I'm assuming mine is so small it's either very stressed or they start off a lighter color. Yellow line too. Hard to get a good pic of it but please take a look.
Fire eel in high pH
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Yeah you've only had him for a few days so he's probably a bit stressed. I can't see much of the line but I know mine starts at yellow on the head then fades to orange and then red as it get's toward the midsection. If you have more yellow it may be related to the stressed coloring, or it may just be a kinda unique looking fire eel
Thanks for confirming how yours looks...glad to see him in a different spot in this pic.
My tire tack is doing fine in my tank at 8.0. I know it's a different species but I don't see why fires would be any different
Thx for the input. I'll have it quarantined for a bit over a month before putting it into the 125. I'll get a another larger tank down the road if all goes well.
Yeah I think the two species are close enough that a tire track is a very good indicator
As mentioned just make sure every single opening no matter how small is basically closed...
I've lost one fire eel and one G.Polyuranadon that way...
I've lost one fire eel and one G.Polyuranadon that way...
So my fire eel disappeared! Kidding but I seriously could not find it for a long time. It somehow made its way into my 10 gallon HOB filter. It blended in so well that when I looked in their the first time I didn't know it was there until I took a second look with a flashlight.
My 20 gallon quarantine tank has a 50 gallon HOB with very powerful flow and the 10 gallon HOB with weak flow.
I guess there is no stopping it from going in the filter? I made sure to cover all other holes after this crazy experience.
lol yeah that sounds like a typical fire eel move. I'm guessing the intake for the filter has the cage at the bottom so he must have gotten in through the return? What I did to prevent that is squeezed a piece of filter sponge in the gap where the water returns to the tank. The water has to pass through the sponge to get to the tank and there's no way for an eel or bichir to get up the return into the filter
