Anyone hear have tiretrack (spiny)eels, or fire eels?

[michael]

How do you like them? Aggressive?

[michael]

No response in general aquaria so maybe this is the spot to ask: How do you guys like them? Aggressive?

[rallysman]

They hide all of the time (when they are small atleast) Boring IMO.

[BostonPatriot]

I have a little 8" fire eel. Hangs out in his cave most of the time watching the world go. pretty much what I expected from a eel. I bought him because I think it adds a unique effect to my tank. Don't buy one if you are looking for a aggressive monster due to the fact that most eels are passive.

[thefishofdoom]

i think fire eels are asome in due the size they get trust my a full grown one is asome iv had mine an he hides some times but is out looking for food most they will eat anything that will fit in there mouth. there is one that gets like 12in but is a aggressive predetor it comes from one of the cichlid lakes i think lake tanginika or some thing and called by scinintific name is Caecomastacembelus plagiostomus.

[Hakon]

Mine is'nt hiding at all, it shows up when i'm closing the tank and wants some food. He actually either eat from my hand than catch that I give them. When it is foodtime, he also shows up and "dances" for something to eat.

[TheUnhappiest]

I use to have a Spiny eel(jumped out while I was at work). It shared a tank with 2 Convits and other misc. fish.

[TheUnhappiest]

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[chundamunky]

Had a bit of experience with them, they really are an awesome fish, very interesting to watch. Not an aggresive fish at all but they can get to a fair size and like any fish will eat whatever fits in their mouths.

[snogard]

they can get aggressive towards other spiny eels. just like other fish, aggresive for territory but once that's taken care of, provided with space and with enough cave dwellings and hiding places they'll co-exist. nocturnals but can condition to come out during the days. mostly shy but my fire eel is always out and very active. love' em. i only have one now but thinking of getting a couple more :)

[stotty]

How do you like them? Aggressive?
The fire eel i had was a fairly peaceful especially when he was young not a proble at all, they can bury themselves so you can think they have vanished . They get along with nearly all the fish I had in the aquarium but will eat any thing that fits in or comes near there mouth this was a down side not had tiretrack but should think the same

[ng80]

i have a fire eel and its 28 inches long, and ten years old. They are aggressive as adults and will eat tankmates that are small and harrass fish small fish too big to be eaten by chasing them and they are fast. mine gets convicts in trapped in corners of the tank sometimes.
They only eat frozen or live food and become hand tame.
a 100 gallon tank is fine for one. they dont get on with there own species as adults and can be quite aggressive.

Tyre tack eels are similar to fire eels but i found them easier to feed and just as aggresive.

[snogard]

hey stotty what happen to your fire eel and how big was it?

[stotty]

I am lucky as a friend of mine owns a fish shop so I tend to grow things on then he sells them for me so I have the fun of owning and growing up small fish then sell them and have them as more credit in the shop pays for the habit got a thing for snakeheads and big cichlids "O" it was about 12-15 inch

[elykyelsna]

I've got a 6" tire track, he stays in the gravel most of the time, but becomes very aggressive with his live food late at night when the lights are off

[Cyclop3000]

I had both tire tracks and fire eels...they stayed hidden in the gravel all day and I never saw them. At feeding time they were so shy they would not have eaten if I did not go out of my way and actually stuff the food in their mouths haha.

My experience: Really boring fish. I am not getting any eels (actually elongated fish, they are not eels) anytime soon...

[elykyelsna]

i used to have two tiretracks, but the one actually killed the other :(

[Newt]

I have a fire eel and I love him!

He's not shy at all, and is out in the tank except for a few hours during the day that he spends sleeping in his cave. Right now he is sharing his cave with my Cherax lobster. The crayfish has one side and the eel has the other. They don't seem to bother each other, no chunks out of the eel or anything.

My eel got stuck in the drainage hole of a tipped flower pot on Christmas day. Can't even see a mark on him now! I was really worried for a bit, though!

He is now eating some frozen food (blood worms, krill and somtimes beefheart), but for the most part he still gets night crawlers and ghost shirmp (shrimp last a lot longer in the tank now that I don't have an oscar!)

Currently I have the eel, two convicts (replaced the oscar with them, much more interesting fish!), the Cherax lobster, apple and MTS snails and a few ghost shimp that have managed to not be eaten in my 75 gallon. I'm going to put in 12 tiger barbs as dithers for the convicts and 3 S.A.E's to help clean up the algae the snails don't seem to eat later this week.

[mothernature]

O.k. this is a story with a sad ending, I had a baby tire track eel and he hid all day in the sunken ship decoration. He would poke his little head out and defend his house. My eclipse catfish kept bumping into the sunken ship , so I had to take it out (it was scraping there bellies.)
He was very unhappy and became aggressive. He began attacking the pleco and oscars. so I decided to give him another house, I fed them and fell asleep for like four hours(on accident!) As soon as I woke up I remembered ,I ran over to the tank and yep I left the lid off while feeding and since he was not guarding his house he was trying to escape and he did. He squirmed around on the towel thats underneath the tank until it dried him out. This was my first and only time I lost a fish because he jumped out. I was very sad.
R.I.P. Wermie!!! -The End

[AlanSousa]

My peacock eel is very shy and stays in a log i have in the tank. I never even see him eat, but he's alive, so...
But my fire eel is very cool. he glides around my tank and i feed him ghost shrimp like twice a week. I love to watch him eat because he'll come to the top of the tank so I can drop the shrimp in for him. As they drop to the bottom he dances aroundthem and its like really cool. then he snaps them in half and devours them. Hes such a cute little pig. Sorry no pic.

[starrfish71]

I enjoy fire eels and tire tracks- my fire eel was only 4-5 inches, but was completley responsive to me- would come out any time of the day for food and attention. Unfortunately it was also very curious and figured out how to get into the outflow line on the filter- was pretty squished when I found it.
The tire track was in the same tank- and the fire eel would someitmes bully it, but not too badly. The fire eel ONLY ate blood worms, where the tire track ate any forzen foods.

I highly recomend them- they are great fish.

[wolverine]

I have A tire track eel about 18 inches long he hides most of the time and will only eat when i hand feed him

[wolverine]

Here is A nice pic of him

[wolverine]

heres a pic of mine he hides most off the time and will only eat when hand fed

[mothernature]

oh my gosh, hes a beautiful tire track, you are very lucky!!!!!

[mudskipper]

I have never owned ether, but I know a bit on the subject. fire eels grow larger and are the ones I prefere. tire tracks are more aggresive

[elykyelsna]

does anyone know how to bulk up a tiretrack? ive got a 6" one that will only eat live ghost shrimp, ive tried the beefhearts my bichirs love, but it doesnt seem interested

[Honda12]

You could try live black worms. My little tire track loves them as well as frozen bloodworms and frozen mysis shrimp. Try the black worms I seriously doubt he will reject those.

[loach43]

Had both FE and TT eels. Doubt if I'll ever have another TT eel, but I would definately consider getting another fire eel. Easy to keep IMO and I like the way they look. Mine hid almost all the time but his head was always peering out in view. A well cared for fire eel will usually have some seriously red markings that I can't resist appreciating.

[dodgefreak8]

a lfs near me has some 15" fire eels that I am considering but I was wondering if they like to bury themselves all the time or not? I have plenty of hiding spots for him above the gravel but would he use them

[loach43]

Mine never buried himself although I did not give him the luxury of sand. He seemed content to stay inside of a smooth rock tunnel I made for him that was almost the same length as he was.

[saki34]

From past expirience with spiney type eels, they usually bury themselves when their small, but grow out of it. at least all of mine did.

[dodgefreak8]

great! thanks guys