OK,thanks.Carapo and tire track eel are the same size.
Smallest eel you have purchased sizewise ?
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1 year milestone has passed. Theyre just simply gotten too big for the 75g growout. The biggest one: Jekyll is a female i hope while the smallest darkest one Hydes a male (wishful thinking) hes crabby! Jeez when they are weaved into the driftwood/pipes you wouldn’t know they are in there until you see their heads sticking out staring at you. Its amazing.
it has been a frustrating ride the last two months battling the cloudiness in the water on camera it shows but in person in person it looks crystal clear. Perhaps I need a protein skimmer? Never had those. Nor have I had a sump so kind of nervous on what direction I go with their true tank upgrade when I have the $ and manpower.
jekyll is the easiest to feed! Loves defrosted shrimp I tear them apart so she can swallow them. Hyde is now only willing to eat live earthworms. Its pricey! Im so ready to kick his ass as he bites Jekyll for eating her shrimp while he’s impatient waiting for more earthworm he ingores the shrimp. Jeez what a greedy little one lol he will quickly grab the earthworm from my finger and dash away with it if its too big for him to swallow it in one second. Obviously Jekyll is my favorite being sweet and mellow as she can be while Hydes the jerk friend of hers. They get along well when Hydes not Hangry thats only when I find him a darling. Hes pretty nice looking with that dark background and her being light colored. Just a lovely pair both turned out to be. Ying and Yang
she is the hardest to measure lengthwise due to her having to curl up constantly but her tip of nose and tail can easily touch the top of water line to the bottom of the substrate in the 75g she is at least an inch and half wide, 2.25” tall i am very confident to claim her in the 16” length at this point. She does not like to leave her entire body exposed when shes straightened up alongside the tank horizontally long enough for me to use yardstick to measure her.
Hyde is tiny compared to Jekyll. Hes mere .75” wide hes at least 1” tall and lanky at 14”
they kept getting burnt so changed up from two 200w heater to 300w inkbird heater recently to test it out to see if it stays put after reading reviews on how strong the grip is on those holders as those eels do have power slamming against each other moving driftwood around. The temperature was struggling to be at 78 degrees with the two heaters being thrown around when it was set to be at 82. Good riddance for the change up. As its now been staying in the 80-82 range. I have alot of aeration going.
WCs 2-3x a week now. Depending on my mood and how they fed its 30 percent to 75 percent wcs mostly the higher percentage is on the weekends when I unplug everything needed to do the WC.
it has been a frustrating ride the last two months battling the cloudiness in the water on camera it shows but in person in person it looks crystal clear. Perhaps I need a protein skimmer? Never had those. Nor have I had a sump so kind of nervous on what direction I go with their true tank upgrade when I have the $ and manpower.
jekyll is the easiest to feed! Loves defrosted shrimp I tear them apart so she can swallow them. Hyde is now only willing to eat live earthworms. Its pricey! Im so ready to kick his ass as he bites Jekyll for eating her shrimp while he’s impatient waiting for more earthworm he ingores the shrimp. Jeez what a greedy little one lol he will quickly grab the earthworm from my finger and dash away with it if its too big for him to swallow it in one second. Obviously Jekyll is my favorite being sweet and mellow as she can be while Hydes the jerk friend of hers. They get along well when Hydes not Hangry thats only when I find him a darling. Hes pretty nice looking with that dark background and her being light colored. Just a lovely pair both turned out to be. Ying and Yang
she is the hardest to measure lengthwise due to her having to curl up constantly but her tip of nose and tail can easily touch the top of water line to the bottom of the substrate in the 75g she is at least an inch and half wide, 2.25” tall i am very confident to claim her in the 16” length at this point. She does not like to leave her entire body exposed when shes straightened up alongside the tank horizontally long enough for me to use yardstick to measure her.
Hyde is tiny compared to Jekyll. Hes mere .75” wide hes at least 1” tall and lanky at 14”
they kept getting burnt so changed up from two 200w heater to 300w inkbird heater recently to test it out to see if it stays put after reading reviews on how strong the grip is on those holders as those eels do have power slamming against each other moving driftwood around. The temperature was struggling to be at 78 degrees with the two heaters being thrown around when it was set to be at 82. Good riddance for the change up. As its now been staying in the 80-82 range. I have alot of aeration going.
