Snowflake Moray?
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bugapash
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I figure that's as high as I can go--but if anyone knows better and says don't go with so many...I'm trying to plan putting in fish over the months and then leaving them, and i'd obviously like as many as possible--but i don't want to start a sushi restaurant, if you know what i mean.
scooby1350
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Well I do know the the Snowflake will eat any small fish and sometimes inverts, so your tank might thin itself out after you get the eel.
They say 2" per gallon with a good filter and high water flow. With a 46 gallon you should be able to have 23" of fish, but I would not max it out, because some of your fish will still grow bigger.
Plus they say the min tank size for an Eel is 75 Gallons, because a snowflake will grow to 36" in length.
They say 2" per gallon with a good filter and high water flow. With a 46 gallon you should be able to have 23" of fish, but I would not max it out, because some of your fish will still grow bigger.
Plus they say the min tank size for an Eel is 75 Gallons, because a snowflake will grow to 36" in length.
scooby1350
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You might get a way with it in a smaller tank, but than that would be the only thing I would have in the tank. I think one of the reason for such a big tank is to give your fish room to stay away from the Eel. I know they are quick and if you don't keep them well fed they will take care of that themselves and you will have less fish.
1911_guy
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Originally Posted by Bugapash
Planning for the future:
how will a snowflake moray (a very small one) do in a 46 gallon with a coupla chromis, clowns, a wrasse, a bicolor blennie, cleaning crew, and finally maye a powder blue tang...?
this sound like too much? (this is over several months of slow additions.
I'm thinking about getting a snowflake moray too. Given plenty of places to hide and you keep the top covered I don't see a problem with putting one into a 46g. Just make sure you do small water changes the day after you feed. A 46g tank will become polluted quickly when used as an aggressive tank. FYI, "a very small one" is only the size at the time you purchase it...they will still grow.
actually, that's what I thought (the eels growing larger), but i was toldr ecently that you can buy smaller ones, and they'll stay small in a small environment.
you were told wrong, marine fishes will outgrow their environment. Which brings me to tell you...46g is less than half the size tank you need for a powder blue tang. Everything else looks okay.
edit...be very careful in which species of wrasse you choose, I have heard many times these don't do well in home aquariums and/or are difficult to keep.
Planning for the future:
how will a snowflake moray (a very small one) do in a 46 gallon with a coupla chromis, clowns, a wrasse, a bicolor blennie, cleaning crew, and finally maye a powder blue tang...?
this sound like too much? (this is over several months of slow additions.
I'm thinking about getting a snowflake moray too. Given plenty of places to hide and you keep the top covered I don't see a problem with putting one into a 46g. Just make sure you do small water changes the day after you feed. A 46g tank will become polluted quickly when used as an aggressive tank. FYI, "a very small one" is only the size at the time you purchase it...they will still grow.
actually, that's what I thought (the eels growing larger), but i was toldr ecently that you can buy smaller ones, and they'll stay small in a small environment.
you were told wrong, marine fishes will outgrow their environment. Which brings me to tell you...46g is less than half the size tank you need for a powder blue tang. Everything else looks okay.
edit...be very careful in which species of wrasse you choose, I have heard many times these don't do well in home aquariums and/or are difficult to keep.