i woke up at 5 this morning to find my sf eel on the floor. i thought it was gone because it looked kinda dried up, but when i went to grab it in the net it moved. so i had him in the net and let him float in the tank for a couple minutes to see if it still had life in him. so when he started to move a lot i released him back into the tank. it seems that he is "shedding" his skin" is this normal? does he have a good chance of survival? he is about 18" long and i really like him, so any words of wisdom will really be helpful. i dont know how he escaped, i got eggcrate on my tank and i thought he was too thick to get through the holes.
How long can a SF Eel survive out of water?
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fishman630
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Eels are very tough creatures. He should be ok.
Please cover your tank better to prevent this from happening again.
Please cover your tank better to prevent this from happening again.
*knock on wood* i just came home from school and i saw and he looks back to normal. but it looks like his body is sunken in or more like dented in. but he manage to shed all the slime off, and i will try and feed him tonight. the only thing that is worrying me is his body being a little sunken/dented in.
mitzel
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eels are tough little things mine went carpet surfing a few times before he got to big to fit through the slots on the over flow boxes . he would swim in there and then make his jump for fredom from the over flows . I had to slip netting over the boxes to keep him in . I have the HOB style over flows . so this was a good quick fix.
fishman630
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How about you actually take the time to keep your eels safe and cover the top of your tanks properly?
If you cannot properly care for them then you have no business keeping them at all.
If you cannot properly care for them then you have no business keeping them at all.
fishman630
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None of my critters escape or are in any danger. All are very healthy and several years old in same system. And I like how you left out that there are another 145 gallons of water attached to that system.
Thanks though.
Thanks though.
mitzel
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water in a sump or in an addjoining tank has nothing to do with the fact that your trying to give advice about properly housing animals when you your self have 9 large preditory fish in a tank that should only be housing a fraction of them . You could have a million gallon's of water in your system and it wouldn't matter because your display tank is over crowded . You claim to have 5 eels in there which would require lots of rock work. and then you have a (soon to be breeding pair ) of coral cats . which would need some rock work caves , but also a lot of open sand bed . You also have two lions as well as various small damsels Must be some fast moving smart damsels to not be a snack for the lions . Sorry but I don't consider this properly cared for CRITTERS.
fishman630
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Well considering your vast 2 year experience I can see why you might not know what it is you are talking about.
I'm guessing thats your educated atempt to put me in my place fishman630
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Just trying to say when you have 10+ years of background with eels then, maybe then you can tell me what is appropriate for a habitat size. Until then, you should stick to something you know.
dhoch
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Jiggz.... TO GET BACK ON SUBJECT...
That sloughing is a slime coat...Many (not sure maybe all) have it as a protective layer... it's dried out and it's sheaded off.
He will probably be fine... May go on a hunger strike for a while....
My chain link did this once, and then wouldn't eat for 2 weeks... I thought he was going to die, but he's fine (and now about 3 year old and 30" long)...
Dave
That sloughing is a slime coat...Many (not sure maybe all) have it as a protective layer... it's dried out and it's sheaded off.
He will probably be fine... May go on a hunger strike for a while....
My chain link did this once, and then wouldn't eat for 2 weeks... I thought he was going to die, but he's fine (and now about 3 year old and 30" long)...
Dave
Jeeze. I feel horrible now. I had a gold tail moray jump about a year ago. Woke up to it on the floor. This thing was harder than a rock. YEs when i was going to give him his grand flush goodbye i swear i thought it twitched, but i shook it off thinking it was just my imagination. I wish i would have known better, maybe he would have made it if he was alive? Lesson learned. But don't worry, he made sure he took out my 3 inch $99 Australian Tusk before he went. That was not an easy loss for me.....
