Eel tank

[fishmastermike]

Hi I wanted to know if i could put these fish in the same tank without any probelems and what size tank I needed also how many of each fish




Fire eel
Tire track eel
Zig zag yellow tail eel
Black kuhuli loach
Gold dojo loach
Horse face loach
Any Bichir
Peacock eel
Zebra spiny eel
Any other spiny eels





THANKS

 

[synodontisjack]

fire eels and tire tracks hate other mastacembelus eels

 

[groovitudedude]

Spiny eels don't do well with conspecifics I've heard, and any type of bichir is almost always going to eat a kuhli/dojo loach if it's small enough.

 

[Lupin]

Bichirs and eels are predatory. Mixing serpentine specimens with bigger ones is out of the question. You can try full-grown tire track eels and fire eels together with senegal and delhezi bichirs but the peacock eels may be at a risk considering a full-grown adult often exceeds no more than 10 inches. As far as the loaches, none of the serpentine loaches will ever work with them. Want some loaches with those fish? Try Leptobotia pellegrini or the adult clown loaches.

 

[V1xIII]

Bichir can eat much larger spiny eels than you'd think.

 

[killerfish]

as long as there mostly the same size then sure i would leave out the kuhuli loaches of course with lots of hideing spots and a big tank its worth a shot

 

[fishmastermike]

what size tank

 

[Kolossus]

what size tank

I've had a 20" fire eel, 15" tire track, 11" M. armatus (black leapard eel), 12" ornate, and 8" delhezi in a 120 gallon (long) with little to no issues.

 

[synodontisjack]

but remember growth with fire eels is a bit hit and miss some will stop growing at 18" and some will hit 36" and keep going.

 

[synodontisjack]

why not put the smaller spiny eels in a 36" tank with the loaches (but id still leave out the kuhlis)