Eel for 75 gallon

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I haven't raised one, but I wonder what others think.

Most posts look like they would need a much larger tank. I see posts like 200 or 300. 180 seems like a minimum, but I don't have personal experience to question it. It's not unheard of for them to get up to 30-36" given adequate food, good water and good space.



A larger tank is really a nice way to raise this very attractive and personable pet.
 
starry night eel. get about 18" and stay very slender. Ours did fine w/ the same species, also never ate smaller fish ect. fire eels imo will deffinately outgrow a 75. I've seen smaller ones kept in 180's for life but they are a thick fish not just long. 24" is small ime for a fire eel...

Why some people have 4-6yr old fire eels that are only 18" boggles my mind all of mine have reached that size in under 2 years and kept growing. If you feed them bloodworms, and fish fillets they seem to stay small (stunted) if they get live blackworms, and nightcrawlers they seem to get 24"+ easy. They can and do get 40" in captivity if given the space/food. So to say they would be fine in a 75 for life imo isn't acceptable to me, some stunted specimins would be fine in that tank-size but I wouldn't suggest it as an ok size as a general rule.
 
Fire eels are better in 24" wide tanks but in a 75, 18 wide tank you could get away with a long time since they wrap around objects anyways and aren't exactly like fish that don't coil up.

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Adamrhh said:
Fire eels are better in 24" wide tanks but in a 75, 18 wide tank you could get away with a long time since they wrap around objects anyways and aren't exactly like fish that don't coil up.

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If u got a fire eel @ 12" and once it was 18" i would upgrade it tank or sell it. they need a 200 or 300 gallon tank.
 
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