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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sean on August 25, 2013, 09:10:20 PM

Title: Eels with peacocks?
Post by: Sean on August 25, 2013, 09:10:20 PM

I was wondering about mixing a freshwater snowflake eel with my peacock?

Title: Re: Eels with peacocks?
Post by: Steve on August 25, 2013, 09:34:18 PM

I could be wrong but I thought they were more of a brackish water critter?

Title: Re: Eels with peacocks?
Post by: Sean on August 25, 2013, 09:38:03 PM

They may be, haven't really done much research, just wanted to see if it was possible before i did. If they are maybe ill try it with some puffers instead

Title: Re: Eels with peacocks?
Post by: African cichlid Keeper on August 25, 2013, 09:39:48 PM

snowflake eel are Brackish

Title: Re: Eels with peacocks?
Post by: Sean on August 25, 2013, 09:41:37 PM

Do you know of any that arent?

Title: Re: Eels with peacocks?
Post by: Loon36cf on August 25, 2013, 10:16:02 PM

Fire eel and tire track are some nice fresh water eels but they get big so you will need a big enough tank

Title: Re: Eels with peacocks?
Post by: Sean on August 25, 2013, 10:17:36 PM

How big would you suggest? I was thinking my 55

Title: Re: Eels with peacocks?
Post by: African cichlid Keeper on August 25, 2013, 10:18:26 PM

Quote from: CrazyCoolPeacocks on August 25, 2013, 09:41:37 PM

Do you know of any that arent?

Eels? There are lots of type of eels. But the family of eels I know about are the Mastacembelidae.

The one that don't get up to 40" are Peacock Eel,  Zig Zag Eel.

Then there the one that get up to 40" which are the Tire track eel and the fire eel. Oh and they grown a inch per month.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastacembelus

Mastacembelus is a genus of many species of spiny eel fish from the family Mastacembelidae. Some species are relatively common in the aquarium trade such as the Fire eel (M. erythrotaenia) and Zig-zag eel, (M. armatus) (also called the Tire track eel although M. favus is properly given the common name of Tire track eel)

Title: Re: Eels with peacocks?
Post by: Sean on August 25, 2013, 10:29:52 PM

Thanks! I think I might try a peacock eel then

Title: Re: Eels with peacocks?
Post by: African cichlid Keeper on August 25, 2013, 10:33:17 PM

Quote from: CrazyCoolPeacocks on August 25, 2013, 10:29:52 PM

Thanks! I think I might try a peacock eel then

yup. I have kept a fire eel but when he got to 17" then I had to give him to a guy who had a 300 gal. And now he's 32".  ;)

Title: Re: Eels with peacocks?
Post by: linuxrulesusa on August 25, 2013, 11:03:13 PM

Quote from: CrazyCoolPeacocks on August 25, 2013, 09:38:03 PM

They may be, haven't really done much research, just wanted to see if it was possible before i did. If they are maybe ill try it with some puffers instead

Snowflake eels are brackish.  I would not mix most if any other brackish fish though with puffers.  Fig 8 puffer could work with a dragon goby or bumblebee goby.  Green Spotted puffers could woro with some full SW fish as they need closer to full marine salinity when grown.  There are freshwater puffers but they do best in species only tanks.

Title: Re: Eels with peacocks?
Post by: Sean on August 26, 2013, 07:11:32 AM

Ok. Thanks!