Unknown Eel, please help!!

[Mkkari]

Hi guys,

I am buying this tank from this guy and he got this eel (which he says is not an eel and doesn't know the name). I hope someone can help me identify her. I could not get any pics coz it was hiding all the time but found a video on youtube.


Thanks

 

[piranhaman00]

No expert but looks like Echidna catenata (Chain Moray)

Edit: I see the fins now, not an eel!

 

[Johniejumbo]

That appears to be a full grown engineer goby. I had a group of them years ago. Loads of fun in a tank but they live up to the name. They will build tunnels and move sand like you wouldn’t believe. I had them in a 75g with about 4” of various sizes sand and rubble. The tank was different every day.

 

[DrMMI]

That's an engineer goby. I have three of them on my tank. They'll form burrows under the rocks and really only ever stick their heads out for food. Supposedly if they get big enough, they can eat any small fish that will fit in their mouth, but they're otherwise reef safe

 

[14 foot reef]

100% Engineer Goby.

 

[najer]

Engineer goby, love mine.

 

[Mkkari]

No expert but looks like Echidna catenata (Chain Moray)

Edit: I see the fins now, not an eel!

Yeah I was confused after I saw the find myself. His was like almost 4 inches. I would have never guessed it was a goby.

 

[Mkkari]

That appears to be a full grown engineer goby. I had a group of them years ago. Loads of fun in a tank but they live up to the name. They will build tunnels and move sand like you wouldn’t believe. I had them in a 75g with about 4” of various sizes sand and rubble. The tank was different every day.

Hmm now that is a problem, I am planning to get some sexy shrimps or harlequins but guess that ain't happening.

 

[Mkkari]

That appears to be a full grown engineer goby. I had a group of them years ago. Loads of fun in a tank but they live up to the name. They will build tunnels and move sand like you wouldn’t believe. I had them in a 75g with about 4” of various sizes sand and rubble. The tank was different every day.

Hmm, I was thinking of starting a bare bottom tank. So probably she will be donated to the local fish store.

 

[Miller535]

They also get up to a foot long. So those are going to be big tunnels.