Eels at LFS

[Lonewolfblue]

I just went to our LFS today and they have 2 eels for sale that they say are snowflake morray eels. Only problen, they don't look like snowflakes. They are a grayish color, the heads are larger than the body (big heads), and the fin down the back is shaped more like humps and not straight. They are about 4 inches long. Trying to look it up online, but no success so far. Any ideas?

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[Fluff]

Sounds like violet gobies. They are brackish water gobies that are often kept in fw tanks. They can also be acclimated and thrive in a full marine tank. They are called by many names. Dragon goby, dragon eel, dragon fish, etc. If this is your fish, it could be that the snowflake eel (there is a brown fw eel called a snowflake moray) was already sold from that tank and they were housing a goby in there instead. Hard to say. Here are some links to ID if it is the goby.

http://mypage.iu.edu/~sholtzma/fish.html
http://www.thejump.net/id/violet-goby.htm

 

[Lonewolfblue]

That kind of looks like them. They have them in a brackish tank with a huge puffer.

 

[Toirtis]

Well, violet gobies are brackish, so it would make good sense.

 

[Lonewolfblue]

I was just reading on them and it says they are difficult to keep because for feeding, it strains plankton with it's gills for food. How difficult are they to keep?

 

[Doug01]

I have had one for about a year now and he is awesome He only eats shrimp pellets and the extra blood worms that the tiger oscars don't eat. I had one die before but my tank wasn't very old. Around here in Houston you can get them for around $5. Def. something to start a conversation about if somebody looks at your tank!