Open up and say "Ahhhhh"

superduperwesman · #1 11-24-2008, 05:48 AM

eels creep me out... give me the willies... especially the ones that swim around a lot

Keri · #2 11-24-2008, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by superduperwesman

eels creep me out... give me the willies... especially the ones that swim around a lot

Wanna come play with my snakes?

superduperwesman · #3 11-24-2008, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Keri

Wanna come play with my snakes?

ahah thats ok... I was over and my buddies when he fed it a live rat... NASTY!

I mean it's kinda cool to watch but I'd never want one... and I'm not really into touching them.

I guess a buddy of a buddy of mine (ahah now it sounds like a "story" but it's true) had a big boa and he had to go out of town for a bit and got his girlfriend to watch it... and she woke up after an afternoon nap and the thing was stretch ed out beside her... like straight as the thing could get... tight as a guitar string so she calls the vet to tell him what's up and he's like get outta there right now! The snake is sizing you up!???

justinl · #4 11-24-2008, 06:42 AM

wes, whoaaa that is pretty freaky. how big was the boa? Im getting myself a cornsake soon (lol definitely not a boa)

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Tony, I remember you were having trouble getting the little guy to eat. What finally did it? something live?

EmilyB · #5 11-24-2008, 06:50 AM

That's so great.

I love eels, I still say the only thing I have left to do before I leave the hobby is get another zebra moray, and devote a tank to it.

superduperwesman · #6 11-24-2008, 06:50 AM

Thankfully small enough I guess

But I think it was a pretty good size?

I'll ask my buddy about it again next time I see him... b/c I also forget why it was even out??

ElGuappo · #7 11-24-2008, 08:10 AM

My cousin had a 6 ft python go missing then 2 cats went missing then winter came and all was well. they lived on an acridge by okotoks.

Delphinus · #8 11-24-2008, 04:53 PM

I don't mind the wee little snakes.. I don't think I could handle the feeding aspect though. An eel will do.

It was the most stressful period for the first month that he wasn't eating. Squid was what finally won over this guy. Not the stuff I bought initially from the supermarket, but I eventually bought some from an LFS that is a sort of shredded squid in frozen cubes. Since then he's eaten with gusto the squid, and then clams, mussels and oysters on the half shell. (I buy them at T&T anyhow for the sake of my CBB, I freeze them then slice them in half when I take them out .. well I guess the oysters I more technically just "smash with a hammer"). He's also had some cut prawn but he doesn't seem to like it as much.

I've made up some glass covers for the tank. I initially had an eggcrate cover but I think he could fit through eggcrate if he wanted so I went with glass. I also had to put gutter guard on the overflow as I found him in the sump on day 3.

I had some browning out in the zoanthids because until I had the glass covers cut right, I used cargo netting tied over the tank. It turns out this tank isn't quite as square as I thought it was .. so I had to get the edges of the covers ground down to match the slight trapezoidal effect going on in there. I have it in 3 sections - one in the front with a cabinet knob I can lift to feed or access the tank, a middle section that is about 1mm too wide still so a very snug fit, and then the back I had to make out of acrylic to work around the locline return and the air valve in the Stockman overflow. I didn't realize how bad the acrylic would sag so I had to make a sort of stepping piece so that the acrylic can rest on top of the glass. I actually wanted to have a glass piece cut but apparently just to get a piece of glass on the CnC table would cost $250 so .. um yeah I kinda needed to find a "more better economical" way.

Think the latin on this guy is actually G.melatremus. I think G. miliaris is yellower and not a dwarf (max size around 70cm?). This guy is tiny.