Fish of the Day: Banded Moray (Ringed Moray, Barred Moray)

[revhtree]

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Echidna polyzona

COMMON NAME - Banded Moray (Ringed Moray, Barred Moray)

SIZE - 22.6" ( 60 cm)

MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 30 US Gal. ( 114 L)

FOODS AND FEEDING - Can be difficult to feed, offer live fiddler crabs, feed to satiation 2 times per week, once acclimated offer meaty foods, krill, crustacean flesh, on a feeding stick

REEF COMPATIBILITY - Will eat ornamental crustaceans and small fishes

CAPTIVE CARE - Provide live crustaceans to entice this species to eat. Once acclimated to captivity and feeding, try switching over to fresh crustacean flesh and fish flesh in strips on a feeding stick. This species must have various hiding places. A nonaggressive eel, it can be kept with other morays and fish too large to swallow whole.

 

[revhtree]

If you have experience or pics please share!

 

[larryl]

Sweet eel!

 

[SDguy]

I have a juvi...

Banded moray eel - YouTube

 

[revhtree]

SD how do you like it? Any tips on keeping one?

 

[SDguy]

I like him. He's small, so he'll be in QT while he grows out, I'm guessing for a while. I have him in with a skeletor moray. They get along well, and eat the same foods (scallop, clam, shrimp, etc). They don't bother the fish. They are both destined for a FOWLR. It is unclear to me how variable the banding is on adults. I'm hoping mine doesn't turn too muddy...

 

[revsgirl]

I have a juvi...

Banded moray eel - YouTube

That thing is fierce!

 

[Loki]

I would love an eel but can't with my shrimp