Peacock eel

[buddah101]

Hello, I just thought I'd post a pic of my lil' peacock eel that Ive had for six or so months now........ and quite illusive I might add. First pic. enjoy!
Does anyone else keep these or any other kind of "eel"?
I also have a 21" fire eel AKA:"Morris"

peacock eel
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v672/buddah101/IM001634.jpg
fire~eel "morris"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v672/buddah101/IM001530.jpg

[Caveman]

Where the Marlboros go? :hitting: Them are some nice eels. I have never tryed my hand at eels what fish you mix them with? Or are they alone?

[redtailfool]

Very cool! I will try eel one of these days. What do you feed them??

[buddah101]

:hitting: yeah, I pasted the wrong img...LOL sorry!

[Caveman]

Its cool just keep sharing the pictures. :headbang2

[buddah101]

I'm really not sure exactally shure what its (peacock) been eating. I know what its supposed to eat, but it hides all the time. It's just starting to get inquisitive so I'll be training it to hand feed very soon on cut smelt and Hikari food sticks.
M large eel eats frozen bloodworms and any kind of frozen krill, plankton or crayfishes. I lost many blue lobsters before I figured that out! lol
Here is the marlboro's for ya... :help2:
Pack a smokes
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v672/buddah101/nookie04008.jpg
"red points" ?

[Caveman]

Marbolro cancercauser. Now that is a rare species. :ner2:

[rayman45]

lol

wes i had a fire eel with my rays
he was 12-15 inches

[buddah101]

Hey, CAVEMAN....in reply to your first post,
I keep the Fire eel with 1 Lims shovelnose, 1Heros severum, 2very large Bala sharks, 1Jack Dempsey, 5 fairly large (as far as SD go) Silver dollars, 1 Polypterus Lapredi, 1Silver Arowana, 1 big pleco (that hide all the time), 1 Sp. Bellycrawler Pike. (picture below)
pike
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v672/buddah101/IM001551.jpg

I keep the lil' Peacock with a few non abusive sp.'s like two 1.5" firemouths and a betta. oh yeah, a Bolivian ram and a farlowella (vitatta) catfish too.(picture below)
Farlowella
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v672/buddah101/IM001621.jpg

[Caveman]

Sounds like a nice set up. Got any complete tank pictures? Nice Pike BTW.

[buddah101]

I moved the butti but still looks the same otherwise
Jay's 180 Gallon F/W preditor tank
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v672/buddah101/bigtank1.jpg
30 gallon pic ... I need to take a recent shot of it, looks alot different now, more filtration and ALOT more clear. this pic is when I just set it up..
full shot of tank
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v672/buddah101/IM001656.jpg

[Caveman]

The 180 looks nice. Good job!

[piranha45]

they both look nice, i love setups with natural plants. Your fish don't destroy them?

[buddah101]

they both look nice, i love setups with natural plants. Your fish don't destroy them?
no not really, The RES has a habit of pruning the swords though. I still dont know exactally what the one type of plant is.. I know I have Cabomba, amazon swords and a real long ribbon type sword with red edges. I still don't know wha is is though. Maybe a crypt or jav fern? Idunno but it loves the flourite, it's sending up leaders all over my tank! (I have white sand over it)

[buddah101]

bump..

[Cyclop3000]

Nice eels...I also have an eel, it's still tiny, like 3" or so. It looks like what you have described as the "peacock eel"...nobody has been able to identofy it for me (the pet store labeled it "Indian Eel", but i can't find any information on those on the web. When I have enough posts here i can show you a picture, in the time being, try this link if you want to give me a hand...

Can you identofy me?? (http://www.freewebs.com/cichlidfish/)

Thanks!
Cyclop

[buddah101]

Nice eels...I also have an eel, it's still tiny, like 3" or so. It looks like what you have described as the "peacock eel"...nobody has been able to identofy it for me (the pet store labeled it "Indian Eel", but i can't find any information on those on the web. When I have enough posts here i can show you a picture, in the time being, try this link if you want to give me a hand...

Can you identofy me?? (http://www.freewebs.com/cichlidfish/)

Thanks!
Cyclop
If anyone on here, so~far, can identify it, it would be me. I have been rearing "eels" for years.
BTW: they are actually elongated tropical fish. Most, if not all, true eels dont have fins especially pectorals.

[buddah101]

I just thought I'd add the pic of me feeding him to here.
Feeding time for Morris
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/IM001698.jpg (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/IM001698.jpg)
morris at home in his stump
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/IM001678.JPG (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/IM001678.JPG)

[piranha45]

that is pretty cute! hehe

[buddah101]

He loves his Frozen bloodworms and his stump that he guards vigilantly.

[piranha45]

he's aggressive towards other fish that approach the stump? will he bite at them or what?

[guppy]

Watch your specie, at least one gets to 48", they aren't agressive but at that size can eat an 8" fish

[buddah101]

Nice eels...I also have an eel, it's still tiny, like 3" or so. It looks like what you have described as the "peacock eel"...nobody has been able to identofy it for me (the pet store labeled it "Indian Eel", but i can't find any information on those on the web. When I have enough posts here i can show you a picture, in the time being, try this link if you want to give me a hand...

Can you identofy me?? (http://www.freewebs.com/cichlidfish/)

Thanks!
Cyclop
I got the picture you sent and from what I could see I believe it to be a blonde peacock eel. Just a color morph of the Peacock. It might be a tire track though..not the black ones though.

[buddah101]

He doesn't bite really as much as he will ram and chase them away. Don't get me wrong, theyr'e not agressive but they WILL hold their ground especially at those sizes. Smaller ones will dive for cover into the sand or gravel. they are so fast at that that they look to just dissapear! really cool. I love these fish did I mension that?...LOL

[buddah101]

http://www.freewebs.com/cichlidfish/100_1730_800x600.jpg
Now that I got a better look at it I believe it to be a Tire~track eel...What do you guys/gals think?

[wayne the pain]

by the look of that last pic id say Mastacembelus circumcinctus. :)

[buddah101]

I'll go along with that. Very nice eel too. Welp' I think this thread is well done! LOL.. BYE!

[netobeto]

so how easy was it to take care, because i always wanted to have some eels.

[buddah101]

One needs alot of patients to train an eel. They are a wonderful companion. They are not that difficult to raise however it is a bit tricky to train them, you must use "positive reinforcement" using food AKA: Frozen bloodworms.