A tank that MUST be fed before cleaning.
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hmoobvwj;3339779; said:Those eels are dopamine!
Love how SW eels looks soooo much meaner than most FW eels. Have they ever got you before?
Never been bit by a saltwater eel. The guy I bought the 4' Zebra from got bit by it. Said it's got some crazy jaw pressure, luckily for him they only have mollars and no sharp teeth. Don't know what I would do IF I did get bit..... Obviously try to get the eel off but with teeth pointing back in thier mouth it would be the same concept as a chinese finger trap.... There would be NO good in the situation. The eel would more then likely be hurt more than I would in the process. Unless it actually let go.
They definetly command respect. So much that there's no way for me to get a vid of them eating as I'm allready scared of the frenzy mode they go into when they smell food. I can't hardly feed and keep an eye on where the big ones are, let alone try to run a camera during all this....
I'll figure out a way to get one soon.....
Amazing how powerful their bites are. I seen a movie, where this scuba diver was feeding a group of moray eels? And one of it got her arm or something and tore it right off. Or at least that is what I remember, hope this rings a bell for those who saw it.
ray777;3339867; said:
Thank you....
The tank is a 6 by 3 by 1.5 tall, with a 4 by 2 by 2 sump.
Dragon, Yellowmouth, 2 Whitemouth, G. tile, Snowflake, and the Zebra. There's 3 remaining Monos and a Stonefish in there too. They along with the G.Tile came from my old brackish tank.
It's basically Rich's (VLDesign's) old SW setup (including Zebra).... Skimmer and sump on just this one tank.
hmoobvwj;3339909; said:
Yup. Diver feeding a 6'-7' Green Moray hot dogs. Diver lost his thumb.
Here kitty, kitty, kitty..... Snap. OH! guess it's not a kitty.....
I wish I could get some big ones but max size can't exceed the Dragon's...
Attitudes to match.... The Whitemouths will actually crash into the tank if you drag a finger across it. The Dragon and Yellowmouth pace and break the surface once they smell food. I have a little door that's like 6 by 8 I feed through. Don't dare open the lids. I've had the smaller eels jump tank at feeding time when I had glass tanks. A lil snowflake is bad enough to deal with after jumping out. I couldn't imagine even trying to wrangle one of the large serpents from the the floor back into the tank.
