Anyone know about Eels?

jagermaier · #1 06-16-2012, 06:50 PM

Your snowflake would make a meal out of your dwarf zebra in no time. I had a snowflake that went after anything that crossed its path...!!

ChefFish · #2 06-16-2012, 06:53 PM

Thanx guys, right now the snowflake is living peacefully with 5 peppermint shrimp. As long as we feed him well he seems pretty docile. Guess thats not going to last.

reefwars · #3 06-16-2012, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ChefFish

Thanx guys, right now the snowflake is living peacefully with 5 peppermint shrimp. As long as we feed him well he seems pretty docile. Guess thats not going to last.

it could last the trick is keeping it well fed with a variety of foods, shrimp like peppermints have ways of staying out of harms way. as he gets to mature size his territory is basically his lair so he defends it a bit more agressively and explores around less

monocus · #4 06-16-2012, 07:11 PM

i have a snowflake and a zebra living in the same tank.it is a 220 gal though.they usually stay together and have their heads out the same hole at feeding time.then it always depends on the fish itself.my snowflake is almost 3' long and my zebra is almost 4'

ChefFish · #5 06-16-2012, 07:19 PM

My zebra is a dwarf and won't get any bigger then 6 inches. But my sniwflake is very docile. Maybe I will give it a try.

Mandosh · #6 06-16-2012, 07:47 PM

I've never heard of a dwarf zebra eel, especially one that only grows to 6". Even golden dwarfs get bigger than that. Do you have any other info on it? species name? maybe a picture?

ChefFish · #7 06-16-2012, 08:43 PM

Here is a pic, sorry about the quality. The person I bought him from got him in Edmonton. He was only the second one they had ever seen. I can find no information online about him. All I was told was that it is a dwarf zebra eel. Any info anyone has would be appreciated.

Nate · #8 06-16-2012, 09:04 PM

It's not an eel, it's an engineer goby or convict Benny.

There are multiple groups doing insane amounts of research on them at the moment. Biggest one I've seen in captivity is about 14 inches.

wow · #9 06-17-2012, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ChefFish

Here is a pic, sorry about the quality. The person I bought him from got him in Edmonton. He was only the second one they had ever seen. I can find no information online about him. All I was told was that it is a dwarf zebra eel. Any info anyone has would be appreciated.

yea its an engineer goby and i have that living with a white eye morrey and a blue ribbon eel in 180gal. they are living happily together and sharing the same cave too