Starting an all eel tank... thoughts?

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Just got a new tank, and I have decided to make it saltwater. But i want to make it an all eel tank. With maybe one or two non eel fish. What do you guys think about this. Plans for this tank are as follows. It is a standard 125(72x18x25) with an 80 gal sump wet/dry. I plan on it housing three or more eels and maybe two top swimming predatory fish (lionfish,clown trigger,harelquin tusk, small-medium grouper etc)
Anyway I want it to be a semi planted tank, with some algea on all the liverock and some seaweed or other marine plants around the back of the tank.

Inhabitants I am predicting would be.
1x Zebra Moray Eel
1x Tessalata Eel

1x Japanese dragon
1x Miniatus grouper
1x Clown trigger

This is what i am planning so far, now i am new to owning saltwater myself. but have been around it and know the bioload and the care level of these fish and salt in general. And this tank is only a grow out anyway.
But i'd love to hear from you 'experts' and see how this would all work out or if it wouldn't..
 
Eels are quite messy...And I see you do have a large sump, but I would stick to only one eel and then the rest of the stock is fine I think...I would do the Tessalata eel. They're the coolest looking imo. :D

I'm pretty sure they could all live in that tank for life as well...
 
The tessy can get to be 5' +. You have a 6' tank.

I would do one of those eels, a harly, a lionfish, and a grouper.

Stay away from the triggers. They pick, have nasty teeth, and will harass other slow moving fish.
 
FLESHY;5029898; said:
The tessy can get to be 5' +. You have a 6' tank.

I would do one of those eels, a harly, a lionfish, and a grouper.

Stay away from the triggers. They pick, have nasty teeth, and will harass other slow moving fish.

Yea i know how big they can get. not worried. Have bigger tanks.
Just want to know if all three eels would workout together?
 
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