Eel home

[possum]

I just put a peice of PVC pipe in my tank and buried it with sand a placed some LR over the top of it to hide it. The eel really likes his new home (although it was intended for the engineer goby). I was thinking about getting some more pipe and some elbow joints and making him a kindof luxury home. The question is do i need to find a way to circulate the water through the pipe or will the eel swimming around in it do enough. I dont want the water to become anaerobic and possibly kill my eel. Thanks

 

[plkdb]

If you put a whole lot more under the sand though, doesnt that mean that your going to be less likely to see him?

 

[loganj]

My suggestion would be to leave what you have in there. The eel wants to hide so he can feel safe and so he can dart out if a shrimp sandwich swims by. I don't think you'll gain anything by adding to the structure. Mine doesn't have it so good...he had to find a hole in the rocks and make do .

 

[possum]

thing is the pipe is just big enough for him now. He is gonna grow and i wanna go ahead and get it built so i wont have to do it later.

 

[goldy]

you'd be surprised what they can fit into. i'd say he will be fine with what you have even as he grows. unless you have like a green moray or honeycomb they get pretty big.