Gold Tulip Eels
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Santoury, are tulip eels the same ones cooked and served in chinese restaurants? I often see these, but they're dark brown, around 18" long, with a head shaped somewhat like a python (if seen from above), and floats almost always vertically with the head bent parallel to the water surface, suggesting an air-breathing capacity. I'll try to post a pic too. They're quite timid, and do not mind being touched. They're quite common and inexpensive, so if this is a tulip, I plan to get 3. Hope you can help.santoury;770756;770756 said:
Hartzell - from your description with the head and their behavior "floating" their head and 1/3 of their body upwards, YES, those are the same fish.
Those apparently are the wild type brown fish. And I don't know about the chinese restaurant situation though, but it seems to be.
I still have my 3, and they are awesome together. Very entertaining.
Danny - how's yours?
Those apparently are the wild type brown fish. And I don't know about the chinese restaurant situation though, but it seems to be.
I still have my 3, and they are awesome together. Very entertaining.
Danny - how's yours?
I have one 3" monpterus albus, caught a few in a pond, but i think one large ones ate the smaller. Quite an interesting looking fish, not very active, i haven't seen it eat as yet. it might be more likely that your fish is a synbrachus mamoratus from SOuth Ameria than a monopterus albus from Asia as i believe that it is an invasive species and which trade in is restricted.
They are Monopterus albus, not Synbranchus. Leucistic/Piebald, to be exact.
Yes, they are full freshwater, but they are not "true eels" per se. They are swamp eels. They do well with Cichlids and other fish that they cannot swallow. (Note the "swallow part") They will not grab tankmates that they cannot swallow. I have not had them kill a single fish. At feeding them they go NUTS! (Worms and fish) Currently living with South American lungfishes, catfish, and giant gouramis. (And each other)
Yes, they are full freshwater, but they are not "true eels" per se. They are swamp eels. They do well with Cichlids and other fish that they cannot swallow. (Note the "swallow part") They will not grab tankmates that they cannot swallow. I have not had them kill a single fish. At feeding them they go NUTS! (Worms and fish) Currently living with South American lungfishes, catfish, and giant gouramis. (And each other)
I would if i have a camera! it is really hard to catch it in my very well planted 10 gallon tank! It would be easier to take a picture of a new one at the wet market or catch a new one. I will borrow a camera from work, but i don't think that it will look too spectacular, its only a baby.
A baby would be especially interesting, since the only ones in the trade are sub adult - 2 to 3 feet long, like mine, and the other guy's.
