Eel minimum tank size

[fishguy777]

Snowflakes get to be 24 inches not 36. I have a full grown one. Shes 2 feet. I said bare minimum 75 gallons. They do a lot better in larger tanks. I personally wouldnt keep an eel in anything less than a 4 foot long tank.

And no a foot long fish is not a “tiny” fish. I stand by what I said, 30 gallons is no where near enough for any 12 inch fish. You also dont realize that eels get extremely thick as they get older and grow. Its not a pencil sized 12 inches its a very thick 12 inch fish. Again 30 gallons is very inappropriate for any species of moray eels.

We in the hobby have a responsibility to give our fish more than a “bare minimum” home for our fish. As someone who has 4 moray eels I will continue to advocate for them and help give good advice to people like OP who ask about them and share what Ive learned keeping them. They are very misunderstood fish and they teach me something about them every day.

I’ve had way more than 4 morays btw, I’m not throwing around misinformation, I have experience.

I have seen plenty of 36” snowflake eels. Yours being 24” means nothing.

A 12” eel is a tiny eel, and 12” is the max size. Nobody finds fish for sale at max size, purchase size more like 6-8”. He could purchase it and let it grow, if a problem arose he could always just rehome.

 

[littlefoxx]

I’ve had way more than 4 morays btw, I’m not throwing around misinformation, I have experience.

I have seen plenty of 36” snowflake eels. Yours being 24” means nothing.

A 12” eel is a tiny eel, and 12” is the max size. Nobody finds fish for sale at max size, purchase size more like 6-8”. He could purchase it and let it grow, if a problem arose he could always just rehome.

I stand by what I said I gave OP my advice and recommendation. Im not going to argue with you. Have a nice day.

And sorry to hear about your goatfish by the way.