Young fire eel id?

[GiangNOOO]

How do they look at about 5"? I seen listed as fire but they look like tiretacks do they similar at that size?

 

[Cichla dude]

No fire eels have red and ornage sometimes yellow markings and are black!
-Alex
Happy thanksgiving!

 

[GiangNOOO]

thanks man i was going to buy too lol

 

[phillydog1958]

juveniles tend to not look the same at their adult counterparts. there was a thread posted on here just last week, where someone had a juvenile pic and wanted an id. it was confirmed by several members that it was a fire eel. it had a lot of yellow striping and dark greenish coloring, with no red. they change as they mature.

 

[phillydog1958]

here is the link with a link that should lead to the pic of this young eel:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=286809&highlight=fire+eel

 

[GiangNOOO]

 

[GiangNOOO]

 

[GiangNOOO]

there tire track not fire right?

 

[Pomatomus]

the one on the left in the first photo looks exactly like my tiretrack

 

[MonsterMinis]

Looks like a mix of TT and fires. The fires will be the solid brown. you'll see lighter yellow/tannish marking along the back fin all the way around the fin. I have a fire w/ girrafe like patterning you can see well when he "washes out" usually when I turn the light on in the morning. Very different patterning then the TT.

the second picture front left looks like it might be a washed out juvi fire. you can see the difference in coloration then the TT to it's right. the top head in the photo and the far right by the deco look like they may be fire as well. but the photo needs to be clearer for a better guess tbh.

another big flag will be red... I have yet to see a TT w/ red markings. or a burgandy coloration to it's lines. But yes some of those are deffinately TT's and not fires.