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Good news. We were overfeeding her. We waited a few days, then offered a worm. She ate two the first day and worked up from there. We're back to 5 worms every two days. I'm thinking that the lower water temp slowed her down. It stays at 77 in the winter, but in summer it's closer to 81. Jeff

Thanks for the quick response. How much and how often did you feed your eel? Jeff

My fire eel (Mastacembelus erythrotaenia) has suddenly stopped eating. She (he?) is about 30" long, 6 years old, in a 210 gal tank [ammonia=0, nitrite=0, nitrate high, but it's always been high, 77F, pH about 7.8]. No visible lesions. Normal activity - not much - hangs out in one of her tubes...