Electric Eel tank

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I recently sold my stock of Vieja/Paratheraps Cichlids, and decided to go a different route. Well I found myself wanting something cool and different. So I picked up three electric eels.... enough said right?

I took some really basic pics and tanks going through a remodel but here you go....IMG_20161008_195446702.jpg IMG_20161009_131928073.jpg IMG_20161009_131914978.jpg
 

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Great looking fish... hope you got some nice long plastic gloves to wear when you have to work on the tank... otherwise, be sure to update us and let us know just how bad the shock from 3 electric eels can be ;)
 

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Great looking fish... hope you got some nice long plastic gloves to wear when you have to work on the tank... otherwise, be sure to update us and let us know just how bad the shock from 3 electric eels can be ;)
Enough to stun a horse :eek:

I prefer the unfeelable little electric fields of Xenomystus nigri
 

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I recently sold my stock of Vieja/Paratheraps Cichlids, and decided to go a different route. Well I found myself wanting something cool and different. So I picked up three electric eels.... enough said right?

I took some really basic pics and tanks going through a remodel but here you go....View attachment 1211082 View attachment 1211083 View attachment 1211084
man and here I thought this was going to be another "who has electric eels?! can we see pics?!!" thread...but nope you brought the game and got 3 in one tank...that's literally a deadly tank haha. I do however kinda feel bad for the fish you have in there...lol.

You need to get a couple prods and a voltage meter and wire it up to the water and see what kinda force they are putting out together.
 

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man and here I thought this was going to be another "who has electric eels?! can we see pics?!!" thread...but nope you brought the game and got 3 in one tank...that's literally a deadly tank haha. I do however kinda feel bad for the fish you have in there...lol.

You need to get a couple prods and a voltage meter and wire it up to the water and see what kinda force they are putting out together.
Their general force is low but when agitated or feeding its a whole different story
 

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Great looking fish... hope you got some nice long plastic gloves to wear when you have to work on the tank... otherwise, be sure to update us and let us know just how bad the shock from 3 electric eels can be ;)
Lol, I did touch them twice on two separate occasions bare handed just to see what it was like but they didn't shock me. I think they really have to be agitated. Plus I touched them on the back tail. I haven't been in the mood to go for it again...
 

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man and here I thought this was going to be another "who has electric eels?! can we see pics?!!" thread...but nope you brought the game and got 3 in one tank...that's literally a deadly tank haha. I do however kinda feel bad for the fish you have in there...lol.

You need to get a couple prods and a voltage meter and wire it up to the water and see what kinda force they are putting out together.
I have an amp speaker hooked up. When I have time I'll shoot a video. It literally sounds like a motorcycle idling. As for the fish. They were all gone the next morning. Just some left over stock that was to hard to catch and was already dewormed and fed antibiotics.
 
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I have an amp speaker hooked up. When I have time I'll shoot a video. It literally sounds like a motorcycle idling. As for the fish. They were all gone the next morning. Just some left over stock that was to hard to catch and was already dewormed and fed antibiotics.
I didn't figure they'd last haha. That's awesome with the speaker
 

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Good luck with the fish, and will be waiting for the heavy metal / hard rock electric eel mix that you are talking about ;)
 
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