Do Snowflake Eels eat Crabs, Shrimp and small fish etc?

Beautiful, complex and discussed here. The marine fish and reef section.
Post Reply
User avatar
Arny
Mbu Puffer
Posts: 1081
Joined: Sun Dec 12, 2010 4:33 pm
Location (country): uk
Location: London

Do Snowflake Eels eat Crabs, Shrimp and small fish etc?

Post by Arny »

Hey Guys

Do Snowflake Eels eat Crabs, Shrimp and small fish etc?

Thanks
Top
User avatar
Pufferpunk
Queen Admin
Posts: 32773
Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
Gender: Female
My Puffers: Filbert, the 12" T lineatus
Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles
Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
Location: Chicago
Contact:
Contact Pufferpunk

Re: Do Snowflake Eels eat Crabs, Shrimp and small fish etc?

Post by Pufferpunk »

They have flat teeth for crunching on crustaceans.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
Top
User avatar
xrayjeeper83
Mbu Puffer
Posts: 4167
Joined: Thu May 06, 2010 9:31 pm
Gender: Male
My Puffers: Fahaka named Bloat
Abei named Huey
GSP named Bacon
Location (country): USA
Location: Orange Park, FL

Re: Do Snowflake Eels eat Crabs, Shrimp and small fish etc?

Post by xrayjeeper83 »

Ive always heard if it fits in their mouth they will eat it
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
Top
sorgan
Puffer Fry
Posts: 34
Joined: Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:55 pm
Location (country): UK

Re: Do Snowflake Eels eat Crabs, Shrimp and small fish etc?

Post by sorgan »

They will eat most of anything tbh, mine eats what it wants lol.
Top
matt612
Dwarf Puffer
Posts: 80
Joined: Fri Mar 26, 2010 4:00 pm
Gender: Male
My Puffers: Mbu
Location (country): lancashire uk

Re: Do Snowflake Eels eat Crabs, Shrimp and small fish etc?

Post by matt612 »

Yes i had one lfs said it will be fine in my reef lasted a day before it ate my canary wrasse
Top
sorgan
Puffer Fry
Posts: 34
Joined: Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:55 pm
Location (country): UK

Re: Do Snowflake Eels eat Crabs, Shrimp and small fish etc?

Post by sorgan »

mate they are pretty good hunters, how big is your box? it will need about 350lt as an adult.
Top
User avatar
Corvus
Mentor
Posts: 1404
Joined: Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:35 am
Gender: Male
Location: Planet earth; mostly Germany recently

Re: Do Snowflake Eels eat Crabs, Shrimp and small fish etc?

Post by Corvus »

Arny wrote:Hey Guys

Do Snowflake Eels eat Crabs, Shrimp and small fish etc?

Thanks
Pretty good description of their diet. Even mantis shrimps and smaller snowflake eels have been found inside their stomachs.
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks.
Top
User avatar
suvattii2012
Green Spotted Puffer
Posts: 427
Joined: Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:52 am
My Puffers: Arrowhead / Suvattii
Location (country): UK

Re: Do Snowflake Eels eat Crabs, Shrimp and small fish etc?

Post by suvattii2012 »

Corvus wrote:
Arny wrote:Hey Guys

Do Snowflake Eels eat Crabs, Shrimp and small fish etc?

Thanks
Pretty good description of their diet. Even mantis shrimps and smaller snowflake eels have been found inside their stomachs.
If it can eat mantis shrimp it must be pretty bad buttocks.
Arrowhead
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Marine Tanks”