Snowflake Eel opinions

wrath

wrath

Member
Hey guys and gals,
Lately iv had gotten an idea to add a small snowflake eel to my 350 gallon tank. iv never had a eel before so this is all new to me. my tank is again 350 gallons, has plenty of live rock for the eel to hide in. the take itself is 3 feet high and 8 feet wide. its a open cover tank but is enclosed in a cabinet.
fish in the tank include: vlamingi,salfin,purple,atlantic,powder brown,unicorn,mimic,blond naso,kole tangs ,blue throat trigger, vergate and assorted rabbitfish, flame and coral beauty angels, 2 dart fish, 2 perc clowns.
there are also coarls in this tank ranging from carpet anemome(sp?) to clams.
Now here are my questions.
Will the snowflake eel bother my fish? smallest fish are the dart fish.
Will the snowflake eel touch any of my corals?
just some opinions on what u guys think would be the best for me.
thanks
 
lion_crazz

lion_crazz

Active Member
The snowflake will not bother your corals but may try to eat your inverts, if you have any.
Snowflakes can certainly be aggressive when they do not have enough territory. This is not the case in your tank. It may bother the darts but all of the other fish will be fine.
 
ca161406

ca161406

Member
Originally Posted by wrath
http:///forum/post/3002815
Hey guys and gals,
Lately iv had gotten an idea to add a small snowflake eel to my 350 gallon tank. iv never had a eel before so this is all new to me. my tank is again 350 gallons, has plenty of live rock for the eel to hide in. the take itself is 3 feet high and 8 feet wide. its a open cover tank but is enclosed in a cabinet.
fish in the tank include: vlamingi,salfin,purple,atlantic,powder brown,unicorn,mimic,blond naso,kole tangs ,blue throat trigger, vergate and assorted rabbitfish, flame and coral beauty angels, 2 dart fish, 2 perc clowns.
there are also coarls in this tank ranging from carpet anemome(sp?) to clams.
Now here are my questions.
Will the snowflake eel bother my fish? smallest fish are the dart fish.
Will the snowflake eel touch any of my corals?
just some opinions on what u guys think would be the best for me.
thanks
SFE will do good in the tank. just make sure the tank is completely covered and the rocks are very stable. the eel might knock down loose frags but wont hurt them.
i had 2 small skunk clowns in my 125 with my SFE and it ate the first one but hasn't bothered the other one even when it sits at the opening of the eels cave.
i would recommend getting a small one(8inchish) because its cool watching them grow. and keep them fed also
 
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arlene1995

Guest
The eel should do fabulous in the tank. You may or may not lose a small fish or two but if the fish can avoid the eel, you'll be fine. I have had a 4" damsel with 2 eels (each 20"+) and a 9.5" Gulf Toadfish for nearly a year now and to this day it is still alive. It may also eat some of your inverts... It would probably be in your best interest to keep it satiated.
It shouldn't bother any of the corals, but as ca161406 said, it'll dig under the rocks and stuff and may knock a couple of frags or two over...
 
wrath

wrath

Member
thanks for the quick comments guys. i picked up a snowflake eel last night accumilated him for 2 hours and introduced him to the tank. all is well so far.the little guy is no loner than 10in and about the size of a pencil. he took his first piece of krill without any problems today. the fish are really excited to see a new tank mate. even the smaller fish were beside him checken him out. the eel has found nice hangout in one of the tower of rocks.
ill try some time this week to snap some updated photos of my tank. last time i posted them was like 2 years ago and the whole tank is different now.
 
indy2009

indy2009

Member
I have one myself about 6 months now, you might want to try feeding small chunks of raw shrimp, I started mine on shrimp he would only eat one piece now will eat a whole shrimp in chunks, don't be surprised if you don't see him for a few days, when I first got mine, couple of weeks after I didn't see him for a week I thought it died, but now once I feed my fish he comes out and comes to the top of the tank to feed here is a pic of mine sorry not best quality.
 
leftyblite

leftyblite

Member
Yeah it is so cool to get them small and watch em grow. I got mine when he was about 6-8 inches and about the size of pencil and now he is about as big around as my thumb and about 14-15 inches. Mine is a digger so be warned. He has tunnels dug all over the one area of my tank that he has claimed as his. Good luck.
 
salt210

salt210

Active Member
are you stuck on the snow flake or is that just one choice? I love my zebra and he doesnt mess with any of the fish in the tank, but still cant keep any crabs or snails.
 
wrath

wrath

Member
yea one eel is all i really want. the snowflake is doing fantastic right now hes been eating the krill iv been feeding him, until i can buy some big shirmp. hes acutlly very active checking out his surroundings and everything. he hasnt touched any of the corals or the inverts in the tank(shirmp, snail, hermits) yet. however the pics ar gona have to wait as im trying to get a better lens for my camera to take better zoom in shots
thanks for all the help again guys and gals
 
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