blue eel

[sphelps]

I would avoid blue/black ribbon eels, often it's survival has little to to with experience, I've seen many that may have been injured or show signs of cyanide which seems to eliminate all chance of sirvival. If one was eating frozen well it may have a decent chance but this is very rare.

You can get a ghost ribbon eel which actually has a good survival rate and is typically a hearty specimen. I've kept these before with nothing but success although they do sometimes still require a bit of work to ween onto frozen.