Hitchhiker Eel ID please

Delphinus · #1 03-27-2013, 04:29 AM

If you happen to get a positive ID on a different forum please post back the findings here. I'm very interested to hear what others think as well.

If you ever want to sell him, please let me know, I'll make sure he gets a good home!!!

iishanreef · #2 03-27-2013, 04:50 AM

my LFS is JL aquatics in Burnaby BC. what my be a possibility is that the blue eyes with black stripe go along with the yellow colour, so maybe the darker golden morays do not have this. unfortunatly i forget where the rock, which i suspect he came with, was from; it was this beautiful 15-20 very porous rock in a small tank with nothing else that i got from a small FS in north vancouver. they do not usually carry anything too exotic(they are sort of a beginner type store) like eels, but apparently they have VERY good taste in LR.

daniella3d · #3 03-27-2013, 06:31 AM

wow, hard to beleive that this heel survived a trip on probably semi-dry liverock for hours and hours, without water...

Delphinus · #4 03-27-2013, 02:23 PM

J&L! Haha I was wondering. That's not exactly next door to Bowen Island though, no? Or is it not too bad to hop on a ferry and head into town? Man I check their N&N page every day. I wish they would put stuff like this on there from time to time!

I'm going to take a closer look at mine's eyes. I don't really remember him having much of a black stripe.

iishanreef · #5 03-27-2013, 04:32 PM

ya its a little less than 2 hours to get from the store to bowen where my tank is but right now im living in port moody,for school, which is not far from J&L. it takes the day if im goin from bowen to JL and back, but well worth it. on weekends now i go back to bowen to see my tank ...and parents. Someone on BCaquaria forum suggested it could be a Chestnut Moray but i dont think so because Chestnuts have a curved, hook-shaped jaw. do u have any pic of ur eel that u could post Delphinus?

lastlight · #6 03-27-2013, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by iishanreef

do u have any pic of ur eel that u could post Delphinus?

it's a really beautiful specimen. i had the pleasure of looking after it once.

iishanreef · #7 03-28-2013, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by daniella3d

wow, hard to beleive that this heel survived a trip on probably semi-dry liverock for hours and hours, without water...

it is amazing isnt it, ive heard that eels are able to be out of water for short periods, in the wild they can crawl between tide-pools to hunt trapped fish

iishanreef · #8 03-28-2013, 07:20 PM

heres some pics i got last night
how do i post them so that they are showed along with text?

Delphinus · #9 03-28-2013, 11:08 PM

Whoa, he looks positively pink or purpleish. Now I'm not so sure what he is. It's freakin' gorgeous whatever he is.

Have you tried posting the pictures anywhere else? I'm almost tempted to suggest writing into the folks at webwebmedia.com and showing them the pictures to see what they suggest. If you do, please post back any reply you get.

Here are some of their pages with info on eels..
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume.../eels/Eels.htm
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/morays.htm

iishanreef · #10 03-29-2013, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Whoa, he looks positively pink or purpleish. Now I'm not so sure what he is. It's freakin' gorgeous whatever he is.

Have you tried posting the pictures anywhere else? I'm almost tempted to suggest writing into the folks at webwebmedia.com and showing them the pictures to see what they suggest. If you do, please post back any reply you get.

Ive noticed he has a slight green shimmer when the light catches him just right. i just sent an email to wet web media so ill let you know when i get a reply. thanks for that suggestion btw, WWM is probly the most amazing site ive ever seen!