I came across this fish on somethingsphisy.com (first time I have ever seen the sight). All it says it freshwater marble moray. Is this actually one of the fw sp?
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marble moray
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i e-mailed them and this was there responce:
The freshwater Marble Moray is a Saltwater Moray that has been acclimated over time to live in totally freshwater. It does not need brackish water. I do not have access to it's Latin name. The freshwater Marble Moray is a nocturnal feeder (they are almost blind) that eats mostly dead fish that have sunk to the bottom. You can feed them feeder fish that are dead or small chunks of Sardines that are soaked in water (do not use oil based Sardines). They do not require any special water conditions and do quite well in a Ph of 7.0 and a temp. of 78 degrees. The Freshwater marble Moray is sold at about 12 inches, with a thickness of about a nickel, and will grow to about 16 inches.
The freshwater Marble Moray is a Saltwater Moray that has been acclimated over time to live in totally freshwater. It does not need brackish water. I do not have access to it's Latin name. The freshwater Marble Moray is a nocturnal feeder (they are almost blind) that eats mostly dead fish that have sunk to the bottom. You can feed them feeder fish that are dead or small chunks of Sardines that are soaked in water (do not use oil based Sardines). They do not require any special water conditions and do quite well in a Ph of 7.0 and a temp. of 78 degrees. The Freshwater marble Moray is sold at about 12 inches, with a thickness of about a nickel, and will grow to about 16 inches.
As much as I love morey eels...this just seems like the latest money making disaster to hit the hobby. Raises a few questions in my mind.....
How many eels are lost during the acclimation process?
How many live full healthy lives?
And most importiant to the future of our hobby..... What are the chances of reproducing in captivity?
How many eels are lost during the acclimation process?
How many live full healthy lives?
And most importiant to the future of our hobby..... What are the chances of reproducing in captivity?
I don't get all the "can I keep this in FW" questions sometimes 
If it's a saltwater/brackish fish why not keep it in brackish. Brackish tanks aren't hard to set up, and really neither are SW tanks if it's just a fish only tank, so why stress the fish trying to keep it in FW?
It can't be that expensive to set up and maintain a brackish tank compared to SW. The salinity is fairly low so you won't be using that much salt.
Sorry, wasn't trying to slight the original poster, and I'm not saying you were planning on keeping it in FW if it really does require salt. It's just that I see these "is this a fw moray?" threads all the time, and usually people try to convince themselves that morays will do just fine in FW, when it's not that hard to do a brackish tank to keep them healthy.
I'll admit morays can be tough. Mine got out of our saltwater tank and ended up in my turtle tank one day and he's just fine now (definately fixed the lid and made sure it was really tight). But I think it's kind of low for a business to acclimate SW morays to fw and try to sell them to people as fw morays. If someone wants to acclimate one themselves and risk it dying, that's their own problem. But for a business to tell people that these SW morays acclimated to fw will be just fine, that's ridiculous.
If it's a saltwater/brackish fish why not keep it in brackish. Brackish tanks aren't hard to set up, and really neither are SW tanks if it's just a fish only tank, so why stress the fish trying to keep it in FW?
It can't be that expensive to set up and maintain a brackish tank compared to SW. The salinity is fairly low so you won't be using that much salt.
Sorry, wasn't trying to slight the original poster, and I'm not saying you were planning on keeping it in FW if it really does require salt. It's just that I see these "is this a fw moray?" threads all the time, and usually people try to convince themselves that morays will do just fine in FW, when it's not that hard to do a brackish tank to keep them healthy.
I'll admit morays can be tough. Mine got out of our saltwater tank and ended up in my turtle tank one day and he's just fine now (definately fixed the lid and made sure it was really tight). But I think it's kind of low for a business to acclimate SW morays to fw and try to sell them to people as fw morays. If someone wants to acclimate one themselves and risk it dying, that's their own problem. But for a business to tell people that these SW morays acclimated to fw will be just fine, that's ridiculous.
ShadowBass;1047955; said:I don't get all the "can I keep this in FW" questions sometimes
If it's a saltwater/brackish fish why not keep it in brackish. Brackish tanks aren't hard to set up, and really neither are SW tanks if it's just a fish only tank, so why stress the fish trying to keep it in FW?
It can't be that expensive to set up and maintain a brackish tank compared to SW. The salinity is fairly low so you won't be using that much salt.
Sorry, wasn't trying to slight the original poster, and I'm not saying you were planning on keeping it in FW if it really does require salt. It's just that I see these "is this a fw moray?" threads all the time, and usually people try to convince themselves that morays will do just fine in FW, when it's not that hard to do a brackish tank to keep them healthy.
I'll admit morays can be tough. Mine got out of our saltwater tank and ended up in my turtle tank one day and he's just fine now (definately fixed the lid and made sure it was really tight). But I think it's kind of low for a business to acclimate SW morays to fw and try to sell them to people as fw morays. If someone wants to acclimate one themselves and risk it dying, that's their own problem. But for a business to tell people that these SW morays acclimated to fw will be just fine, that's ridiculous.
Don't worry you are not "slighting" me. I have no desire to keep the fish. I just thought it was something interesting I came across.