WCs 2-3x a week now. Depending on my mood and how they fed its 30 percent to 75 percent wcs mostly the higher percentage is on the weekends when I unplug everything needed to do the WC.
When Jekyll is darkened up a bit thats how beautiful she is. This was taken 12 hours after the last post photos
Forgot to mention. The smallest red and blue columbian tetra (it was a dwarf sized) disappeared along with the koi swordtail when I did not feed the tank for more than 3 days both times I have noticed the missing fish immediately as they were my favorites. In the last 2 months ?
I do not know who the culprit between the two eels but definitely not leaving any smaller fish than the fire eels mouths (i dont see my jaguar cats doing it just because this group is so lazy not patrolling the tank whatsoever just eating the food sticks dropped nearest their caves and dashing back in. They even that lazy they dont want discarded mysis shrimps or frozen food too little for the big fire eels nowadays between the crevices making it an annoyance for me to clean up this particular tank. I dont know if its the fire eels presence that makes the jaguar cats nervous as they are always having their noses on the jaguar cats tails sticking out of the cave openings investigating everything in the tank. Caught one trying to nibble on the L114s tail when looking for any leftovers.
I do not know who the culprit between the two eels but definitely not leaving any smaller fish than the fire eels mouths (i dont see my jaguar cats doing it just because this group is so lazy not patrolling the tank whatsoever just eating the food sticks dropped nearest their caves and dashing back in. They even that lazy they dont want discarded mysis shrimps or frozen food too little for the big fire eels nowadays between the crevices making it an annoyance for me to clean up this particular tank. I dont know if its the fire eels presence that makes the jaguar cats nervous as they are always having their noses on the jaguar cats tails sticking out of the cave openings investigating everything in the tank. Caught one trying to nibble on the L114s tail when looking for any leftovers.
Finally found the measuring tape the biggest one is officially at least 17” in a year and almost 2 weeks of possession. I can argue shes tipping it nearly 18” but i am very confident shes at least easily 17”
Little bit of an update: stalled on 125g setup due to changing my mind quite too many times where exactly I wanted the tanks positioned. Whats annoying is whoever built the house put light switch in middle of the wall 6-7 feet away from door. Super dumb/annoying its not next to the doorway. As its 4 heavy tanks to adjust fit between windows/light switches to make the room more visually pleasing to a visitor.
Hyde the smaller one is hitting 15” TL and is gaining height at last I did attempt to starve him for a week at a time in between to get him to accept shrimp. NO luck. Still insisting on earthworms ?
Had to remove the pleco hotel as Jekyll was scrapping herself up really good thinking she could squeeze underneath.
there is some more space in there for them to do their wrestling matches without knocking wood around. I am constantly rescuing my jaguar cats from being pinned inside their caves because the eels knocked the cave opening towards an edge or something. This isnt working out for the jaguars but they will have their own 75g back when i get the eels into their own setup.
The size of the pvc cave is the 4” size in the pictures. They best buds after they ate.
Hyde the smaller one is hitting 15” TL and is gaining height at last I did attempt to starve him for a week at a time in between to get him to accept shrimp. NO luck. Still insisting on earthworms ?
Had to remove the pleco hotel as Jekyll was scrapping herself up really good thinking she could squeeze underneath.
there is some more space in there for them to do their wrestling matches without knocking wood around. I am constantly rescuing my jaguar cats from being pinned inside their caves because the eels knocked the cave opening towards an edge or something. This isnt working out for the jaguars but they will have their own 75g back when i get the eels into their own setup.
The size of the pvc cave is the 4” size in the pictures. They best buds after they ate.
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Sad news: hyde jumped the tank- found him too late yesterday. So sad about it. I tried to revive him by running water in his mouth but realized rigor motoris set in his spine was too stiff.
Would not eat anything but earthworms no matter how many times i have starved him.
Final measurement: 18” long from snout to tip. Straight measurement ( no curve length was added in ) 2.3” tall and 1.25” thick
I am burying him in the yard this weekend.
Would not eat anything but earthworms no matter how many times i have starved him.
Final measurement: 18” long from snout to tip. Straight measurement ( no curve length was added in ) 2.3” tall and 1.25” thick
I am burying him in the yard this weekend.
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