True freshwater morays?

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I want to get an eel for my 150g, but I don't want the kinds that are eel-like such as fire or tiretrack. I know the freshwater morays (gymnothorax tile) are pretty easy to find, but I also know that they like really brackish water. Are there any eels that are similar except actually live in freshwater and don't require salt at any time in their lives?
 
There is one... but tbh i forgot the scientific name.. but iir its END so it's not exported ect... it was discussed last year iir. might look into some of the swamp eels.. they are true eels.. but imo look more like worms then eels. so to answer your question, locating a truelt FW moray looking eel is going to be almost impossible.
 
Aw3s0m3 said:
I want to get an eel for my 150g, but I don't want the kinds that are eel-like such as fire or tiretrack. I know the freshwater morays (gymnothorax tile) are pretty easy to find, but I also know that they like really brackish water. Are there any eels that are similar except actually live in freshwater and don't require salt at any time in their lives?
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No, there is no freshwater Moray.
 
There is a Tanganyikan eel that looks more eel like than spineys. There is also another one thats yellow with spots but i forgot the name.


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Gymnothorax polyuranodon. I just opened a never ending debate, I am not saying any more after this post.

My specimen continues to do well in FW, and a friend of mine has been keeping his in a freshwater for over a year. His eel is at least triple in girth of mine after a year of growth in FW. Other large FW specimens, some over 30", can be seen on YouTube and on other forums.

Reference Ebner's book on the subject.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02987.x/full
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21722111
 
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Gymnothorax polyuranodon. I just opened a never ending debate, I am not saying any more after this post.

My specimen continues to do well in FW, and a friend of mine has been keeping his in a freshwater for over a year. His eel is at least triple in girth of mine after a year of growth in FW. Other large FW specimens, some over 30", can be seen on YouTube and on other forums.

Reference Ebner's book on the subject.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02987.x/full
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21722111
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Woah! That's definitely more what I'm looking for. How common are they? I've never seen one before


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