i heard there are only 24 in the us and i just got my hands on one they were land locked they are true saltwater eels rarest eel i own hahahaha 
check him out plz comment
check him out plz commentTRUE FRESHWATER HONEY COMB MORAY EEL (LEOPARD EEL)
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Wes and JR have been bring them in for months, Im sure there is more than 24 in the country... lol. They are real nice though I talked to wes about one a couple months ago but I wasnt sure it would be cool in my tank because of the lack of info out there.
How big is he?
How big is he?
Great looking eel, but the thread title can be confusing for sone when it comes to common names, as G. favagineus A.k.a tesselata moray is the moray most commonly traded as honeycomb morsy.
Anyone ever kept one in saltwater? I've always found G. polyuranodon's color pattern to be unlike most common hobby morays
Anyone ever kept one in saltwater? I've always found G. polyuranodon's color pattern to be unlike most common hobby morays
I get PM'ed all the time with people asking about my avatar and if its a fw honey comb. Getting tired of responding with sw tesselata lol.
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Slippery, i agree, I understand it's just common names, so there's no 'official' common name for anything, but people keep giving these misleading names, like the LFS's that list G. tile as snowflake eel.
About FW issue, I think there's enough out there to justify some G. polyuranodon to be in FW, but I personally would be very hesitant to keep a moray in fresh. Plenty of morays venture in to brackish/fresh, even G. fimbriatus...I'm surprised that someone hasn't tried one in FW. that being said, even brackish morays I keep in SW, like im doing with my Strophidon sathete, and my old G. tile
About FW issue, I think there's enough out there to justify some G. polyuranodon to be in FW, but I personally would be very hesitant to keep a moray in fresh. Plenty of morays venture in to brackish/fresh, even G. fimbriatus...I'm surprised that someone hasn't tried one in FW. that being said, even brackish morays I keep in SW, like im doing with my Strophidon sathete, and my old G. tile
That is very cool! I didn't know that sw morays could even handle freshwater. Is that true for all sw morays?
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Very few SW morays can handle freshwater...most of those that can handle fw only do so as juveniles or to breed. It is debated often, but G. polyuranodon appears to be the only one that can reliably be kept in fw for any significant amount of time