Fire eels and salt

[Isabell Dunham]

Should there be salt in with fire eels? If so, how much?

 

[Lupin]

These are not brackish nor saltwater so no.

 

[dragonfish]

Are you talking marine or aquarium salt?

 

[Isabell Dunham]

Someone told me that they need a bit of aquarium salt in there...not enough to be brackish, but just a bit, like a teaspoon/ 5 gallons.
Do you think that's true?

 

[Lupin]

Someone told me that they need a bit of aquarium salt in there...not enough to be brackish, but just a bit, like a teaspoon/ 5 gallons.
Do you think that's true?

They're wrong. That's a myth being repeated. Save your salt for ich cases.

 

[Isabell Dunham]

Thanks for the input...

 

[Fish Room Plus]

They like salt in the water & breed in brackish conditions

 

[Fish Room Plus]

Also, there not really eels

 

[artemis1]

Also, there not really eels

Yeah they are. Fire eels are synbranchiformes, aka the swamp or spiny eels. There's also anguiliformes, aka marine eels. They're not related, but....

They're both called eels

 

[killerfish]

Yes Yes meny meny fish are called eels but are not true eels but on to the topic of this thread

Fire eels don't mind a little salt in there water but its not needed they will do perfectly fine in totally freshwater