I went to the Pacific Ocean Market place in Broomfield and bought an assortment of raw foods to make my own medley . Most of the packs were around a pound and ranged from $2.99 to 4.99.
Apple snails: he attacked and chewed on one for a while but eventually left it for the fish. They were really rubbery, I would have spit it out too. The package was in a language I dont know and they might not have been raw.
Shrimp: He ate them with no issue
Squid tentacles: A total hit with the eel, He loves those too.
Cuttlefish: On tomorrows menu
Baby softshell crabs: on the menu later in the week
A funnyish story... My wife fed him last weekend when I was gone. She dropped the piece of food from the long tweezers before the eel had grabbed it and of course all of the fish in the tank then went for it. The eel, not being very good at seeing, chomped out at the swarm of fish. He ended up grabbing my maze angelfish (that I won in a MACNA raffle) across the back and held him horizontal for a short time before letting him go. My wife an mother-in-law were apparently screaming and yelling frantically ( I am laughing as I am typing this.) as this was happening. They were both happy that the eel listened to them yelling and that they saved the fish. jda123, thanks for posting that article, in the last week we have confirmed everything in it is true. lol