Show off your EELS!

[Raptor72]

I recently picked up this beautiful Banana Moray. It came from an established tank and is between 12-18”.

 

[JumboShrimp]

Very cool... and this is coming from me, a person who is scared of eels.

 

[Freenow54]

I recently picked up this beautiful Banana Moray. It came from an established tank and is between 12-18”.

I love it I am going to look for eels . It reminds me of my Diving days where I got within 5 feet of Morays hiding under coral heads , and at night swimming free. Not knowing if they are dangerous or not. They could rip your arm up like Hamburg.
So are they compatible with other fish ? Or are they Predators like I suspect

 

[Raptor72]

I love it I am going to look for eels . It reminds me of my Diving days where I got within 5 feet of Morays hiding under coral heads , and at night swimming free. Not knowing if they are dangerous or not. They could rip your arm up like Hamburg.
So are they compatible with other fish ? Or are they Predators like I suspect

They are best kept in a predator tank but not necessarily, I guess. I have triggers, puffers Hawkfish and Tangs with a big Harlequin Tusk in mine. I have a Hawaiian Golden dwarf Moray, a banded Moray, a Snowflake and a Brazilian bioluminescent eel that all get along.

This is the Banana and Snowflake in the same rock just hanging out. Hard to get a good pic because it’s in the back of the tank.

 

[thomashtomk]

32 inch Green moray

 

[thomashtomk]

Jack and Sally

Here is my pair

 

[sallyheavyfoot]

Here is my pair

Just in time for Christmas! Lovely!

 

[thomashtomk]

32 inch Green moray

My other eels. Pair of zebra.

 

[Freenow54]

what do you feed them? I cant get over that they don't eat your fish

 

[mpatterson42]

Should I be feeding my snowflake eel more silversides? Right now I feed him 2 frozen silversides every other day (I do sometimes switch this out for pieces of squid or frozen shrimp). I broadcast feed either mysis shrimp or LRS Chunky to the rest of the tank every 2 days and the eel is always out ready to eat as well. He used to take breaks between eating the silversides, and after 2 he'd go into his cave and I wouldn't see him for a day or so. Now he eats one, is immediately ready for another, and when I give him a second he stays out wanting more. However, I've read it's pretty easy to overfeed them and that can cause fatty liver disease.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

I'd nix the silversides completely. Elevated thiaminase levels and the fact that they're frozen intact could/can result in a spoilage; if they thaw out somewhere along the supply chain.