snowflake eel in a 55?

sloth54

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Those sound like some nice tanks. Thats pretty cool that you can get some of your stuff from the beach! Lake Michigan isnt salt water is it?? =)~....Anyway, it sounds like you have bigger more aggressive fish with your snowflake. This one would be in with a huma huma, a small hippo tang, a lunar wrasse and a decent sized tomato clown, so it might not be the best idea for me. What do you think?
 

myescape0

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Originally posted by sloth54
Those sound like some nice tanks. Thats pretty cool that you can get some of your stuff from the beach! Lake Michigan isnt salt water is it?? =)~....Anyway, it sounds like you have bigger more aggressive fish with your snowflake. This one would be in with a huma huma, a small hippo tang, a lunar wrasse and a decent sized tomato clown, so it might not be the best idea for me. What do you think?

I'd worry about the smaller ones.I kept mine fed well (keep putting the feeding stick in until he stops taking from it) and he still would grab fish as they went by. He grabs them by their tails and pulls them under a rock. If they are small enough he shakes them around right there where he got them and makes a mess.Sad but nature I suppose so now I try to watch what I put in with him.So far so good.My coral banded shrimp fights back so now he leaves him. He got most of them at night while they slept I guess.He hardly ever comes out from under this one rock.Only if I forgot to feed him (2 days)will you see him swimming all over the tank. I thought about getting him a new home but he's one of the few we have left from when we started on saltwater back in January. I don't know much about Michigan.Our beach is just about one hour away and we go to the inlet and get l/r,fish,etc..My friends have pretty much stocked their tanks from the beach.I had a good sized damsel from the beach and a tiny one but they are gone now (eel I guess).
 

sloth54

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i was just joking about Lake Michigan. Its only Freshwater. Im just jealous you can get your stuff for free!
 

myescape0

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Originally posted by sloth54
i was just joking about Lake Michigan. Its only Freshwater. Im just jealous you can get your stuff for free!

I'm from N.J. originally,ok back to fish... We got some juvenile french angels but they died.We couldn't get them to eat.There's an island that my husband has been working on that has them along with many other beautiful fish.Huge naso tangs,damsels,featherdusters which I forgot to list for being in our tanks.We also have a 29 gal. hosp. tank w/2-urchins,1- ?? tiny parrotfish from the beach,couple of crabs that come w/ the l/r from the beach.That's where a coral banded shrimp was until something ate/took off all of his claws and legs.I moved him to the 10 gal. and now he's got his claws and a couple of legs back.I was shocked he survived.He had to bounce around on his belly to move around the tank.I felt sorry for him but am amazed by him now.You can email me if you'd like.(myescape0@earthlink.net[/EMAIL] )What all do you have ? What type of set up?
 
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