Zebra moray eel (What info)

[sphelps]

I had one for about a year before I sold the tank and all its contents.



It did swim around in the day on occasion but not very often although I don't think it was all that active at night either. It could always be be seen though, sticking its head out of the rock. It did seem to leave smaller fish alone, but I've found all eels I've kept to be the same. They have poor vision and seem to relay on smell, and they can definitely detect stressed out fish. If a fish is dying the eel would find it quickly and eat it. If a fish was healthy, it was like it wasn't even there to the eel. Even feeding frozen was difficult as it took so long for the eel find it or grab it from tongs, but they could often catch live freshwater feeder fish.

[EmilyB]

Zebra morays are crustacean eaters, not fish eaters. I just love them. I had one once, and yes he was very visible. I bought crab legs to feed him.

Then one day, he disappeared, and a bit of stripped skin floated by. He had wormed his way through the overflow and ended up in the sump pump.

[fishoholic]

The one at the LFS is eating frozen krill but knowing that there is a strong possibility that one day he'll be found dead in the sump or on the floor, we decided against buying him.

justinl, I read through a lot of web info I can't remember which site said what, but I thought two of them said that out of all the types of eels, zebras were less likely to escape then some of the others.

Thank-you everyone for your reply's.