eels and tanksize
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xnikki118x
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As long as you have a really secure lid and no fish small enough to fit into its mouth, I think the eel wuold be fine. Just be aware that it will probably eat your crustaceans.
Also, do you have live rock for it to hide in? I'm pretty sure snowflakes spend a lot of time hiding among the rocks.
Also, do you have live rock for it to hide in? I'm pretty sure snowflakes spend a lot of time hiding among the rocks.
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slednecks
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what other fish are you planning on putting in there? He will end up eating all of your small fish..
rubberduck
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you might wont to upgrade after a while
jimmy g
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How many people are going to ask this!?!
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/show...hreadid=150371
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/show...hreadid=150371
reefeel
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I have only caught my snowflake once munching on a upside-down snail never on crabs, but he ate my purple reef lobster. He also will eat any small stupied fish that venture into his cove but he leaves my lemonpeel, percs, and yellowtail damsel. I am worried about my hawkfish though, he is tiny and slow but normally away from the eel. If the eel gets to close to him I poke (not hurting him) his belly with his feeding stick and he slinks into his cave.
sharkboy97
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Schubert
r u talking about a solid gold eel that looks like a green morey, but small and yellow
if so e-mail me with as much info as u can my pet store has one for about 250. i really want to buy it
r u talking about a solid gold eel that looks like a green morey, but small and yellow
if so e-mail me with as much info as u can my pet store has one for about 250. i really want to buy it
fishieness
Active Member
I have a little snowflake eel in my 29 right now. Unfortunatly he is goign to outfrow that tremendously. A 55 gallon is jsut about right for an eel, but instead of got a 40 gallon breeder tank because the 55s are so skinny. The bottom of the tank is 36 by 18, so i figure he will have more room to turn around and more room for live rock. The only problem is, its only 16 inches high, so ill have to make sure the top is realy realy secure. The eels are not fish eaters. These ones anyways. If you look at their teeth they are more rounded than pointy. They usualy feed on squid, octopus, or crustaceans in the while. I hear as long as you keep them well fed you will be fine with fish, and i am still yet to see mine lunge at anything. Ive even seen my sleeper goby dorming with him. I wouldnt put it past him to take a bite when he is older though.
he was hungry i guess
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angler_kid
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it really depends on the eel on what it wants to do. I have a snowflake eel and it never goes after the snails or crabs i have in the tank
schubert
Member
Shark boy:
Any time there is the word 'golden' in the name of an eel, you have to be careful. So many LFS, as well as websites, mix up these various eels. The three main types that seem to be confused are
1. The golden tail moray, which is just like it sounds. Not extremely expensive but still a little large.
2. The golden moray, which can get quite large and needs a large aquarium.
3. The golden dwarf moray (gymnothorax melatremus, I think I spelled it correctly). These guys stay under 10 inches at the biggest and are quite expensive.
As far as sources, this site has a 'banana eel', which is used to name both the golden and golden dwarf eel at times, don't ask me why. However, I have talked to them and it is actually the larger golden moray. The actual golden dwarf I know for a fact is sold on marinecenter.com(http://themarinecenter.com/goldendwarfeel.htm) and is also sold I believe on aquacon.com, but in either case there is likely to be a waiting list. I would love nothing more than to have a golden dwarf moray.
You need to ask your LFS what the maximum size on that eel is and if its is indeed gymnothorax melatremus because both the golden and golden dwarf are pricey and...obviously...golden. Best of luck. If you ever get one, tell us about it.
Any time there is the word 'golden' in the name of an eel, you have to be careful. So many LFS, as well as websites, mix up these various eels. The three main types that seem to be confused are
1. The golden tail moray, which is just like it sounds. Not extremely expensive but still a little large.
2. The golden moray, which can get quite large and needs a large aquarium.
3. The golden dwarf moray (gymnothorax melatremus, I think I spelled it correctly). These guys stay under 10 inches at the biggest and are quite expensive.
As far as sources, this site has a 'banana eel', which is used to name both the golden and golden dwarf eel at times, don't ask me why. However, I have talked to them and it is actually the larger golden moray. The actual golden dwarf I know for a fact is sold on marinecenter.com(http://themarinecenter.com/goldendwarfeel.htm) and is also sold I believe on aquacon.com, but in either case there is likely to be a waiting list. I would love nothing more than to have a golden dwarf moray.
You need to ask your LFS what the maximum size on that eel is and if its is indeed gymnothorax melatremus because both the golden and golden dwarf are pricey and...obviously...golden. Best of luck. If you ever get one, tell us about it.