snowflake eel

I baught a snowflake eel today and as soon as i put him in the tank he went under a rock which is usual.. i turned off the lights of the tank on the usual time and he came out of the rock and he will not quit swimming back and forth at a pretty high speed...This concerns me cause im thinking he might go into stress..any idea on whats happening is this normal?

 

Hunting maybe? I imagine they hunt at night. Someone more qualified might have a better answer, though.

 

hes new to the tank. period. my snowflake always sat in rock holes with his head poking out

 

so he will freak out for a little bit? im making sure this is normal cause i dont want him going into stress..?

 

btw i did feed him some dried shrimp a whole piece ate it hole so i dont think he is hungry any idea on how much it should be fed? the petstore i baught it from fed him 1 peace of dried shrimp every day.

 

I spot feed mine every 2-3 days...although sometimes if he's hungry enough he'll come out to eat when I feed my other fish which is once a day.

 

he's fine. he'll settle down. watch out if you dont feed them for a while, they'll try to get out of the tank.. make sure your lid is weighed down or duct taped..

 

mine never tried to get out, i even had a full reef 3 inches away

 

Ive had 3 total over the years, 2 were 3+ feet long in a 55g. pushed off the bottom of tank to get out. was out of town for 1 week.

 

Mine swam around like that every night for awhile at lights off. I think he was just making sure there wasn't anything new to eat in the tank.