The fire eel i had was a fairly peaceful especially when he was young not a proble at all, they can bury themselves so you can think they have vanished . They get along with nearly all the fish I had in the aquarium but will eat any thing that fits in or comes near there mouth this was a down side not had tiretrack but should think the samemichael said:
Anyone hear have tiretrack (spiny)eels, or fire eels?
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i have a fire eel and its 28 inches long, and ten years old. They are aggressive as adults and will eat tankmates that are small and harrass fish small fish too big to be eaten by chasing them and they are fast. mine gets convicts in trapped in corners of the tank sometimes.
They only eat frozen or live food and become hand tame.
a 100 gallon tank is fine for one. they dont get on with there own species as adults and can be quite aggressive.
Tyre tack eels are similar to fire eels but i found them easier to feed and just as aggresive.
They only eat frozen or live food and become hand tame.
a 100 gallon tank is fine for one. they dont get on with there own species as adults and can be quite aggressive.
Tyre tack eels are similar to fire eels but i found them easier to feed and just as aggresive.
I am lucky as a friend of mine owns a fish shop so I tend to grow things on then he sells them for me so I have the fun of owning and growing up small fish then sell them and have them as more credit in the shop pays for the habit got a thing for snakeheads and big cichlids "O" it was about 12-15 inch
I've got a 6" tire track, he stays in the gravel most of the time, but becomes very aggressive with his live food late at night when the lights are off
I had both tire tracks and fire eels...they stayed hidden in the gravel all day and I never saw them. At feeding time they were so shy they would not have eaten if I did not go out of my way and actually stuff the food in their mouths haha.
My experience: Really boring fish. I am not getting any eels (actually elongated fish, they are not eels) anytime soon...
My experience: Really boring fish. I am not getting any eels (actually elongated fish, they are not eels) anytime soon...
I have a fire eel and I love him!
He's not shy at all, and is out in the tank except for a few hours during the day that he spends sleeping in his cave. Right now he is sharing his cave with my Cherax lobster. The crayfish has one side and the eel has the other. They don't seem to bother each other, no chunks out of the eel or anything.
My eel got stuck in the drainage hole of a tipped flower pot on Christmas day. Can't even see a mark on him now! I was really worried for a bit, though!
He is now eating some frozen food (blood worms, krill and somtimes beefheart), but for the most part he still gets night crawlers and ghost shirmp (shrimp last a lot longer in the tank now that I don't have an oscar!)
Currently I have the eel, two convicts (replaced the oscar with them, much more interesting fish!), the Cherax lobster, apple and MTS snails and a few ghost shimp that have managed to not be eaten in my 75 gallon. I'm going to put in 12 tiger barbs as dithers for the convicts and 3 S.A.E's to help clean up the algae the snails don't seem to eat later this week.
He's not shy at all, and is out in the tank except for a few hours during the day that he spends sleeping in his cave. Right now he is sharing his cave with my Cherax lobster. The crayfish has one side and the eel has the other. They don't seem to bother each other, no chunks out of the eel or anything.
My eel got stuck in the drainage hole of a tipped flower pot on Christmas day. Can't even see a mark on him now! I was really worried for a bit, though!
He is now eating some frozen food (blood worms, krill and somtimes beefheart), but for the most part he still gets night crawlers and ghost shirmp (shrimp last a lot longer in the tank now that I don't have an oscar!)
Currently I have the eel, two convicts (replaced the oscar with them, much more interesting fish!), the Cherax lobster, apple and MTS snails and a few ghost shimp that have managed to not be eaten in my 75 gallon. I'm going to put in 12 tiger barbs as dithers for the convicts and 3 S.A.E's to help clean up the algae the snails don't seem to eat later this week.
O.k. this is a story with a sad ending, I had a baby tire track eel and he hid all day in the sunken ship decoration. He would poke his little head out and defend his house. My eclipse catfish kept bumping into the sunken ship , so I had to take it out (it was scraping there bellies.)
He was very unhappy and became aggressive. He began attacking the pleco and oscars. so I decided to give him another house, I fed them and fell asleep for like four hours(on accident!) As soon as I woke up I remembered ,I ran over to the tank and yep I left the lid off while feeding and since he was not guarding his house he was trying to escape and he did. He squirmed around on the towel thats underneath the tank until it dried him out. This was my first and only time I lost a fish because he jumped out. I was very sad.
R.I.P. Wermie!!! -The End
He was very unhappy and became aggressive. He began attacking the pleco and oscars. so I decided to give him another house, I fed them and fell asleep for like four hours(on accident!) As soon as I woke up I remembered ,I ran over to the tank and yep I left the lid off while feeding and since he was not guarding his house he was trying to escape and he did. He squirmed around on the towel thats underneath the tank until it dried him out. This was my first and only time I lost a fish because he jumped out. I was very sad.
R.I.P. Wermie!!! -The End
My peacock eel is very shy and stays in a log i have in the tank. I never even see him eat, but he's alive, so...
But my fire eel is very cool. he glides around my tank and i feed him ghost shrimp like twice a week. I love to watch him eat because he'll come to the top of the tank so I can drop the shrimp in for him. As they drop to the bottom he dances aroundthem and its like really cool. then he snaps them in half and devours them. Hes such a cute little pig. Sorry no pic.
But my fire eel is very cool. he glides around my tank and i feed him ghost shrimp like twice a week. I love to watch him eat because he'll come to the top of the tank so I can drop the shrimp in for him. As they drop to the bottom he dances aroundthem and its like really cool. then he snaps them in half and devours them. Hes such a cute little pig. Sorry no pic.
