Fire Eel Care and Information - Mastacembelus erythrotaenia

Fire Eel Care and Information

[@beatap6250]

Great video 😉😊🙋

[@myaquariuminfo]

Thanks for watching!!!🙌

[@svtcontour]

Way off on the size. I got mine at 12" and within the first year it hit 20", now at around 2 years, its 26" I'm sure at 3 years it will be closer to 30" - they have hit 40" without problems for ones that have gotten old enough.

[@ronaldkasteel3459]

mine love mussels and shrimp ,bloodworms they dont like as much

[@VishalGharat0101]

Nice info gus 👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌

[@myaquariuminfo]

Thank you as always Vishal🙌😁

[@badger6576]

Nice vid ✏️👍🏿

[@myaquariuminfo]

Thanks for watching!

[@freshlizzard9603]

I have 2 fireeels since 6months. They are both really hard to feed! They only take alive worms but also this is really hard. Sometimes i have the feeling, that they wanna eat but the "swallowing process" goes not that well as it should. I don't know, maybe you have a tipp for me🤷‍♂️

[@yung_k20z3]

What size tank?

[@thefeeforfreedom5509]

If they’re having trouble swallowing the food is probably too big, feed them smaller worms like black worms

[@danielsmith9476]

Try really small worms like blood worms

[@everythingthatyouseeinthis1735]

Thank you for the info, just got mine yesterday at some river in borneo😂

[@PascalBennett]

For reals?

[@anti-hentaiklord6371]

Tysm

[@XZumex]

if i was to keep a fire eel and one BGK how big of tank would i need?

[@aquaticwong]

Great vid.. Would have info on how round they get /diameter trying to source a home for it in my 600 litre.. Thanks

[@jeffalbillar7625]

They get at least 20 inches.

[@haydnholder7090]

I recently had a juvi pass away he was breathing real heavy laying up side down and on his side I checked all water parameters temp ect all good his gills looked red like it was from chlorine but I assure there is non in my aquariums granted all my fish be bye bye lmao any suggestions? He was the only one having trouble he was curling up like how a snake throws somthing up (only way I could describe it)

[@ostravia]

They are very docile. And my 3 foot is very aggressive towards my Flowerhorn in my huge tank. Lob worms all the way.

[@monja7339]

No wonder flowerhorns are horrible

[@Geared84]

I have a pair pfnsrd flowerhorns in my 180 gallon tank. My 4 inch Fire Eel is in my 75 Gallon atm, but I planon putting him in the 180 gallon with my Flowerhorns. Do they Flowerhorns leave the Fire Eel alone?

[@matt1275]

What is the other eel in the video?

[@ylohere6999]

I wouldn’t say 20in I’d say on avg if it lives long 31in

[@ramadhanmilga9107]

How care with eel . My I lost 2 my eel . About fungus ?

[@timpark02]

What was that different looking eel in the blue tank

[@harlyboy93]

Freshwater Snowflake moray eel. Technically brackish tho.

[@gordysucks8892]

How long will it take to outgrow 75 gallon tank?

[@benbrooker7858]

It all depends when your fire eel out grows blood worms. Once your eel starts taking night crawlers, muscles, or shrimp you will notice a huge increase in growth rate. At which point once your eel hits 2 feet long and from my experience from several eels i own you will notice their girth will start increasing alot. At which point its up to you to judge if your fire eel is happy in a 75 gallon. But i can tell you once your fire eel starts putting on some girth and is 2 feet long it be best idea to remove any fish from that tank to reduce bio load. If not keep a tpm meter handy and do frequent tank maintenance. Some of my eels i own are active swimmers and some are not. If you find your eel likes to sleep all day then ya maybe a 75 gallon is fine for awhile but if you get a eel thats very active then you might fine its best to upgrade your tank to something larger that is at least 6 feet long.

[@trimmeljames]

Can you feed a fire eel live fish?

[@xthesoulkingx4058]

I have a question My fire eel hasn’t been eating he’s been my aquarium for two weeks and a half and He’s not stress the water parameters are just to his liking it has and There is plenty of hiding spaces for him to hide but he still doesn’t eat I try blood worms but I haven’t tried any other food besides blood worms any recommendations on food that would work.

[@jeffalbillar7625]

I fed mine nightcrawlers or earthworms.

[@xthesoulkingx4058]

@@jeffalbillar7625 i’m trying to literally today man hopefully work

[@jeffalbillar7625]

@@xthesoulkingx4058 I'm praying for you and your fish, bro. 🙏 Good luck

[@xthesoulkingx4058]

@@jeffalbillar7625 thanks man

[@jeffalbillar7625]

@@xthesoulkingx4058 lmk what's going on, my friend.

[@GD1_3]

Would one be ok with my Blood Parrot cichlid? It would be my Blood Parrot, and a common pleco in a 48 bow front. I plan on upgrading to a 75 gal soon.

[@sebastiansays837]

I’d say when you upgrade leave the parrot in the bow front. But yeah if it’s a baby it should be fine until it grows.

[@StrawberryKilla]

Thought id share that my LFS houses a huge blood parrot and a large fire eel together with some fire mouths

[@PLT123]

Are these legal in California?

[@jeffalbillar7625]

Yes. You can find them in most fish stores

[@RonGallardo777]

You forgot to say they jump out of the aquarium!!

[@exoticfishguy]

So so much done wrong in this video. Don't know if this is yours but keep it on sand substrate. nd those rocks are sharp dude you can't do that.

[@monja7339]

I would never keep small fish like angelfish around this guys

[@aquabrothers768]

Wanna get a fire eel, after keeping the peacock eel miss havin one

[@myaquariuminfo]

Thanks for watching! I ended up buying some juveniles 😅