I'm considering getting a leopard moray as a solitary fish, so I was wondering if anyone here has one or knows any info on their care, degree of difficulty, tips on the saltwater setup, etc. Thanks!
Looking for good info on leopard morays...
- Thread starter PinkLady
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are you talking about the moray eel "Enchelycore pardalis"? if so read this link it should help.
http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/eelcare/p/dragoneel.htm
mr.reef24
http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/eelcare/p/dragoneel.htm
mr.reef24
Everything I've looked at says this is a leopard moray eel:
Links I've found thus far:
http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_1...ategory=4&category_search=61&root_parent_id=4
http://www.morayeel.info/leopard-moray-eel.php
Just looking for personal experiences, advice, etc.
Links I've found thus far:
http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_1...ategory=4&category_search=61&root_parent_id=4
http://www.morayeel.info/leopard-moray-eel.php
Just looking for personal experiences, advice, etc.
mr.reef24;3550245; said:
No, I think that's something different. Now that you posted that, I realized that the saltwaterfish.com link was talking about something else. I had been browsing their stock and looking at their eels, and after seeing that page, I Googled "leopard eel" and everything I came up with was a picture or info on a moray like the pics I posted (Google Image search "Leopard Eel" and then "Leopard Moray" and you'll see what I mean). I thought the pic on the SWF.com page may have been a baby, but now I see it's an entirely different eel. How confusing.
So what is a leopard moray then -- a tessellate moray? I Googled other types and some of the tessa's looked like these so-called leopards.
OK, found a video of a Tessa on YouTube and that is indeed what seemed to be coming up as a "Leopard Eel":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvOTPS-71QA
This one says that Tessa's are also called Leopards, Honeycombs, etc. So I guess that explains the confusion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJPLqIb1Jxg
And HOLY CRAP, that's a big eel. Bigger than what that first info sheet I had (from morayeels.com) said. But they also didn't have a pic so I didn't know they weren't talking about THIS eel but the "other" leopard eel.
OK, so if it's a Tessellate Moray, what do I need to know in regard to size, housing, care, feeding, personality, experiences, etc.? Is it doable?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvOTPS-71QA
This one says that Tessa's are also called Leopards, Honeycombs, etc. So I guess that explains the confusion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJPLqIb1Jxg
And HOLY CRAP, that's a big eel. Bigger than what that first info sheet I had (from morayeels.com) said. But they also didn't have a pic so I didn't know they weren't talking about THIS eel but the "other" leopard eel.
OK, so if it's a Tessellate Moray, what do I need to know in regard to size, housing, care, feeding, personality, experiences, etc.? Is it doable?
OK, found this page that also says that "Leopard Eel" is among their common names, but sounds like it's got good info:
http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productDetail.asp?did=1&pid=628&cid=17
http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productDetail.asp?did=1&pid=628&cid=17
blue zoo has very reliable information and great to deal with for livestock I ordered several times through them and recommend it.
mr.reef24
mr.reef24
I e-mailed them and Mark Martin responded and answered all of my questions, sounds like a great guy and a great company. He says these eels make really great captive animals and are easy to care for, and that one would be very happy in the 240 I just bought. So I think I'm going to go for it. He mentioned he has some medium-sized sub-adults available, and when I asked him what the adaptability differences are between juveniles and adults, he said he prefers larger animals because they've proven that they are able to be self-sufficient in the wild long enough to attain that size, so they are obviously healthy and hardy with good hunting skills and immune systems, thus making captive success pretty much guaranteed. Gotta get the tank up and going!!!!