The EELs this weekend got pretty full from the Lionfish. Of course we trimmed the spines first.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-M8fwhSYKs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-M8fwhSYKs
EELs eating Lionfish
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Cool but you're only training the eels to approch, harass and be aggressive with other divers for lion fish.. I think if you do a little research you will see what I'm talking about. But yeah, the only good lion fish is a dead lion fish!
Mike
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You don't need to trim the spines, they will eat them with them. But better to kill it and leave it for them to find then hand feed as it doesn't take long for eels to become aggressive toward divers, they quickly will start associating divers with free food whether they have anything or not.
I used to think that feeding lionfish to the sealife was teaching them how to eat em, but instead, it taught them how to look to divers for a free meal. After two moray eels who's approach was less than welcoming, I no longer will feed em.. Chop off their wooly heads and let the LF lay on the reef for everybody to enjoy.
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