School me in eels please

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WckedMidas

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i got fresh watter tank. Has a jurnse catfish and a african lungfish. in it right now. Is there any eels i can put with them? Tanks 6 foot by 2 foot
 
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Both of those will make short work of spiney eels, and I"m not sure if swamp eels would co-habitate well either. African lungs and Jurs can both be fairly aggressive and get large enough to eat many other fish.
 
Thats why i asked befor i got it ;)
 
WckedMidas;4852196; said:
Thats why i asked befor i got it ;)

:thumbsup: always a good call.. but yeah from what I've seen/heard with african lungs some will go blitzkreig on your tank one day.. never had a Jur but did raise a TSN for awhile. I would hit-up the catfish forum for some more educated oppinions w/ this one. eels are like spaghetti to these guys. I may be wrong about Jurs.. but I imagine they're not much less aggressive. I would def hesitate before adding any eel to that set-up w/out some kinda back-up plan if it didn't work, or the knowledge it may potentially become food. You never know sometimes unless you try, but I would slap a warning sign on the combo. also at the size of the lung. I wouldn't add anything smaller 'n 14"+
 
Laticauda;4852505; said:
I am not being negative. Why are you reading into it that way?

u just seem to always be negitive in your posts like its doomsday comeing that all. Its hard for me to explain.
 
MonsterMinis;4851926; said:
Both of those will make short work of spiney eels, and I"m not sure if swamp eels would co-habitate well either. African lungs and Jurs can both be fairly aggressive and get large enough to eat many other fish.
Agreed.
 
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