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Originally Posted by 80sbaby No Way. Got Mine In 55gl. Somebody Else Wanted To Put It In Their 16 Gallon. No way what? They get to 24". That's not my opinion it's a fact. 16 is a borderline nano tank. It is too small for a snowflake eel.

Originally Posted by Pontius actually would be more like 8 chromis, but I take your point and agree with you. my personal rule of thumb is 1" per 3 gallons, and I think that's very reasonable as long as you keep up with water changes and maintenance. I have seen others successfully push it...

Originally Posted by Drewsta why not have both?? Who was this directed towards? In the initial post it says I have both. I only enjoyed spending time with the aggressive tank.

Ouch, by next year he could easily gain another 3-4 inches. If you won't get rid of him you should definitely refrain from adding new tankmates.

Originally Posted by Pontius I have a flame angel and coral beauty in a 125 with no problems, and I also had an Indian yellowtail angel with them, and there was no problem (until the IYT died). aside from the 2 angels, I also have a yellow tang, hippo tang, kole tang, tomato clown, 5 chromis...

I just noticed that in his profile. AngryCrab: If he is in a 29 then of course he's killing everything. He should be in a tank 2 times that big.

Yes, they definitely are not heavy eaters. They are very hardy though and don't seem to need much food. Great beginner fish.

Originally Posted by wax32 Try 1 inch of adult fish per FIVE gallons. That means I can have an adult foxface, an adult blue tang, and maybe a clownfish in my 125? And a 55 can have a dwarf angel, a clown, and maybe a chromis? Those "rule of thumb" standards are nonsense. Go off of your...

You can feed them most any type of shrimp, fish, crab you want. I've had CC and red general starfish since I started the hobby and I've never had to bother feeding them. I have aggressive, messy fish so the stars just feed off of the pods on the glass and the waste in the tank.

Originally Posted by 80sbaby Hey Dis-who Do You Know With A Sf Eel The Size Of An Arm In A House Tank? Just Curious? They don't get as thick as an arm, but they can grow to as long as an arm. It's irresponsible to try putting one in a nano tank so I hope you don't try.

Sure, but the pic does it absolutely no justice. One of the more unique looking saltwater fish I think.

My only question would be, why are you leaving him in there? Some fish are just unsuitable with other tankmates. Humas are normally not too bad, but if you've got a devil then get rid of him and aim for a more docile trigger.

Originally Posted by I<3Fish I thought fish cant get ich when the tank is in hypo? And I know what your talking about, there is a heater in the conatiner that I am acclimating him in. lion crazz is saying that it can take up to 6 weeks for ich to fully die off using hypo. Normally 4 weeks will...

I've had mine for a few years and it is going on 8" now. He is beautiful, but never very active. During the day it will come out and pick a spot in the tank to stay still in for a few hours. They are not aggresiive eaters, so I always have to spot feed mine with a piece of food and a skewering...

I just feel bad for the customers who are told they are passive snowflake eels. One of the eels had been bought by a guy who put it in his 55 gallon fish only. So the eel ate well and got taken back.

The LFS near me was selling them as snowflake eels. :notsure: So I got them for $60 a piece. I haven't seen them selling anywhere online, so it's hard to tell what a good price is.

Even if your tank does have ich, you can just lower the salinity in the QT tank to 1.009 and it will kill off the ich. I always hypo my fish while they are in QT anyway. The tank should be already cycled if you use the display water. That is not a gurantee though. I did a 10 gallon QT tank for...

I've had both in my reef. The flame never did any real damage but he did nip things at times and he sometimes bullied the clownfish. The coral beauty, however, was the sweetest fish that ever lived. I think there is a slight risk with a flame and much less risk with a coral beauty.

Originally Posted by rusting I would not use carpet under the stand, if it gets wet it will hold the moisture, an you will have a mold problem. you could go to Hd. or Lowes and get a sheet liner for a shower stall basen. I think it's about $10.00 afoot, and it's 5 ft. wide. Each metod has it's...

Yea, he was afraid big time. But then, so was I. I was so amazed to find not only one spotted eel there, but 2. These are some mean SOB eels. Great at feeding time though. They are doing great. I don't think a person could kill these monster eels if they wanted to. An LFS run by a marine...