snowflake eel yawning?

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  1. Gexx

    Gexx Giant Squid

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    I was just wondering why my snowflake eel looks like he is yawning? every other fish in the tank is fine. thanks.
     
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  2. trelane

    trelane Peppermint Shrimp

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    check your O2, if it's ok, ignore it, just an eel being an eel
     
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  3. Gexx

    Gexx Giant Squid

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    how do i check that? and by 02 i guess you mean C02, right?
     
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  4. Triggerfish

    Triggerfish Ritteri Anemone

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    no by O2 he means oxygen, and it's normal for eels to do that, that's their way of breathing.
     
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  5. Gexx

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    oh ok thanks a lot i was getting kinda worried. not that used to eels behavior yet. lol
     
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  6. coldshot

    coldshot Blue Ringed Angel

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    Yeah they look as if they are gasping sometimes, it is normal....They snowflakes are very pretty....You should post some pics....
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  7. Sco-tie

    Sco-tie Bristle Worm

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    eels are healthy when they are breathing and when they yawn it is just there way of getting more oxygen. or its what they do to help digest a recent feeding but helping to swallow.
     
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  8. johnmaloney

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    +1...it looks menacing while you are diving over them, I get it now, but when I was younger I always thought eels wanted to bite me because they kept opening their mouth when I looked at them. Those curved teeth are scary...:)
     
    johnmaloney, Aug 19, 2009
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