eventually would starve to death.

Is that still the case or have things improved?
 
Bent said:
I've been eyeballing hard a cube tank and stand.

I am very very tempted to try another blue ribbon eel. Back in the day these used to be near impossible to keep. No specimen would ever eat and eventually would starve to death.

Is that still the case or have things improved?
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I long time ago in a galaxy far away, I was quite successful at raising them until all three of them backed out of the tank. I had no problem feeling them but keeping them in the tank was quite another thing.
 
windlasher said:
I long time ago in a galaxy far away, I was quite successful at raising them until all three of them backed out of the tank. I had no problem feeling them but keeping them in the tank was quite another thing.
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I have plans on putting the tank like a fortress.

I may give it one more shot. A LPS reef with the blue ribbon as the only resident.

Oh and I was considering tying it into my existing system to try to keep the nitrates down by increasing the total volume. Good idea or bad?
 
My local fish store has had one for one month, no one has seen it eat. But they say they placed ghost shrimps in the tank and the ghost shrimps are gone. So does this mean he eats when no one is around? He is the only one in the tank.

I am very tempted since I have a spare tank available for it, but they are asking $80. Its a juv. black/yellow.
 
heuerfan said:
My local fish store has had one for one month, no one has seen it eat. But they say they placed ghost shrimps in the tank and the ghost shrimps are gone. So does this mean he eats when no one is around? He is the only one in the tank.

I am very tempted since I have a spare tank available for it, but they are asking $80. Its a juv. black/yellow.
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Black/yellow ribbon eels are gorgeous. But I think they are fish eaters in nature, so I am not sure if it would eat shrimp.
 
heuerfan said:
My local fish store has had one for one month, no one has seen it eat. But they say they placed ghost shrimps in the tank and the ghost shrimps are gone. So does this mean he eats when no one is around? He is the only one in the tank.

I am very tempted since I have a spare tank available for it, but they are asking $80. Its a juv. black/yellow.
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It can take a few months for them to starve.

I doubt it's eating ghost shrimp.
 
Any reason as to why you're running hypo with the eel? It's not like they are prone to ich.
Best of luck!


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I had a ghost ribbon eel about 2 years ago. I would use smallish sized silversides on a skewer and imitate movement with it. Sometimes it worked and others not, if not I would leave the silverside by its hike and it would take it.

Once it's trained to eat off the skewer, you're good.
 
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