has anyone owned this fish

[thefishofdoom]

ya i was wonderen if anyone give me info on this eel species.

 

[fishyboi]

Not sure by lookin on the pix but i think its a rope fish. Does it look like a bichir from the head?

 

[thefishofdoom]

well its not a rope fish i think its a green eel

 

[thefishofdoom]

so no one can give info

 

[DanDanUK]

Does it look like this ?

If it does it's a ropefish mate

 

[thefishofdoom]

nope did u look at the photos

 

[DanDanUK]

nope did u look at the photos

Yes i did look at the photos but they are poor quality and it's hard to tell so i so i thought i'd send you a pic of what i thought it looked like.

 

[thefishofdoom]

k sorry but i know its not a rope fish

 

[thefishofdoom]

heres a description of it. it almost all ways under the sand its tame eats from hand about 12ins long and geting bigger, green, big mouth, nocturnal, thats all i can think of

 

[lophius]

Its definitely an eel - quite obvious from the pics ..

Right species wise I have no idea - where are you, where was it collected ?

Its definitely an Anguilla species and pretty much they have the same requirements (other than temperature).

I have kept a few A. anguilla in the past (caught in the UK) and currently have a 2ft long Anguilla marmorata -

As you'll know they eat meaty foods, so a diet of cut whitefish, prawn, earthworms etc is required. As for temp they are very adaptable and I have kept cold water species in tropical temps in the past with no ill effect.

Growth is reasonably slow in most eel species.

The main thing to consider is that they are great escape artists, make sure that you have a good lid on the aquairum.

In my experience, whilst they are predatory they are not aggressive.

Hope this helps

carl