Tiretrack eel question?

[Mananhammer]

I have a couple of questions about the tiretrack eel. It seems that he would be what i am looking for in an eel. They say he likes to burrow in sandy substrate which is what i have. A couple of questions come to mind.

1. Is he (or she sorry ladies) going to be completely freshwater? I have aquarium salt in the tank in the ratio of one table spoon per 5 gal. The reason i ask is i had a dragon goby in freshwater and he has since passed because of this. Now i want to avoid this tragedy in the future.

2. Will he be ok with my other stock: 2 parkinsoni rainbows, 1 paradise fish, 1 bosemni rainbow, 1 south african rasbora, 1 gold mystery snail, 1 blue mystery snail.

3. Does any one have one of these and what is their behavior? I am looking for an eel that will burrow and make use of the sand substrate.

If he is not a good choice for my tank please some suggestions would be welcome.

Thank you for your time.

Sorry i forgot i have a 55 gal fw tank. The little things I forget.

 

[Phoenixphire55]

So first I'd like to say that I'm jealous because I've always wanted a tire track eel, but I don't have a big enough tank for it. I have never had an eel and don't know much at all about keeping them but I was guess that salt won't be good for him. I think eels are scaleless fish and they tend to not deal well with salt. Why do you use salt? Could you be fine with not using it anymore?

 

[Mananhammer]

I use simple aquarium salt. The reason I used it was for the dragon goby. I dont see why I cant stop. The dragon goby i was told could be acclimated to freshwater but unfortunately this opinion was on the minority. Whether he got a parasite or could not survive in freshwater at his age is anyone's guess. But i had to watch him slowly die. Now i want to make sure that doesnt happen again. So I could stop using salt sure. I was told that it was for the health of the fish and the goby. Releaves stress and such.