Eel behaviour aswell as not eating

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This is really weird aswell as interesting

I have 2 separate tanks with one having a large tessalata and the other with a zebra and a spotted eel

Though they were in different tanks, they both went on a hungerstrike on almost the same week, to me this seems more like a season in which they do this but i am not sure, my country is currently on monsoon season

My spotted eel has started eating after a week of refusing food and slowly building up to larger meals

My tessalata on the other hand has not started eating yet, i did try to feed him by putting food in his throat and he did seem to have swallowed them but spit them out again

I was trying to feed the Tess a praziquantel mixed with soaked vitamin pellets in anchovies. I used concentrated powder.

In over 8 months he didn't jump out of the aquarium but last week I saw him on the floor, he does seem to be doing good now, I've been trying to do water changes incase that helps but besides that he does look a bit more normal now

From the time i bought him from the store he is about 1 year old

For the spotted he is about 6 months old

Just to mention that this didn't have any affect on my zebra

 

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@Slocke
@lion king
@Jay Hemdal

Any conclusions perhaps?

 

[littlefoxx]

Why were you feeding your tessa anchovies?

 

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Why were you feeding your tessa anchovies?

I wanted to add as much variety as possible, in a feeding session per week i feed him a mackerel and in the next week anchovies with soft shelled crabs aswell as in the next week just whole head and shelled shrimp that's his diet, each time I go to the market I also get some other fish every 2 weeks just for a change depending upon what's in stock

 

[Jay Hemdal]

This is really weird aswell as interesting

I have 2 separate tanks with one having a large tessalata and the other with a zebra and a spotted eel

Though they were in different tanks, they both went on a hungerstrike on almost the same week, to me this seems more like a season in which they do this but i am not sure, my country is currently on monsoon season

My spotted eel has started eating after a week of refusing food and slowly building up to larger meals

My tessalata on the other hand has not started eating yet, i did try to feed him by putting food in his throat and he did seem to have swallowed them but spit them out again

I was trying to feed the Tess a praziquantel mixed with soaked vitamin pellets in anchovies. I used concentrated powder.

In over 8 months he didn't jump out of the aquarium but last week I saw him on the floor, he does seem to be doing good now, I've been trying to do water changes incase that helps but besides that he does look a bit more normal now

From the time i bought him from the store he is about 1 year old

For the spotted he is about 6 months old

Just to mention that this didn't have any affect on my zebra

I don't know what causes hunger strikes in morays, but it does happen quite often. Funny thing, for me, the zebra morays seem to be the most affected.

It could be a seasonal thing, but since I'm in the northern US, the seasonal affect might not come into play as it would for you.

I would caution you against just mixing praziquantel in the food, unless you calculate the dose properly. Praziquantel is very bitter and too much of it can be toxic. The proper dose is: 50 mg/kg fish body weight every other day for three treatments.

Jay

 

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I don't know what causes hunger strikes in morays, but it does happen quite often. Funny thing, for me, the zebra morays seem to be the most affected.

It could be a seasonal thing, but since I'm in the northern US, the seasonal affect might not come into play as it would for you.

I would caution you against just mixing praziquantel in the food, unless you calculate the dose properly. Praziquantel is very bitter and too much of it can be toxic. The proper dose is: 50 mg/kg fish body weight every other day for three treatments.

Jay

Thank you! I dose really low about 25 to 40mg to make sure it doesn't harm them

I live in the southern parts of India and we experience quite a lot of weather changes from rains to heat and such but thank you for the information!

 

[littlefoxx]

I wanted to add as much variety as possible, in a feeding session per week i feed him a mackerel and in the next week anchovies with soft shelled crabs aswell as in the next week just whole head and shelled shrimp that's his diet, each time I go to the market I also get some other fish every 2 weeks just for a change depending upon what's in stock

Oh my bad! I thought you were talking about artichokes. Brain fart lol that makes more sense