cMidd Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Ok aside from the leave them in the ocean talk, Why did my ribbon chop himself up in my power head? He was eating fine. Acclimated properly, seemed fine, ate, then lights out I wake up and 50$ is dead + he broke my power head. Any ideas? Quote
NonSequitur Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Not to sound like a smartass, but eels are like that. In my experience their inquisitive nature often overwhelms their sense of self preservation. If they're not exploring places they shouldn't, they're jumping out of the tank.. my snowflake has jumped twice since I had him, toppled the rockscape a few times, nearly breaking the glass, etc, but he's still one of my favorites. They're amazing creatures, but more like toddlers than predators. I'm really sorry for your loss, but if it helps any I don't think you did anything wrong, eels are just like that some times. Quote
JamesL Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 +1 to what NonSequitur said. I had a snowflake live and grown up for a long time, then one day it just went exploring across the dining room floor. Plus ribbons are notorious jumpers, so it was probably looking at the powerhead as a way to get to someplace else. Quote
cMidd Posted March 9, 2011 Author Posted March 9, 2011 True. What do y'all think about when I introduce another, sticking it in a little mesh crate for a week to get it comfy, eating and adjusted to it's surroundings? Also, feed everyday, or overt other Quote
JamesL Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 I don't think that will stop him from eventually exploring. Youa re just going to have to make sure the tank is well sealed, and use powerheads that it can't squeeze into the propeller area. Quote
jestep Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Kind of like Aquatic Ferrets. Believe me that whole curiosity thing killed the ferret not the cat... Quote
jestep Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Vortechs and some of the other pumps have coarse foam guards that prevent things from getting sucked in. I would probably try something like that if you plan on getting another one. Quote
Timfish Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Sorry to hear about your eel! Might want to think about putting something over the pump outputs too. Many years ago I worked in a pet sop that had one of those tiered acrylic setups with a single pump and filter . A small snowflake got into the plumping and didn't have problems going up the drain lines from the sump to one tier to the other so they're happy to go against current in plumping. It ate a fair share of shrimp before we figured it out. Quote
cMidd Posted March 10, 2011 Author Posted March 10, 2011 Yeah, the problem was he went straight into the powerhead, the only real opening. I will definitely e getting another, but am thinking more along the lines of dwarf golden moray... just thinking of build a PVC pipeline and inserting under a section of my LR. Not sure of that will work though Quote
Viet-tin Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 love my golden dwarf! hasnt showed any interest in swimming out or into my wavebox. Stays hidden most of the time but comes out to feed Quote
cMidd Posted March 10, 2011 Author Posted March 10, 2011 yeaaa he was out when i was there that one time man. plus, they stay relatively small and relatively unnagressive. and they will eat Quote
jestep Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Would be nice if someone figured out how to breed them. I saw one on DFS for about $200 a few weeks ago. It was gone in about 30 seconds. There's several other retailers but the price ranges from $300 - $600, ouch... Quote
cMidd Posted March 10, 2011 Author Posted March 10, 2011 That's true, but I am not sure if anyone has commercially bred eels, have they? Quote
Derek Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Did you leave the television on next to the tank? Maybe there was a depressing show on and he just couldn't stand to live anymore. Quote
cMidd Posted March 10, 2011 Author Posted March 10, 2011 lol, funny. i am thinking he just thought it was a tunnel : / Quote
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