Tankmate for Snowlfake eel?

[Reef Keeper 18]

What is a good tankmate for a snowflake eel? I know it has to be a predator tank and a guy at my lfs reccomended a Rhinopious? they go for like 350 he said... And I dont have money to blow on one. It has to be(obviously) something the Eel CANNOT eat.

 

[m and m]

My freid had a snow flake in a reef tank with many other fish. Also they are not bad with other fish as long as you dont have a very big one. But he has a larger one and never bothered any smaller fish. LA says there fine with most ifsh.

 

[akabryanhall]

Yup snowflake eels eat crustaceans, their teeth are blunt to crack shells, unlike morays that have very sharp teeth, to catch fish with.

 

[m and m]

Also keep in mind jus hand feet it often so it doesn’t feed the need to go after its own food.

 

[Reef Keeper 18]

So do you think It would kill a small Damsel? and it Wont do well with a clean up crew? I'm just wondering becauseuz I'm getting a snowflake this weekend for my 60gallon tank. And I heard it will only be compatable with fast growing euphylia? (corals like branching hammer or torch)

 

[skinz78]

I tried a Snowflake in my reef tank once and it developed a taste for clam gills, it preferred my most favorite clams first too:xd:

I would say put it in with a lion and a nice trigger.

 

[Reef Keeper 18]

k thx. i was just trying to get some ideas. cuz i can order from my lfs from a good buddy

 

[Paul_N]

When I first started in saltwater many moons ago, my first tank had a snowflake eel, dwarf lion, picaso trigger and two domino damsels. The snowflake eel ended up eating one of the damsels but then left the other one alone when I fed it more. I was just feeding the tank and the trigger, damsel and lion would get all the food/fish first. It hardly ever came all the way out of its burrow when I fed it regularly by feeding all the fish and eel individually. My dwarf lion ended up eating the other damsel a couple months later.

 

[Henry C]

triggerfish, lionfish, tang, rabbitfish, foxface any of these fish would be fine with a snowflake eel...