Non-aggressive eel

[jasonrusso]

Sorry this is maybe better. It’s the little one at the top. It was definitely my shyest eel but also my most active. Had to rehome as the snowflake bullied it.

Is that a bunch of feeder guppies? I do the same! My tusk and lion go nuts.

I'm leaning towards the chain link now. I want a crustacean eater that won't hurt anyone, is attractive, and I can look in and see /appreciate.

They are less aggressive than the snowflake? 2 foot mature?

What do you feed? Shrimp? Clam? Octopus? I have an Asian market by work that sells everything.

 

[eelman07]

Is that a bunch of feeder guppies? I do the same! My tusk and lion go nuts.

I'm leaning towards the chain link now. I want a crustacean eater that won't hurt anyone, is attractive, and I can look in and see /appreciate.

They are less aggressive than the snowflake? 2 foot mature?

What do you feed? Shrimp? Clam? Octopus? I have an Asian market by work that sells everything.

Chain links are much less agressive than snowflakes, and max out at 2 feet

I feed shrimp and squid, which my eels love.

 

[Slocke]

Is that a bunch of feeder guppies? I do the same! My tusk and lion go nuts.

I was experimenting with the snake eels but yes. Those triggers and wrasse loved them. The snake eels just proved my hypothesis that they do not eat live fish.

I'm leaning towards the chain link now. I want a crustacean eater that won't hurt anyone, is attractive, and I can look in and see /appreciate.

They are less aggressive than the snowflake? 2 foot mature?

I believe they are. At a minimum they are smaller. Snowflakes actually reach 2-3’ and start getting dangerous to fish though they definitely do not get sharp teeth. Like someone above said. Chai links are unlikely to be a risk to healthy fish unless you have small gobies.

What do you feed? Shrimp? Clam? Octopus? I have an Asian market by work that sells everything.

I feed fresh salmon, squid, and shrimp mainly. I’ve tried other foods but they don’t seem to like them as much. Shrimp is the least healthy apparently though I believe variety is the healthiest.

 

[jasonrusso]

I was experimenting with the snake eels but yes. Those triggers and wrasse loved them. The snake eels just proved my hypothesis that they do not eat live fish.

I believe they are. At a minimum they are smaller. Snowflakes actually reach 2-3’ and start getting dangerous to fish though they definitely do not get sharp teeth. Like someone above said. Chai links are unlikely to be a risk to healthy fish unless you have small gobies.

I feed fresh salmon, squid, and shrimp mainly. I’ve tried other foods but they don’t seem to like them as much. Shrimp is the least healthy apparently though I believe variety is the healthiest.

I can buy whole uncleaned shrimp with the head and organs still intact. Much more nutritional than cleaned human cocktail shrimp.

 

[Mr_Knightley]

I have heavy glass lids so that's not a issue. I really like the chain link, but I want to see it hanging out. That's why I loved my GDM. He was usually out.

I'll look into the skelator. What's the tempermant?

Skeletors are incredibly peaceful, mine shares tunnels with a pair of possum wrasses that he could easily swallow if he wanted to. He doesn't even attack my hermits, which is pretty shocking.

 

[jasonrusso]

Skeletors are incredibly peaceful, mine shares tunnels with a pair of possum wrasses that he could easily swallow if he wanted to. He doesn't even attack my hermits, which is pretty shocking.

How big do they get?

 

[Mr_Knightley]

How big do they get?

Same as the other Echidna eels, so about 2' max. Mine is still under a foot though.

 

[jasonrusso]

Same as the other Echidna eels, so about 2' max. Mine is still under a foot though.

After how much time?

 

[littlefoxx]

I lost my Golden Dwarf Moray last night. I had him for over 8 years and I'm heartbroken over it. I would buy another one in a second, but they come from Hawaii so it's a no-go right now.

So I cannot have a tank without an eel, so what to do. I have a 220G fish only with lots of rock. I have a small Porcupine puffer, full grown foxface and tomini tang, juvenile harelquin tusk, antenatta lionfish, and 3 lyretail anthias. The anthias are the ones that I would be most concerned about. My GDM never bothered anyone.

What do you recommend that will have personality and most importantly won't eat my fish. I'm looking at a goldentail (Gymnothorax miliaris), zebra moray, chainlink moray, or a snowflake.

I'm leaning toward the goldentail. My GDM was 16" and the goldentail won't get much bigger. I also read that they are quite docile. I read that the zebra is as fish safe as you can get, but I don't know what to do with a 4-5' eel. The snowflake and chainlink are also good options, but I don't know much about them. I can get a small goldentail right now.

I have 3 eels. My snowflake is very sweet, she likes to swim around my hand when I go to feed her and shes never bitten my hand going for food unlike my jeweled! My jeweled has eaten a few cleaner wrasse and smaller fish (blenny). My white eye I havnt had long enough to figure out his temperament but he seems docile. I would go with the snowflake! Cute eels for sure! This is mine, her name is Ghost!

 

[Mr_Knightley]

After how much time?

I don't know. Mine has gone from 4" to about 11" in six months.

 

[jasonrusso]

Likely getting a skelator or chain link. They seem like the same eel except for the coloring. Is that accurate? Same tempermant?

Chain links seem more available.

 

[Goaway]

Never kept either, both are different.
Chainlink (echidna catenata)
Skeletor eel (echidna xanthospilos)

They definitely look very different.

 

[jasonrusso]

Never kept either, both are different.
Chainlink (echidna catenata)
Skeletor eel (echidna xanthospilos)

They definitely look very different.

Yes they look different, that's my point. Is it like how a kole, tomini, whitetail bristle tooth tangs are all the same with different colors

 

[Slocke]

They are essentially the same but skeletons are very hard to find

 

[jasonrusso]

They are essentially the same but skeletons are very hard to find

That's what I'm finding.

 

[Fishguru4u]

I have no association with this site, nor have I ever used it...but they are available: https://petesaquariums.com/shop/saltwater-aquarium-fish/eels/golden-moray-eel/

 

[jasonrusso]

I have no association with this site, nor have I ever used it...but they are available: https://petesaquariums.com/shop/saltwater-aquarium-fish/eels/golden-moray-eel/

Hmm, thank you for this. There is one other I saw that doesn't want to respond to me.

 

[littlefoxx]

Likely getting a skelator or chain link. They seem like the same eel except for the coloring. Is that accurate? Same tempermant?

Chain links seem more available.

Ive been looking for a year now for a skeletor… no luck

 

[eelman07]

Ive been looking for a year now for a skeletor… no luck

Live Aquaria has them, have they been in stock in the past year?

 

[Fishfreak2009]

I personally keep a 36" zebra (Gymnomuraena zebra) in my 8' 240 gallon, and it is a perfect fish. Doesn't bother anyone, completely ignores the damsels, dottyback, and hawkfish.

I also recently added a 22" white eye moray (Gymnothorax thyrsoideus) to the same system and so far, it has been the same. The previous owner had it with a variety of small fish for over 2 years and had zero fish disappear. Seems to primarily feed on octopus in the wild, mine happily eats squid, octopus, shrimp, and clam on the half shell, even eats jumbo mysis off the substrate if the fish don't get it before it hits the bottom. Also ignores any small fish, even gets driven out of the one rock pile periodically by the 3" neon dottyback. They usually top out at 18" or so in captivity, but can reach as long as 26".