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Okay so I will definitely get a couple cleaner shrimp then. I am planning on a mixed FOWLR though. Do you think this stocklist is acceptable? In other words, good mix and likely to work? zebra eel coral beauty emperor angel some kind of tang like a purple or yellow australian harlequin tusk...

maybe not one that can eat me though..lol

I think it would be cool to be able to have a pet that you can swim with. I think you would need a bigger tank though...lol

Wow that is like having a dog but you can't take him for a walk. lol Hmm, well I guess that is a definite for me then. How much success have you had with cleaner shrimp and the eel letting the shrimp clean their teeth?

Wow, that is one of the coolest things I have ever heard on here! How old is he???

I totally agree with you. I want the puffer that spits water at me and begs for food and the triggers that I can pet, and so on..... I firmly believe that fish, especially saltwater are pretty intelligent and can be taught behaviors. Do you ever play with them or pet them at all? From some of...

Wow that sounds absolutely amazing.. See? Now that is the kind of pets that I want. I would like a community aggressive FOWLR where the fish know me well enough that I can hand feed them. Thank you for explaining that.

Oh and btw, thanks so much for all of the assistance and information you have given me, great guru of eels....lol. I greatly appreciate it. And all of the criticism too. I need to hear why its not a good idea too.

How do your eels generally tend to act when they take food from you? What was the process that you used to do this when they were young?

okay well I guess I will use some common sense on this then and get it small and work with it. back to my original question. any others besides a zebra that are larger and tend to be docile?

are there any eels that can see better to tell the difference between your fingers and the food??

yeah they are pretty fast tho. i have been doing some research online. there is a really funny video of this guy trying to get his friend to let an eel bite him. the eel plays with the guys hand for two or three minutes straight before it finally gets annoyed. Oh and you can totally tell that it...

hmmmmm, yeah i don't think i need any chunks ripped out of my finger....gloves??

I think I would like one that is a bit bigger. How big does the zebra get? I want docile but a little larger than a snowflake. I am getting a 150 gallon remember.

So I guess it is up to the individual eel huh? Well, maybe when I get one then I can give it a try when it's small and see how it goes. If it is too aggressive then it will be only the prong from then on.

I just want to have a nice relationship with my fishies....lol. On youtube they have a couple really cool videos of swimmers petting these enormous moray eel. They are really gigantic tho. I though it would be nice to have an eel that I can do that with. Of course if it was really hungry I...

Why not hand feeding? You don't think that if the chunk of food is long enough that it wouldn't get my fingers that it would be okay? I know that their bites can be pretty bad if they are large but I want to get a small one and work with it. What did you do to make them more easy-going?

I am going to have a 150 gallon and I would like to house an eel species that is docile enough to be trained to be handfed and one that can be a community eel with other fish. I already know that most inverts are not going to work. I am aware that a snowflake is a good choice but what is another...

Okay I have a question. a little off subject but it seems like a lot of eel experts are on here answering this thread. When you put the pipe under the sand for the eel to go into, how do you clean the inside of the pipe out??? I imagine detritus and junk would get inside as well as algae and so...

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