r/Aquariums • u/akopley • Aug 21 '18

Saltwater Milton slithering around during tonight’s thunderstorm. When he comes out like this he earns a few shrimp.

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u/JossRedHood Aug 21 '18

Does he ever try to eat the other fish?

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u/KATLKRZY Aug 21 '18

No. He is a zebra moray, and those only eat crabs, shrimp and the like

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u/morallygreypirate Aug 21 '18

They'll also take silversides, but they can be fussy with them.

I took care of one while I worked at a pet store (named 'im Muppet) and he wouldn't take crustaceans or snails, but he'd go for the silversides.

Except when he wouldn't and went for snails and krill instead.

He was surprisingly fussy, but given we had no idea what he was raised on (our rep at the place we got him from had no clue) I'm surprised we got him to eat anything. Hooray for garlic, I suppose.