Anyone got spiny eels?

[paul112]

Hey there.
Im sort of new here, but i have two Peacock Eels, about 6-7inches in length each.
Anyone else keeping these 'eels' or another type of spiny eel, like the tyretrack or fire eel?
Just thought i'd ask.
Paul

[blairsteelers]

yeah i have
one peacock
only around
5 or 6 inches.

[rumblesushi]

I have a mastacembelus mastacembelus, cool eel. Just a baby, around 5 inches, becoming a little less shy now.

What do you feed yours? Mine only eats bloodworms atm.

[blairsteelers]

same here
mine only eats
blood worms,
he comes out sometimes
when i leave the light off
but mostly he stays
burrowed under the sand.

[mcmemily]

Well... lets see some pics!

[WyldFya]

I have had 3 fire eels, and one I got trained to eat from a rigid tubing. He would swim up and eat bloodworms at the waters surface, but only if the worms were in the tube. My largest one hit 14", and about 1.25" in diameter. Fun to keep.

[Filthy Sanchez]

Had one before kind of inactive and well somewhat a boring fish.

[rumblesushi]

even at large sizes, 12 inches plus do they really only eat worms? They never take chopped up mussels/prawns etc?

[blairsteelers]

here is my
peacock eel,
not a very good picture
but it will do:


http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/data/2/medium/IMG_0352.JPG (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/data/2/medium/IMG_0352.JPG)

[blairsteelers]

and one more picture
of the same peacock eel:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/data/2/medium/HPIM1278.JPG (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/data/2/medium/HPIM1278.JPG)

[limz_777]

Had one before kind of inactive and well somewhat a boring fish.


yah true, but they look great when adulthood.

[paul112]

One of mine is pretty active at about 6pm onwards, the other is only active after about 10pm.
Heres a picture of one of mine, poking his head out the gravel. You can also see my baby Gibbiceps Pleco on the log next to him:
Paul :headbang2

[faststang1]

Here is my tire track I used to have.He was 11in.He would swim to the top of the tank and take a nightcrawler from my hand.But he jumped out of my tank.He was so cool,Never shy. I'm go to get another one soon. :babyblack


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid193/p54b19a16f6af276144de1e35dd1572c2/f19eb540.jpg

[JESS]

I have a fire eel about 10-12" he is actully quite active i feed him small guppies abd brine shrimp

[davo]

i love eels, im hoping on getting a fire soon (eel that is)

[limz_777]

i love eels, im hoping on getting a fire soon (eel that is)


good choice, try to get a female thou.

[dodgefreak8]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/dodgefreak8/100_2168.jpg
my 16-17" fire eel. He is currentlt completly healed and has none of the scars you can see in the pic.

[lstrong]

I have a 16" tire track eel,maybe 2 yrs old.wait until hey hit the 8-10" mark and start feeding frozen krill.Mine has grown an inch a month since he could finally get the krill into his mouth.It makes things easy . Krill is the staple food of that tank because of my 14" silver arowana,my7" bichirand my snowflake eel.The tire track eel has actually passed my arowana as the largest fish in the tank.

[Jox]

I have about a 5-6 inch Zig Zag, 9-10 inch Tire-Track, and a 11-12 Fire eel. The zig zag is the only one that eats brineshrimp frozen and a lil frozen bloodworms. The tire track used to eat a lil bloodworms when it was new but now the fire and tire track only eat live Earthworms and Ghost shrimp.

[Hakon]

1xMastacembelus erythrotaenia 2xM. armatus

[Jox]

Here is a pic of mine. Sorry for the bad quality though.

[eel_seeker]

I currently just obtained 2 awesome tire tracks for my 280 gallon tank and 2 senegal bichirs the eels are roughly over 8 inches long the bichirs are 7 inches long roughly they all make glutts of themselves on earthworms and krill I just wish they would come out more though....the eels that is but when they do its an awesome sight im still looking for a fire eel but Im not sure if all three could live peacefully together

[Noot]

I´ve had mastacembelus eels now for a few years. I use a little floating basket to feed them. this way they come all the way up to the surface and become less shy. It´s also quit easy to make m eat from your hand. Just make m hungry and try earthworms. Fire eels are more relaxed towards tankmates than armatus. my 22 inch armatus almost killed my 12 inch fire eel in one night! Armatus eels become more agressive as they grow bigger. If you don´t give them a pipe to hide in they´ll be more visible. my eels show themselves all day long and not only at night. i think fish is the best food for them and makes m grow the fastest.