fire eel color

[jay_leask]

when do fire eels start showing more color?? i have had mine over a year and still no colors. id say its about 7-8" long.

 

[DocGreen]

You may as well ask "How long is a piece of string??"

It all depends on each Eel. There are natural variations in colours and patterns anyway but factor in diet, water parameters and conditions as well as different collection locations of the species in the wild populations as well....