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12-29-2009, 08:28 PM
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I bought a snowflake eel a few years back and loved him, would come out for hand feeding, would wrap around my hand and arm, very friendly and very nice to see when he was cruising the tank glass. He did however eat both my 2 cleaner shrimp in the first two hours of being introduced to my tank. He did not bother any other tank mates but make sure your rock is stable.
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12-30-2009, 12:02 AM
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I've had mine for over 4 years and I've never tried putting any shrimp with him. However after seeing some pictures I thought it might be possible but I guess they behave a little bit different in nature.
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12-31-2009, 04:42 AM
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mine ate my peppermint shrimp a while back. don't see why it won't go for the cleaner shrimp
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 i thought you weren't supposed to hand feed eels lolLast edited by injektion; 12-31-2009 at 04:44 AM.
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12-31-2009, 06:15 AM
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hand feeding of most eels is a bad idea. snowflakes are one of the pebble toothed eels... they don't have the wicked fangs that are what people typically think of when someone says eel. they can still do damage (not certain to what degree) but aren't as dangerous and are often more docile than their fang-toothed cousins.
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12-31-2009, 07:51 AM
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When I had a 1.5'-2' snowflake I could hand feed him too. The problem was that every time I would put my hands in the tank he would bother me for food. He bit me a few times too...doesn't really hurt but doesn't feel too good.
On one dive in Trinidad (South Caribbean) I saw a large eel being cleaned by both a cleaner shrimp and some sort cleaner fish and that was really cool!
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