"Freshwater" Snowflake Moray

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If all goes as planned, I will be picking up a "Freshwater" Snowflake Moray this afternoon. As many of you may know, these are not truly freshwater-- rather brackish to marine. It will be kept in a brackish tank some 1.012sg. It's always a species I've found interesting, so as long as it is not a DOA, I will be posting pictures later on when I pick it up. I know pretty much all my posts here are questions so hopefully this cool pickup will make up for it lol. Stay tuned
 
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That sucks

Are you starting it in brackish or slowly bringing it form fresh to brackish?
Also, are you trying any tankmates?
 
I am starting in brackish but acclimation will last at least a few hours
I am keeping with smaller GSPs and livebearers (the livebearers are really just dither fish)
GSPs are quite the personality fish. Some act different than others. Mine in particular keep to themselves and have a keen sense of danger.
I ordered a juvenile eel so the hope is to keep the eel well-fed in a low-conflict environment so they can grow together. Morays can tend to be opportunistic so I must be careful, though hopefully I can train it on frozen food from a young (well, not that young, though far from grown) age
 
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Sounds good. I hope acclimation goes well!
I would do something similar with tankmates, but am paranoid over keeping anything predatory with puffers, despite how often it’s done.
 
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I'm very curious, too - we get recent recruit chain moray (Echidna catenata) 2~4" in the wave-wetted cobbles by my kayak put-in. They're ecologically & morphologically similar to snowflakes, so my fingers are crossed that there may be a pathway... though I'm totally happy with river eels just now and/or regardless. Fabulous wee freaks.
Also new baby 3~4" proper conger eels in the near-shore algae - yes, the buck toothy/fangy ones from 1000' deep. Those I don't think will be sweetwater-swingable, though.
 
Are we talking about E. nebulosa or is this there another snowflake I'm unaware of? The pic looks like gymnothorax tile.
 
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