Hi all
Very new to all of this, up until last week we only had guppys and tetras and life was easy whilst our ghost shrimp ate all the algae.
So we were offered a lovely 170litre tank, which we adore. We've got some live planted plants in it, plenty of sand for borrowing and there's a good few hiding places.
Now when I bought the fire eel I consulted my man at the store who has never done me wrong, as to the safety with the other fish - all fine he said. Within 3 day's my 3 ghost shrimp are dead. This was a bitter pill to swallow but I did. I've come downstairs this morning and the fire eel is acting very strange.
I first noticed when his balanced seemed off when he was resting, he was vertical folded over and looked very docile. I took him out of the tank to isolate him and he seems to swim perfectly well when taken out of the tank, just a little bit panicky as they would be. I did noticed that around his torso it appears to be bulky and uneven, like something's in there. Like all 3 shrimp maybe, I don't know.
Now along with letting a newbie buy a fire ell and leading to my shrimps death, he also gave me no advice at all on feeding habits of these guys. I have ordered mealworms, but I've quickly realised this isn't the right thing to order? I'm now learning about all these different types of worm these fussy gits might like. Which lead me onto trying an earth worm. There I was, 6am in the garden in my dressing gown pouring water over mud to get an earth worm, to desperately provide a meal. I eventually got one, and he didn't even look twice at it.
I'm worried that tony, my fire eel, may be ill. I need some advice from you pros as the man in the shop just wanted the £25, or so it seems.
Very new to all of this, up until last week we only had guppys and tetras and life was easy whilst our ghost shrimp ate all the algae.
So we were offered a lovely 170litre tank, which we adore. We've got some live planted plants in it, plenty of sand for borrowing and there's a good few hiding places.
Now when I bought the fire eel I consulted my man at the store who has never done me wrong, as to the safety with the other fish - all fine he said. Within 3 day's my 3 ghost shrimp are dead. This was a bitter pill to swallow but I did. I've come downstairs this morning and the fire eel is acting very strange.
I first noticed when his balanced seemed off when he was resting, he was vertical folded over and looked very docile. I took him out of the tank to isolate him and he seems to swim perfectly well when taken out of the tank, just a little bit panicky as they would be. I did noticed that around his torso it appears to be bulky and uneven, like something's in there. Like all 3 shrimp maybe, I don't know.
Now along with letting a newbie buy a fire ell and leading to my shrimps death, he also gave me no advice at all on feeding habits of these guys. I have ordered mealworms, but I've quickly realised this isn't the right thing to order? I'm now learning about all these different types of worm these fussy gits might like. Which lead me onto trying an earth worm. There I was, 6am in the garden in my dressing gown pouring water over mud to get an earth worm, to desperately provide a meal. I eventually got one, and he didn't even look twice at it.
I'm worried that tony, my fire eel, may be ill. I need some advice from you pros as the man in the shop just wanted the £25, or so it seems.
