Hi! For a while now I've been wanting an eel for freshwater, and I don't know which kind is small, stays small, and would make a cool pet for me. Anyone who can, respond asap. Thanks!Freshwater eels?
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Hi! For a while now I've been wanting an eel for freshwater, and I don't know which kind is small, stays small, and would make a cool pet for me. Anyone who can, respond asap. Thanks!
Research Spiny Eels but Fire Eels get huge and a Peacock Eel would be ideal depending on aquarium size.
When I had a freshwater eel it was awesome. It was also an escape artist. I sealed the tank cover shut and it still managed to sneak out though the filter... and then dried up and died
I used to have an Anguilla Bicolor (Indonesian eel) for years, it was a very nice pet, very intelligent, I trained it to take all kinds of food live or processed, to the point of hand-feeding. But then it grown to be very large, and I donated it to a friend who has a larger aquarium.
Here is a nice clip of my Anguila Bicolor.
Nowadays I keep a small Echidna Rhodochilus (white-cheeked moray eel) in low-end/semi-brackish aquarium (it's practically freshwater with 1/4 part seawater, actual seawater I took from the beach, not "seawater" made of artificial salts).
Echidna Rhodochilus is a very cute eel, and it stays small (maximum length 35 cm). If you could provide a nice low-end/semi-brackish environment for it, it will do fine. Here is a nice clip of my Echidna.
Here is a nice clip of my Anguila Bicolor.
Nowadays I keep a small Echidna Rhodochilus (white-cheeked moray eel) in low-end/semi-brackish aquarium (it's practically freshwater with 1/4 part seawater, actual seawater I took from the beach, not "seawater" made of artificial salts).
Echidna Rhodochilus is a very cute eel, and it stays small (maximum length 35 cm). If you could provide a nice low-end/semi-brackish environment for it, it will do fine. Here is a nice clip of my Echidna.