Blue ribbon eel

fishoholic · #1 07-04-2009, 01:31 AM

I was at Marine Aquaria the other day and they had a blue ribbon eel in their space tank. I thought he was cool so I thought I'd share some pic.'s

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bignose · #2 07-04-2009, 02:00 AM

wow it has some amazing color!

sharuq1 · #3 07-04-2009, 02:13 AM

Those things are so cool. Great pic, thx for sharing

banditpowdercoat · #4 07-04-2009, 03:25 AM

Neato, but would terrify me to put my hand in my tank

fishoholic · #5 07-04-2009, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

Neato, but would terrify me to put my hand in my tank

Not me I think he's so cool, I'd probably hand feed him.

If I had a closed escape proof big enough tank to put him in (or the extra money to set one up) I would've bought him in a heart beat. Too bad he'd escape from my open top side overflow 230g tank. Most likely he'd go for many rides into the overflow and into the sump, and eventually leave the refugium area he'd fist get dumped into and have a bad run in with a pump

Not worth the risk since I know eels love to escape down overflows and jump out of tanks *sigh* it's too bad they don't stay put.

Edmonton Eskimo · #6 07-04-2009, 07:27 PM

unless it's just the pic he looks like he has some lesions on his body.

fishoholic · #7 07-04-2009, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Edmonton Eskimo

unless it's just the pic he looks like he has some lesions on his body.

It's probably just the pic. I suck at taking pic.'s. If you're referring to the back marks, they are just patches of colour not lesions.

justinl · #8 07-04-2009, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by fishoholic

Most likely he'd go for many rides into the overflow and into the sump, and eventually leave the refugium area he'd fist get dumped into and have a bad run in with a pump

it's a lot more likely that it will die before this happens. these eels suck in captivity.

Piscez · #9 07-04-2009, 09:44 PM

J&L have a couple of these for sale also

fishoholic · #10 07-04-2009, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by justinl

it's a lot more likely that it will die before this happens. these eels suck in captivity.

I was reading about that. I guess about 95% will never eat in captivity so they slowly starve to death. However this one is eating, not a lot but it is eating a little bit.