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Posted 6/24/2008 8:56:57 AM
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I was a member some years ago and used the name catfish. Lots of things have changed since then but now my daughter has two Peacock Eels which she rescued from a Wal Mart which was closing down it's fish dept.

While we bought several fish. (As much as the money we had) the only two surviving, after almost a year, are two Peacock Eels. She had a hellish time because she had to buy a new tank when she bought the fish. It was either try to save them or know they were ALL dead.

She went through new tank syndrome and we thought she'd never get the Amonia down no matter how hard she tried. We were running to the pet store weekly or even more frequently. For some time now these two seemed fine. Now one has a big belly and is lethargic.

Can anyone help? I have never dealt with scaleless fish.

Thanks,

Kathy

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Posted 7/18/2008 6:33:32 AM
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Don't know a  lot about your set up....biggest help right now would be small, frequent water changes....about 10% every 3rd day. Sounds like the ammonia problem may be caused by overfeeding in an effort to get the eels to eat. Use live blood worms or tubiflex worms....put them into a clean baby food jar and SLOWLY put it into the aquarium and set it at an angle into the gravel. You will be able to see if they are eating well.

The bloated belly may be an impactation of some sort or it could be parasitic....could even be a tumor....with fish it's hard to tell....

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