fresh water eel???

[horndevl]

ive found a fresh water eel. told its a snowflake morey eel.looks like one about 12inches or so ,yellowish brown in color, i dont see the snowflake at all? it does have the head of one.. i tried looking it up all i could find is salt water, and this lives in fresh water..its awsome any ideas from anyone? i have it on hold until i can get more info on him.

[riskistang]

Do they look like these.....

If you have anyting in the tank.....and like.....they will attack them....mostly at night.....so be careful of the tank mates....

[piranha45]

http://wetwebmedia.com/FWSubWebIndex/fwmorayeels.htm

[horndevl]

would a stingray and gars be safe?

[horndevl]

guess it would be rude to put it in a 55ga. tank too

[thefishofdoom]

there not true freshwater they might die in full fresh its better to have a little salt in the water

[turtall]

would a stingray and gars be safe?
I think they would absolutely be safe.
Those are nice pics (should have included a "Load Warning") J/K.
The FS eels don't have snow flakes-- in my experience. At our CITY LFS about 40 miles away they have both FW and SW snowflakes and the difference is in the colors, basically.

[Hakon]

there not true freshwater they might die in full fresh its better to have a little salt in the water
I agree, rather brackish than freshwater.

[BostonPatriot]

Yeah I have one of these. It hides all day and is not very active at all. I keep mine in a tank with 1 tablespoon of aquarium salt per 5 gallons. They don't get too big. I've heard 24" maybe but more likely 18"ish.
You'd probably be better off with a fire eel. They have nice color and are more active.(+they are a true freshwater spiny "eel")

[cougar579]

I had one for about a year and then I traded back into the LFS. It was a cool eel. He was about 20in and super thick. I fed him frozen krill. I had him in my brackish tank, which is what I would suggest.

[whodini]

the only eel that matures in freshwater can live for 10 or more years in freshwater, till they migrate to saltwater to spawn and die .. is the anguilla rostrata that i know of

[riskistang]

would a stingray and gars be safe?


If you like you sting rays you won't put them together.....
First-too small of a tank!
Second- Different water!
Third- rays willtry to eel, eel will bite ray! Ray gets hurt, infected then dies over a 20 eel :screwy:

Eeels on tank....Rays in bigger nicer tank :thumbsup:

[rust9000]

Id say if you want a fresh water eel get a fire ell or a spiney eel, the fire eel will out grow a 55g so a spiney eel would be you best bet.

[horndevl]

the salt id use is for salt water tanks right? and while im asking the salt used for feeders to battle disease is the same? thankyou :WHOA:

[guppy]

Hiya Whodini, welcome to MFK.
Many of the anguillas can live for decades in freshwater, also while not true eels check out the Synabranchidae.
Horndevil, you can use aquarium salt insteadf of marine salt for most brackish fish, it is also better for treating tanks.

[whodini]

Hiya Whodini, welcome to MFK.
Many of the anguillas can live for decades in freshwater, also while not true eels check out the Synabranchidae.
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thanks GUPPY !! but do you have a site to view the Synabranchidae, as i get a fisheries site and it has coelocanth, but no fish profiles.

Also i've learned abit about my eels but not really much. i did find that they're species has been known to live for 86 years in capitivity !!!!!!!!!!! :WHOA: i have to put them in my will !!!!!!!!!!!! and i'm only 29 !!!!!!!

[peanut]

Yeah I have one of these. It hides all day and is not very active at all. I keep mine in a tank with 1 tablespoon of aquarium salt per 5 gallons. They don't get too big. I've heard 24" maybe but more likely 18"ish.
You'd probably be better off with a fire eel. They have nice color and are more active.(+they are a true freshwater spiny "eel")
i agree

[guppy]

thanks GUPPY !! but do you have a site to view the Synabranchidae, as i get a fisheries site and it has coelocanth, but no fish profiles.

Also i've learned abit about my eels but not really much. i did find that they're species has been known to live for 86 years in capitivity !!!!!!!!!!! :WHOA: i have to put them in my will !!!!!!!!!!!! and i'm only 29 !!!!!!!
Rice paddy eels/swamp eels are often available, mainly as food, they are Monopterus albus. This link will get you an overview of the family but you need to google each genus/species on it's own.http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/FamilySearchList.cfm?famcode1=262&famcode2=&group=species

[sadbanker]

I am trying to get one too for my cichlild tank.

[tengallonman]

I believe this is really a brackish water fish which is labeled as a freshwater in some stores. The problem is that brackish means different things to different people. I believe these guys do well in the same type of environment as dragon or violet gobies if you have any experience with those.

[horndevl]

I learned they where brackish but ive had mine in fresh water almost a year now.He has grown almost 12 inches full colors and active .I hand feed hm blood worms and brime shrimp[frozen] he is to slow to eat by himself. But i think its happy. thankyou all for the help

[thefishofdoom]

ya i think your best bet is a anguilla. i have a anguilla anguilla in my tank and he is awesome. mine is 17 inch and he grows to 6 feet i think but anguillas are awesome i would def go for one

[riskistang]

One of mineis 27" and the other is 22".....dont see them any more but the heads since I added a huge Texas holey rock in the tank 2 months ago......Could be bigger

[whodini]

i looked up monpterus albus, and that a cool looking eel!! i did find an awsome site with my anguilla rostrata. that has a movie on one feeding is really cool , click this site and scroll down to "food habits" theres a link "eel feeding"
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Anguilla_rostrata.html

[Nahndo]

The freshwater ones we have here are cute! I want one but my girlfriend is very anti eels! When she found out they like to escape from their tank and slither around it's now a definate no go!

[guppy]

A. rostratas are among my favorite fisf, very adaptable and hardy, very smart. The hard part is keeping them in the tank.

[horndevl]

thanks for the info..all of you and this web page are great

[whodini]

keeping them in the tank, lol hinz the name whodini, has been found 3 or 4 times almost dryed out, throw him back in, he'd peel and back to normal!!!! so i've learnt a few things...................... internal or canister filters are a must !!!! and spray bar , as they like trying to go up current(popping the fluval nozzle off all the time). glass top and i also keep the water level about 3-4 inches from the top. cause he tries to push on the top ( lower water level= greater gravity resistance above water )
on the other hand Zippy when my ex had him , no top!! HOB with lrg glass balls around the filter outtake, zippy never tryed to jump out!!! but as soon as he was moved (and massive clean) , he's up in the filter !!! so i panic!!!! go out and buy a glass top and changed the filter to a interenal fluval. slippery as an EEL