ID these 2 fish please!!!!

[ajremington68]

2 rescues one is a snowflake eel I’m pretty sure, other one I have no clue and he’s super stressed and no colors

 

[JNalley]

Bottom one is a snowflake moray eel. Top one is some kind of Damsel I think... Staghorn maybe?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Yeah, Snowflake Eel for sure, and Staghorn Damsel is my guess too (the stripe by the tail seems like it might be a regional variant or something, as many specimens seem to only have the three stripes).

For comparison:

Amblyglyphidodon curacao, Marshall Islands

 

[ajremington68]

Shetttt that’s no beuno I swear he said angel something but I immediately thought it was one of those Sargent damsiels

 

[ajremington68]

Does anyone know what it means one the eel’s head is by the surface of the water and he as stuck its head out a couple of times? Is it going to escape? i have a lid but there is a couple of openings and I’m really scared cuz I CANNOT pick that thing up. Gives me the heebie jeebies lol

 

[JNalley]

I don't know if that specific behavior means they will escape soon or not, but eels are known as escape artists... Plugging those openings in your cover should be a priority

 

[ajremington68]

I don't know if that specific behavior means they will escape soon or not, but eels are known as escape artists... Plugging those openings in your cover should be a priority

GRTTING THE DUCT TAPE RIGJT NOW BRB

 

[ajremington68]

We are looking at a snowflake eel and a lemon drop damsel

 

[JNalley]

We are looking at a snowflake eel and a lemon drop damsel

How did you get the lemon drop ID? They don't typically have dark stripes...

 

[Fishfreak2009]

That is a yellow staghorn damsel (Amblyglyphidodon ternatensis) in stress/night coloration...

 

[ajremington68]

How did you get the lemon drop ID? They don't typically have dark stripes...

I asked the guy I got it from, unless he got sold the wrong one. I’m just utterly confused as all of you. I’m thinking no way this thing is gunna turn nice yellow, with the current colors

 

[JNalley]

I asked the guy I got it from, unless he got sold the wrong one. I’m just utterly confused as all of you. I’m thinking no way this thing is gunna turn nice yellow, with the current colors

I'm guessing he got sold the wrong fish... I'm 99% sure it's the Staghorn damsel, the one that ispeakfortheseas posted pictures of...

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I asked the guy I got it from, unless he got sold the wrong one. I’m just utterly confused as all of you. I’m thinking no way this thing is gunna turn nice yellow, with the current colors

Yeah, that's definitely not a Lemon Drop Damsel (Pomacentrus moluccensis); the fish is 100% from the Amblyglyphidodon genus - if the striping disappears as the fish relaxes, then it may not be A. curacao; similar striping can be seen on A. aureus sometimes and reportedly, as Fishfreak2009 said, on A. ternatensis.

Personally, I'd guess in that order, but- regardless- it's definitely not a Lemon Drop.

 

[ajremington68]

So I woke up to this

whixh yes is the ******* eel on the ground. I’m not sure how I taped all the openings but my one guess is the exit of the hang on back filter made the smallest opening and it has to be there. So now not taking a SINGLE CAMN CHANCE.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Is the eel alright?

 

[JNalley]

Is that just a quarantine system?

And I second the question, is the eel alright?

 

[ajremington68]

Is the eel alright?

Did feel a little tough but as soon as he hit water he slithered away, so I assume. Not sure how long he was out for tho.

 

[ajremington68]

Is that just a quarantine system?

And I second the question, is the eel alright?

Quarantine / I wasn't expecting to get it and put up a old 20 gal I had in a night. He seems okay was a little tough and dry but he hit the water and swam right down to the rocks I put in for him.