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[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

Glad to hear he's eating Out of curiosity what is the smallest size tank suitable for this eel?

Hard to say. I've heard two schools of thought on this: big or small. Big because they'll have more room and be comfortable sooner. Small because you might never see them in a bigger tank. Who knows.

This guy is in a 20g for now .. but .. my intention has always been to move him into a bigger tank when the tank is ready. He's in there by himself and I think I would see more of him if he had other tankmates to create movement in there. Plus, having to have a cover on top of the small tank has resulted in brownout in the majority of my zoanthids (this was originally just my zoanthid tank). Soooo .. in hindsight I'm not sure I'm crazy about the small tank suggestion. I guess it's OK if it's setup just for the eel but trying to make a tank service two goals like this .. I dunno, it's a little disappointing seeing all the wonderful hues of reds, pinks, blue, greens, yellows, orange ...etc .. all turn into less wonderful hues of brown, more brown, or brownest.