hey guys.. well ive had a peacock eel for about a week now and he never comes out of the gravel?? i haven't really seen him eat but when i scare him out of the gravel when i clean the thank he looks very healthy so he must be eating the little bit of food my Oscar misses. but anyway just wondering if you would know how to keep him and about more??. i was going to try buying so plants and making like a little planted corner in my tank?? any advice would help Thanx!

The native environment for the Peacock eel is slow flowing and densely grown rivers and streams in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Sumatra and Malaysia. It is a bottom living creature that likes to bury itself in silt, sand or fine gravel, and only display a small part of its head. It prefers to forage for food at dusk. Wild Peacock eel will eat worms, crustaceans and larvae and keeping them on a similar diet of live food in the aquarium is recommended. Live brine shrimp, blood worms, mosquito larvae and cyclops are all good suggestions.

I hate fish that hide all day!lol

i have tried to raised eel for foods and they grow fast.
you could feed them anything rotten. they also like to chump
root of water plants.

heres some interesting info i found

www.aquaticcommunity.com/mix/peacockeels.php

When the Peacock eel has been introduced to a new home, it is usually very shy and prefers to stay hidden most of the time. If you provide it with an aquarium environment that makes it feel safe, it can become very friendly over time. As mentioned above, the Peacock eel inhabits densely grown waters, and keeping this fish in an aquarium with plenty of plants is therefore recommended. Your Peacock eel will also appreciate PVC pipes that it can hide inside, and sheltered spots created by rocks, roots and wood.

My Clown Knife is the same way, he's very cool looking, at least he was the last time I saw him

ok thanx everyone then u gess im getting more plants

PAUL wrote:


I realize food is different for people all over the world but I'd have to be extremely hungry before I'd eat an eel

X2!!!!

Tim81595 wrote:


happy to help

Sinstinna wrote:

ha ha ha but i had worked with a Swiss Chef and a British Chef who
are good in preparing Smoked Eel.... and they were quite expensive
cold cuts....

Is that eel housed with Oscars? It looks interesting..How about the bioload vs say a pleco?