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Hello All!

I recently purchased a 75g setup and cant identify one of the eels in the tank. Please see pics below. I do intend to sell both of the eels (1, 7" snowflake eel and 1, 10" unknown type of eel). Huge thanks in advance!

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Hello All!

I recently purchased a 75g setup and cant identify one of the eels in the tank. Please see pics below. I do intend to sell both of the eels (1, 7" snowflake eel and 1, 10" unknown type of eel). Huge thanks in advance!

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Here's a pic of the Snowflake eel:

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Looks like gymnothorax tile, commonly known as the Indian mud moray or even snowflake eel.
It is commonly a brackish eel and does best in high brackish to marine conditions.
Agree on Indian mud moray - a little hard to tell from photos though
 
So my LFS is offering to rehome the eels for an unspecified in-store credit. I have no idea of value for the Indian mud moray. The LFS currently has a snowflake the same as mine for $75. When I first spoke to them about the possibility of rehoming they mentioned that they typically do up to 50% of the sale value as in-store credit.

Is that reasonable? What do you all feel is the true value of each?
 
So my LFS is offering to rehome the eels for an unspecified in-store credit. I have no idea of value for the Indian mud moray. The LFS currently has a snowflake the same as mine for $75. When I first spoke to them about the possibility of rehoming they mentioned that they typically do up to 50% of the sale value as in-store credit.

Is that reasonable? What do you all feel is the true value of each?
I feel like thats fair. Mud moray is about 55 dollars.
 
Hello All!

I recently purchased a 75g setup and cant identify one of the eels in the tank. Please see pics below. I do intend to sell both of the eels (1, 7" snowflake eel and 1, 10" unknown type of eel). Huge thanks in advance!

1654259507512.png

1654259531343.png

1654259584398.png
Looks to me like a mud moray, interesting species and I’ve never seen one in captivity over here.
 

IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

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  • Not yet, but I have one that I want to buy in mind!

    Votes: 9 12.9%
  • No.

    Votes: 26 37.1%
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