Hello all,
I just joined the forum in hopes to share my experience and gain knowledge and expertise from all of you with far more experience than I have.
Basically, I have a 29 gallon aquarium that was already cycled with other fish (6 silver scats and 3 silver dollars). Believe me, I know I had way too many fish in the tank that was way too small for them, and don't think I am planning on keeping my fire eels in that tank for any extended period of time.
So, I know that the scats need to have brackish water, and eventually should be in a full marine environment, and I had them in a 1.005 SG. Mixing the salt into my water change water got old pretty quick so I decided to take my fish back to the local fish store and give them a chance to end up with an owner that can provide them with better care.
So, to get to my point, I traded them for two 4" fire eels. I had done a lot of research on them and know that they can easily reach between 30-40". I do currently have them in my 29 gallon tank because they have been extremely hard to find, especially at a size that small (which is what I wanted).
Prior to making the trade I had already talked with my wife about spending some of our tax return money on a larger aquarium and I have already been searching craigslist for some good deals. I have several good leads on some 220 gallon tanks and should be getting my tax return within the next week or two. Once I get the tank I plan on using Tractor Supply black blasting sand as the substrate and adding some driftwood and working on making the aquarium a low tec planted aquarium. As of now, I plan on using a sump and setting it up for easy maintenance. One of the few 220 gallon tanks I am looking at is already drilled.
Once I have the 220 gallon set up I plan on using the media out of the 29 gallon tank and putting it into the larger tank filtration and immediately moving the fire eels into that tank. They will be the only inhabitants for quite a while. Eventually, I plan on making the 29 gallon a bare bottom tank and using it to grow out a few discus at a time and adding them to the 220 gallon tank until I have between 8-12 discus. That is my main plan for the stocking and I don't plan on adding anything else except for possibly a smaller species stingray later on.
So, this is my plan and it pretty much centers around these fire eels because shortly after I learned of their existence they became my favorite freshwater aquarium fish and I have been researching and looking them up ever since.
So, as of now, this is my plan for these amazing little guys (who probably won't stay little for long) and I would love to hear what you all think about it. I am sure I am missing some things and I welcome any knowledge you all can offer.
Thank you all for your time.
Travis
I just joined the forum in hopes to share my experience and gain knowledge and expertise from all of you with far more experience than I have.
Basically, I have a 29 gallon aquarium that was already cycled with other fish (6 silver scats and 3 silver dollars). Believe me, I know I had way too many fish in the tank that was way too small for them, and don't think I am planning on keeping my fire eels in that tank for any extended period of time.
So, I know that the scats need to have brackish water, and eventually should be in a full marine environment, and I had them in a 1.005 SG. Mixing the salt into my water change water got old pretty quick so I decided to take my fish back to the local fish store and give them a chance to end up with an owner that can provide them with better care.
So, to get to my point, I traded them for two 4" fire eels. I had done a lot of research on them and know that they can easily reach between 30-40". I do currently have them in my 29 gallon tank because they have been extremely hard to find, especially at a size that small (which is what I wanted).
Prior to making the trade I had already talked with my wife about spending some of our tax return money on a larger aquarium and I have already been searching craigslist for some good deals. I have several good leads on some 220 gallon tanks and should be getting my tax return within the next week or two. Once I get the tank I plan on using Tractor Supply black blasting sand as the substrate and adding some driftwood and working on making the aquarium a low tec planted aquarium. As of now, I plan on using a sump and setting it up for easy maintenance. One of the few 220 gallon tanks I am looking at is already drilled.
Once I have the 220 gallon set up I plan on using the media out of the 29 gallon tank and putting it into the larger tank filtration and immediately moving the fire eels into that tank. They will be the only inhabitants for quite a while. Eventually, I plan on making the 29 gallon a bare bottom tank and using it to grow out a few discus at a time and adding them to the 220 gallon tank until I have between 8-12 discus. That is my main plan for the stocking and I don't plan on adding anything else except for possibly a smaller species stingray later on.
So, this is my plan and it pretty much centers around these fire eels because shortly after I learned of their existence they became my favorite freshwater aquarium fish and I have been researching and looking them up ever since.
So, as of now, this is my plan for these amazing little guys (who probably won't stay little for long) and I would love to hear what you all think about it. I am sure I am missing some things and I welcome any knowledge you all can offer.
Thank you all for your time.
Travis
