Things You'll Need
- Shrimp
- Hermit crabs
- any dead fish
- Small fish net
- Protective gloves
Instructions
Preparation
Step 1: Put the food in the tank. You can get shrimp and hermit crabs from a pet store; wear gloves to protect your hands from crabs. You can buy fish from a fish market. Beware of using scavenged fish, since you want to avoid feeding a diseased animal to your hagfish. Adding a small fish and a hermit crab to a pinch of shrimp will make a complete meal for your hagfish.
Step 2: Place the hagfish in the tank, near the food. Keep it in a separate tank when it is not feeding, since hagfish will sometimes attack and eat live fish.
Step 3: Watch the hagfish eat. Feed your hagfish twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. When it is done eating, move the hagfish back to its tank.