snowflake and "freshwater moray"?

[fishmastermike]

hello i have been doing research on snowflake eels for awhile and upon a recent trip to my lfs discovered that they sold their snowflake eel. i am pretty good friends with the owner and he said he could special order one for me. i decided to check out their extremely small brackish section (one 55 gallon bowfront) and i saw a "freshwater moray eel". sooooo my question was would i be able to keep a snowflake eel and a freshwater moray in the same tank. the tank is a 30 but they would only be in there for about a year until i move. then i would be able to move them into whatever they need.

thanks,
Fishmastermike

 

[TheCanuck]

alright here's your problem.

Snow Flake morays ( the real ones) are never sold as freshwater eels or brackish( they will die in fresh or brackish). Those are G tiles.("freshwater") They need brackish then full salt. The stupid part is they are such a boring animal, why not just go full salt and get a REAL moray, your going to have to one day anyways.... They are a waste of money and i feel bad for them everytime i see them.

So advice: Get a full salt tank, buy your REAL snowflake eel.

 

[dragonfish18]

usually they are born in fresh but as mentioned but they need to be acclimated back in to salt eventually or they will have a short life

 

[perfect_prefect]

IMO you are not answering the OP's question at all, to answer yes you can keep both eels in a tank together, if the G. tile (freshwater moray) is in brackish now and you only have one tank you should start with it and slowly acclimate it to full marine, once you have it at full marine introduce the snowflake with it, i currently have a G. tile 3 snowflakes and a whitemouth housed together. i picked up the g. tile (1.5') one snowflake (1.5') and the whitemouth (1.5') from another member who had them in with a yellowmouth (3') and a hawaiian dragon (3'). as long as you keep them well fed, try to introduce them at small size, and provide adequate living conditions you should have no problems keeping multiple eels together unless you get a tempermental eel with anger management issues which is sometimes the case......

 

[TheCanuck]

IMO you are not answering the OP's question at all, to answer yes you can keep both eels in a tank together, if the G. tile (freshwater moray) is in brackish now and you only have one tank you should start with it and slowly acclimate it to full marine, once you have it at full marine introduce the snowflake with it, i currently have a G. tile 3 snowflakes and a whitemouth housed together. i picked up the g. tile (1.5') one snowflake (1.5') and the whitemouth (1.5') from another member who had them in with a yellowmouth (3') and a hawaiian dragon (3'). as long as you keep them well fed, try to introduce them at small size, and provide adequate living conditions you should have no problems keeping multiple eels together unless you get a tempermental eel with anger management issues which is sometimes the case......

Did you see the part where he said they would need to be in a 30 gallon for a year? Also i dont have to answer any question, i can give my opinion or advice.... It sounded to me like you wanted a real SW snowflake and are settling for the G. Tile.... A thirty gallon is really small, but a BABY snowflake could live in there for a while, maybe a year then need a bigger thank. Just go with the SW snowflake. Save the trouble of acclimating that other eel.

 

[perfect_prefect]

" sooooo my question was would i be able to keep a snowflake eel and a freshwater moray in the same tank."

 

[kntrygrl4lyfe]

You've got your answer, so now my opinion on the g.tile. I had one and LOVED him! I bought him as fresh and slowly got him to full salt. They aren't boring. I got him when he was like 7" any eel will hide and sit on one spot. Mine came out a lot more once he was in full salt. He would let me pet him, and feed him. I thought he was super neat and fun. Also, I saw no hassle in starting off fresh, then slowly making it salt. If you really want one it would actually be fun to do. Good luck. Oh and I started mine off in a 29. Just get the smallest one

 

[Raptorthefishman]

Yeah I loved mine he lived for 6 years and then during a power outage during an ice storm he didn't make it. The one fish out of all my years keeping that I miss having and enjoyed the most when I had it.

 

[PinkLady]

I agree about the G. tile, they are really neat eels. I picked up 2 on a whim because my buddy is the manager at Pet Supermarket and had a pair of them in brackish that kept eating everything else in the tank (der). I went in to get cat litter and he asked me if I wanted them, so I said sure. Got them acclimated to full marine over time and they live happily in my saltwater community tank. The other fish are bigger than they can swallow so they don't bother them, and I feed them a whole silverside each every other day (plus they scavenge bits of krill/mysis shrimp that make it to the bottom uneaten). They hide a lot, but they come out and swim around the tank often during the early afternoon and then again in the evenings. I got them when they were about 6-7" inches long and they've since doubled their size to about 12-14" and are very fat and happy. They were the best random addition I've ever had.

 

[spotfin]

I agree about the G. tile, they are really neat eels. I picked up 2 on a whim because my buddy is the manager at Pet Supermarket and had a pair of them in brackish that kept eating everything else in the tank (der). I went in to get cat litter and he asked me if I wanted them, so I said sure. Got them acclimated to full marine over time and they live happily in my saltwater community tank. The other fish are bigger than they can swallow so they don't bother them, and I feed them a whole silverside each every other day (plus they scavenge bits of krill/mysis shrimp that make it to the bottom uneaten). They hide a lot, but they come out and swim around the tank often during the early afternoon and then again in the evenings. I got them when they were about 6-7" inches long and they've since doubled their size to about 12-14" and are very fat and happy. They were the best random addition I've ever had.

Have any pictures of them? I rarely see them for sale in my area, and they have always been in freshwater.