Ro Bow
Valuable Member
Im planning on having a pair of blue ribbon eels, i will try feeding frozen silversides, if it doesnt work i will try feeding guppies, mollies, or goldfish. I want to know how to care for it. Thanks
ribbon eel care
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a hill
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Do you have any experience with other expert only type fish? These need a very large specialized tank and most still end up with dead eels.
I recommend reading the threads here to start learning about them. I’m not one to say “use the search function” however I think that’s probably the best way to start in this case. That way you can sort through all the threads about the eels and go from there.
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MaxTremors
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Just don’t. Your name is literally ‘new to reef tanks’, it’s very clear based on your other thread that you haven’t done much research. Ribbon eels are really a species that just shouldn’t be in captivity, even expert aquarists rarely (as in basically never) have any success in keeping them long term. I know you think that you’ll somehow be able to beat the odds, but we’re talking about the life of a living creature. The reality of what this experiment will turn out to be is you paying upwards of $500 to watch an eel starve to death. Think about it this way, would you take a snake out of the wild if it had a less than 1% chance of surviving in captivity? What about fox? Or a monkey? Why are those odds of survival acceptable because we’re talking about an eel?
And yes, I know you’re not personally taking it out of the wild, but by purchasing it, you’re encouraging your lfs to order species like this, which encourages wholesalers to carry them, which encourages divers/collectors to collect them from the wild, they wouldn’t be collected if people didn’t buy them. So don’t add to the problem, there are plenty of other eel species that do well in captivity, many that are just as beautiful and just as interesting, and that won’t slowly starve to death.
reefinatl
Well-Known Member
Basically any eel except those will be fairly easy.
Dragon eels are pretty cool, but $$$
Tesselated look pretty good but are very aggressive
Snow flakes are cheap, peaceful, and look good.
Dragon eels are pretty cool, but $$$
Tesselated look pretty good but are very aggressive
Snow flakes are cheap, peaceful, and look good.
