Golden Dwarf Moray Eel (Gymnothorax melatremus)

wickedfrags · #1 03-27-2008, 01:12 PM

Great purchase, a facinating animal. These are awesome eels that stay small, and at that size it is pretty much full grown.

ElGuappo · #2 03-27-2008, 09:56 PM

i am going to asume that these are not reef safe????????

Delphinus · #3 03-27-2008, 10:01 PM

On the contrary actually!

Well, technically, anything that fits into a moray's mouth is food. But the golden drawf moray is about 12" max size and said to have the body diameter similar to that of a pen ... so basically all but the smallest of the small are fairly safe with this eel.

In fact they say a 20g nano tank would make an ideal home for one of these!

justinl · #4 03-27-2008, 10:51 PM

imo i dont think any eel should go into anyhting less than a 50 including these guys. but at any rate, yeah these guys are "reef safe" in the sense that they dont really bother corals and their body size is thin enough that they probably wouldnt topple the rockwork like some bigger eels; they are also the kind of eel that preys more on inverts and generally leaves most fish alone. but anyways, yours is a beautiful critter for sure. Hope you have a lid on his tank.

workn2hard2day · #5 03-28-2008, 09:37 PM

Nice Eel, get a really tight well fit lid. Our 1st used salt tank purchase came with a snowflake. He didn't learn his lesson and one trip too many outside the confines of his home landed him in the dogs mouth

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Kim.

subman · #6 03-27-2009, 03:01 AM

Here's a pic:

Delphinus · #7 03-27-2009, 03:05 AM

Awesome!!

subman · #8 03-27-2009, 04:12 AM

Thanks!
I was sorry to read about yours I've been very lucky with mine he ate the night i put him in! I guess I have Jason (edmonton eskimo) to thank for that though.

Chaloupa · #9 03-27-2008, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElGuappo

i am going to asume that these are not reef safe????????

Hey Tony! thanks for the quick answer on that^^...in my tank I don't have any inverts other than a clean up crew (not many left after the coris wrasse finished them up) and a starfish. His tank mates are a pair of Gold Stripe Maroon Clowns, a Copperband Butterfly and a Coris Wrasse (5"). That's it...and I don't "plan" on much more.

Hey Justin....he's in a 120g with lots of caves, rock etc. and one heck of a good skimmer! I do have a lid on the tank as I read as much information about them prior to the purchase. I think I may beef it up a bit more this weekend though just to be sure.

Delphinus · #10 03-28-2008, 12:12 AM

Justin you may well be correct. I'm only spouting off bits and pieces that I've read. I think it might have been wetwebmedia.com where I read the bit about a 20g, but it was something to the effect that the larger the tank with more and more rockwork increases the likelihood of you never seeing them because they can hide so well.