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[horndevl]

i had a snowflake eel and guess i murdered him. started getting white film on him then red dots pimple size .and is now gone so im going to try again butt...what was the type that would do good in fresh water? was that spiney eel?and please tell me what it likes,water food etc..i plan on making it a happy fish maybe 2 of them and could they live in a 55gal.? and good room mates.thankyou

 

[Oddball]

Unfortunately, there are no true freshwater moray eels. Several species will enter freshwater temporarily but require increasing amounts of salinity as they mature. All become full marine as adults.
The spiney eels (Mastecembalid-> Mastecembalus sp.) are freshwater eels but, not moray eels. These spiney eels do well in soft sand bottomed tanks as this allows them to dig. Water conditions can vary so long as extremes are avoided. These eels do well on a diet of bloodworms, ghost shrimp, and small livebearer fish.

 

[horndevl]

how big do they get? any other types i could get

 

[guppy]

Several species of spiney eels (Mastacembelidae) are available and range from an adult size of 6" for the M. circumcintus ot about 38" for the fire eel (M. erythrotaenia) all tend to burrow, are mainly nocturnal, and like worms and other meaty food including small enough fish. All the ones I have seen sold are freshwater.
At least 2 types of swamp eels (synbranchidae) are often available, the swamp or rice paddy eel (monopterus albus) often sold alive in better asian markets, it gets to around 38" but 30 " is much more common, it has the same diet as the spiney eels and is almost indestructible, it is tolerant of a wide range of temps and low O2 levels as well as some salt though it does best in fresh water. Also found is the marbled swamp eel (Synbranchus marmoratus) that gets to 60", it is also very hardy.
There are several true eels also sometimes found, the most common being my favorite the american eel (Anguilla rostratus) again it is a very long lived fish that is easy to keep and very hardy, it gets to 60" but 36" is more common, as long as most true eels are kept in fresh water they remain sexually immature, I once had one survive a trip across the living room and kitchen floor and across a yard into my nieghbors pool where it remained for at least 2 hours before I caught it, that was around 50' of dryland into a lightly chlorinated pool that was at least 20 degrees lower in temperature than the tank. That night it slimed up and I expected it to die but the next day after work it shed the slime coat (and ate part of it) then recovered with no harm.
Any of these should suit your needs.

 

[horndevl]

thanks guppy the eels are interesting thinking of switching some rock to sand and start an eel tank again thankyou