keep eel from escaping

[pferboy]

i know eels will try to escape, so what is the best way to cover up the back of my glass tank? or is there a type of eel that is less likely to try to get out? does the size of the eel matter?
let me know what works for you.

 

[killyah]

there is alot of ways to cover it up. glass,plastic,egg crate,duck tape, screen, many many more. but for me , my tanks are topless no lids or anything , just an open top the way i like it so i can view from the top. what i did tho is i leave 3 inches of water off before the tanks top rim. so my tank is not full to the top.also i keep them happy with losts of caves and underground tunnels. i had my eels now for a year and a half and not 1 has jumped out.. it has worked for me it might not work for u tho. just a friendly warning. Good luck.

 

[pferboy]

my lfs owner also told me that if an eel jumped out that it could live for a couple of hours out of the water. is this true?

 

[simm]

Can you live underwater for a couple of hours? I dont think they can!

 

[eelfreakrobi]

They can live outside water for a few hours, I dont know how this happens but it is true since this has happened to some of my friends.

 

[pferboy]

what type of eels did they have? does it make a difference what type they are?

 

[donkeykong]

Eels will form a mucas shell around them if they jump out of water. There are stories of up to 8 hour of them surviving out side of water. When you put them back in the shell breaks away and your clean up crew should take care of it.