Fire Eel Question

[SirCastic]

so i'm getting a fire eel when i upgrade to a 125 tank. has anybody have experience with these fish? i've heard they are gentle giants. currently in my 55 gallon tank i have 5 mollies, 3 platies, 1 bushynose pleco, 1 stick catfish, 5 ghost shrimp, 1 lyretail swordtail, 3 glass cats, 1 red tailed shark (very peaceful despite what i've heard) and 5 tiger barbs. can any of these not go with the eel? and what else can go with it? i had my eye on some bronze corydoras.

 

[Freddie]

In my experience my peacock eel(same family as the fire but smaller)is fine with fish it cant swallow although im pretty sure yur ghost shrimps will get eaten, but a fire eel will get twice as long as my peacock eel & the smallest fish ive kept with him was redeyes but he still ate most of them. And a 125 shud be fine I think

 

[Mudfrog]

The Fire eel will get more than twice the size of a peacock. In terms of aggression it will do fine with those fish. However the smaller ones will become a meal.

 

[SirCastic]

The Fire eel will get more than twice the size of a peacock. In terms of aggression it will do fine with those fish. However the smaller ones will become a meal.

Which Smaller ones?

 

[Mudfrog]

The ghost shrimp and possibly the mollies, platies and swordtails. Keep in mind there are lots of 30"+ fire eels in the home aquaria world so they get quite large. I'd at the 20"+ range any fish under 3" would be considered food. Up to 30" and your probably looking at 4" or less. This is a guess on my behalf, I'm just going off of what I saw with my old 16" fire eel.

 

[SirCastic]

The ghost shrimp and possibly the mollies, platies and swordtails. Keep in mind there are lots of 30"+ fire eels in the home aquaria world so they get quite large. I'd at the 20"+ range any fish under 3" would be considered food. Up to 30" and your probably looking at 4" or less. This is a guess on my behalf, I'm just going off of what I saw with my old 16" fire eel.

Would a peacock eel be good instead? or maybe 2-3 tire track eels

 

[Mudfrog]

Tire tracks eels still get over 30". A peacock will top out around 12" if I remember correctly. That would be a good choice. So would a zig zag eel. The downside is the smaller species don't come out much.

 

[Freddie]

A peacock eel could b good although yes they do hide alot. With a peacock eel yur smallest fish might still get eaten(its kinda hit & miss)