ribbon eel
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bret61081
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Sadly they usually don't make it past a few months. Most people think its the way they are caught...there have been a few stories that I've heard of people who can get them to eat and keep them long term...they say u need a deep sandbed with a burrow for them....trust me...I WANT ONE TOO!!! I researched them online a lot! but I settled for my eel...looks just like one but white not blue...so untill they can find a better way to catch them, or you are one of the VERY few luckys ones...these fish are better left in the ocean
bret61081
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Originally Posted by connor
bret what kind of eel is that im looking for 1 my 95 gallon
Connor, mine is a white Ghost eel, White ribbon eel...Ghost moray...whatever you want to call it! its really cool...looks just like a ribbon eel, but eats like a pig! they only get get about 2 feet long and about at fat as a sharpie marker. I had to special order mine from Exotic Aquatic down here in Ft Laud and since then it has been his best selling eel! he has never once bothered one of my fish....Manderine, gobys, firefish, nothing...only the silversides I put in there for him! pretty cheap too....about 36$...here is the info on it
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Spec...ry.php?id=7283
and some pics of mine!
bret what kind of eel is that im looking for 1 my 95 gallon
Connor, mine is a white Ghost eel, White ribbon eel...Ghost moray...whatever you want to call it! its really cool...looks just like a ribbon eel, but eats like a pig! they only get get about 2 feet long and about at fat as a sharpie marker. I had to special order mine from Exotic Aquatic down here in Ft Laud and since then it has been his best selling eel! he has never once bothered one of my fish....Manderine, gobys, firefish, nothing...only the silversides I put in there for him! pretty cheap too....about 36$...here is the info on it
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Spec...ry.php?id=7283
and some pics of mine!
150bowfron
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Had a Blue Ribbon for six months. Just feed It with a stick to get it going then it will be fine.
Make sure to cover any possible escape routes.
Make sure to cover any possible escape routes.
bret61081
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Originally Posted by 150bowfron
Had a Blue Ribbon for six months. Just feed It with a stick to get it going then it will be fine.
Make sure to cover any possible escape routes.
it is VERY VERY rare tthat they will eat in captivity. they say black mollies is the best way to get them accilmated to food, but still, they are not hardy fish...and IMO not suitable for our aquariums till we can find a way to get them to eat...
Had a Blue Ribbon for six months. Just feed It with a stick to get it going then it will be fine.
Make sure to cover any possible escape routes.
it is VERY VERY rare tthat they will eat in captivity. they say black mollies is the best way to get them accilmated to food, but still, they are not hardy fish...and IMO not suitable for our aquariums till we can find a way to get them to eat...
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shark bait
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I have looked into this eel for some time and it is one i have decided not to get. It is not Hardy and some of the books i have read even will go as far as to just say a little about them, and then say they are not good at all, and beter left in the ocean. Other books state that if they do not die in the first month they should live for awhile, but no one knows. My advice is stick to what will live and is a good match for your set up. It is so sad that many of these eels die because the LFS sells them to unkowing people. So please keep that in mind, and remember we do this as a hobby, and trial and error are part of it. But the more we know, the less likley we are to kill or beloved fish. ( And am eel is a fish.) :happyfish
dave_15
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Ribbon eels belong to the family of Muraenidae (includes moray eels). These colorful creatures are considered as one of the hardest fish to keep in captivity, even experts avoid them. Most ribbon eels die because of starvation (they are picky eaters) or if there is a hole in the top of the tank they will most likely jump out (they are escape artists). These animals reach no more than 40 inches. Will eat anything that fits into their mouths. This specie is not recommended for beginners.
Most of the keepers of this wonderful creature lost their animal by starvation. This happens when the animal is in stress and it doesn’t like its food. Ribbon eels are very picky eaters. You should feed your animal with tongs so no injury happens to you or your pet. There were a lot of people that gave their ribbon live goldfish; they are VERY BAD for your ribbon. Ribbon eels are known to eat live foods like guppies, silversides, shrimp, krill, scallop, crab meat, crab and crayfish supplemented with Hufa like Selecon. You should try giving your ribbon frozen food like brine shrimp. You may notice after you got your ribbon that he’s not eating don’t worry they can live for weeks without food. Ribbon mostly hunt for their pray by smell and should be feed every other or 3 days.
Most of the keepers of this wonderful creature lost their animal by starvation. This happens when the animal is in stress and it doesn’t like its food. Ribbon eels are very picky eaters. You should feed your animal with tongs so no injury happens to you or your pet. There were a lot of people that gave their ribbon live goldfish; they are VERY BAD for your ribbon. Ribbon eels are known to eat live foods like guppies, silversides, shrimp, krill, scallop, crab meat, crab and crayfish supplemented with Hufa like Selecon. You should try giving your ribbon frozen food like brine shrimp. You may notice after you got your ribbon that he’s not eating don’t worry they can live for weeks without food. Ribbon mostly hunt for their pray by smell and should be feed every other or 3 days.
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shark bait
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Well it looks like you should pass this one up and try something else, nice post above....
scubadoo
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Originally Posted by aspen
my lfs showed me a ribbon eel today, so nice looking, it is blue on the bottom and yellow on the top. Has anyone heard of these or does anyone have any experience with these? It is something I am looking into getting.
99% of these animals will die within the first month of captivity. You've been warned.
my lfs showed me a ribbon eel today, so nice looking, it is blue on the bottom and yellow on the top. Has anyone heard of these or does anyone have any experience with these? It is something I am looking into getting.
99% of these animals will die within the first month of captivity. You've been warned.