blue ribbon eel

[ryanhayes9]

I was thinking about getting one for my 55 gallon eel tank. I know that they are hard to get eating but they have one at my lfs who they said was eating silversides. Is this the only thing that makes them hard to keep?
Has anyone ever had experience with keeping them?
Info on them?
Tjhanks

 

[michaeltx]

very short lived most will not eat in captivity from what I understand its best to leave it alone.
Mike

 

[sharkboy13]

have u seen it eat the silversides? if not i would stay away. thats not the only thing really but they need pristine water conditions.

 

[jon321]

I have a friend who has 1 blue ribbon and 1 white ribbon and has had them for a few years. Getting it to eat is definitely the hardest part, but they do REQUIRE perfect water quality and no competition to continue feeding. Best kept alone, with their own kind, or with extremely peaceful tankmates like frogfish, anthias, lionfish, etc.
Jon

 

[sharkeater]

hey sharkboy 13 are you there?

 

[sharkboy13]

ya y?

 

[sharkeater]

u need to take Christines name of your thred about the lionfish like now

 

[sharkboy13]

who is this?

 

[sharkeater]

that is illegal and just wrong and in violation of her saftey.

 

[sharkeater]

dosnt matter who i am

 

[sharkboy13]

dude who r u i want to no if u know me, wait, is this andy?

 

[1journeyman]

Sharkeater, if you have a problem with a post, use the top right button in the post to "report" it. Type out the reason. We mods will look at it.
Thanks.

 

[sharkeater]

you dont post someones name on the net at all, now her name and work place you have posted on here, and i like all the tanks you say you have that you dont, what do you do snab all the pics of a yahoo search and post em?

 

[sharkeater]

"sharkboy13" you have been caught in all your lies

 

[sharkboy13]

who r u?!?!?!?

 

[sharkeater]

nice 90 in wall display that is not yours, and good job posting your phone # when you wanted to sell your tank, I will be giving your mother a call