an appropriate eel? - Aquarium Advice

redchick2 · 09-13-2008, 11:41 PM

Is there an eel that would not eat my inverts & live fish?

HoCkEyGmC · 09-13-2008, 11:47 PM

not really, or at least none that i know of, what size tank?

redchick2 · 09-13-2008, 11:49 PM

It's a 55g, lots of hiding places. My fish are my buddies, and wouldn't want them to be lunch.

HoCkEyGmC · 09-13-2008, 11:50 PM

what fish u got in there?

redchick2 · 09-13-2008, 11:53 PM

A mandrin, a cowfish, and 3 damsels. for cleaning some hermits, 2 snails and a chocolate chip.

**Fluff** · 09-14-2008, 01:29 AM

Your hermits would be a snack for any eel you add to the tank.

SWFanAtiC69 · 09-14-2008, 01:55 AM

Yea sounds like with what you got hed be eating pretty good!! Lol, Eels are awesome creatures but the fact is I wouldnt recommend getting one for the long haul unless you got at least a hundred gallon tank or more, just because they grow so fast so quick. But it sounds like you got a pretty good setup as you are. That Mandarin would def be donezo as well, cause hes soo close to the ground all the time. He might go in the wrong dark cave to look for food and WHAAAAAP!!

Tony Gill · 09-14-2008, 03:09 AM

I think everyone has been thinking of moray eels (Muraenidae), which are predatory. However, there are quite a few smaller eels out there in other families that would be safe with fish and larger inverts. I'm not sure if too many of them show up in the aquarium trade, but I know at least one group does - the garden eels. These are burrowing species that hang out in large groups on sandy bottom with their heads and part of their body poking out of the sand (thus looking like a garden of eels). They feed on plankton, which they snatch from the passing current. Many of the species are quite brightly coloured.

Tony

**Fluff** · 09-14-2008, 09:16 AM

Garden eels also need a very deep sand bed and can be difficult to get eating. Certainly something I would only suggest to the most advanced hobbiest.

HoCkEyGmC · 09-14-2008, 01:02 PM

not to mention, 100+ gallons

09-13-2008, 11:41 PM	#1
redchick2 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Texas Posts: 163 Images: 12	an appropriate eel? Is there an eel that would not eat my inverts & live fish? __________________ I am positively, 100% not sure!

09-13-2008, 11:47 PM	#2
HoCkEyGmC Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: metro 313 Posts: 656	not really, or at least none that i know of, what size tank? __________________ 28gal jbj nanocube, 150w halides, 35 pounds of LR, 20 pounds of LS, tiny clean up crew, frogspawn, some type of brain, random zoa's, some type of pulsing xenia, trumpet frag, blasto, 1 blue mushroom, false perc, bangaii cardinal, diamond goby, and a firefish.

09-13-2008, 11:49 PM	#3
redchick2 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Texas Posts: 163 Images: 12	It's a 55g, lots of hiding places. My fish are my buddies, and wouldn't want them to be lunch. __________________ I am positively, 100% not sure!

09-13-2008, 11:50 PM	#4
HoCkEyGmC Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: metro 313 Posts: 656	what fish u got in there? __________________ 28gal jbj nanocube, 150w halides, 35 pounds of LR, 20 pounds of LS, tiny clean up crew, frogspawn, some type of brain, random zoa's, some type of pulsing xenia, trumpet frag, blasto, 1 blue mushroom, false perc, bangaii cardinal, diamond goby, and a firefish.

09-13-2008, 11:53 PM	#5
redchick2 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Texas Posts: 163 Images: 12	A mandrin, a cowfish, and 3 damsels. for cleaning some hermits, 2 snails and a chocolate chip. __________________ I am positively, 100% not sure!

09-14-2008, 01:29 AM	#6
Fluff The Keeper Community Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: West Virginia Posts: 10,142 Images: 29	Your hermits would be a snack for any eel you add to the tank. __________________ ~Cindy

09-14-2008, 01:55 AM	#7
SWFanAtiC69 Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 54	Yea sounds like with what you got hed be eating pretty good!! Lol, Eels are awesome creatures but the fact is I wouldnt recommend getting one for the long haul unless you got at least a hundred gallon tank or more, just because they grow so fast so quick. But it sounds like you got a pretty good setup as you are. That Mandarin would def be donezo as well, cause hes soo close to the ground all the time. He might go in the wrong dark cave to look for food and WHAAAAAP!!

09-14-2008, 03:09 AM	#8
Tony Gill Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 47	I think everyone has been thinking of moray eels (Muraenidae), which are predatory. However, there are quite a few smaller eels out there in other families that would be safe with fish and larger inverts. I'm not sure if too many of them show up in the aquarium trade, but I know at least one group does - the garden eels. These are burrowing species that hang out in large groups on sandy bottom with their heads and part of their body poking out of the sand (thus looking like a garden of eels). They feed on plankton, which they snatch from the passing current. Many of the species are quite brightly coloured. Tony

09-14-2008, 09:16 AM	#9
Fluff The Keeper Community Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: West Virginia Posts: 10,142 Images: 29	Garden eels also need a very deep sand bed and can be difficult to get eating. Certainly something I would only suggest to the most advanced hobbiest. __________________ ~Cindy

09-14-2008, 01:02 PM	#10
HoCkEyGmC Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: metro 313 Posts: 656	not to mention, 100+ gallons __________________ 28gal jbj nanocube, 150w halides, 35 pounds of LR, 20 pounds of LS, tiny clean up crew, frogspawn, some type of brain, random zoa's, some type of pulsing xenia, trumpet frag, blasto, 1 blue mushroom, false perc, bangaii cardinal, diamond goby, and a firefish.

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