Lion fish and eels

Coralgurl · #1 03-07-2012, 02:14 AM

That video is awesome, thanks for sharing! I think that's what I'm going to do, ponies and lion fish. Will start researching. Out of habit I keep looking in the 55 but it's empty and sad looking.

Coralgurl · #2 03-07-2012, 02:16 AM

I saw ghost eels this past weekend, very cool looking! Yours looks cute....

Coralgurl · #3 03-07-2012, 02:27 AM

I can see why, do you not have it running anymore?

subman · #4 03-07-2012, 02:30 AM

no I went on holidays and lost the ponies and the dwarf lion

moved the eel to my 90 gal. and now my son has that tank in his room.

subman · #5 03-07-2012, 02:33 AM

Sphelps is right not easy but in my opinion worth it. avoid the snowflakes, there are better eels just not as easy to get or as cheap.

Coralgurl · #6 03-07-2012, 02:43 AM

I'm not going to go out and buy everything at once or even right away. I have no experience with any of these, so will start with one at a time. Tank is too small for a full size lion so will look for a dwarf. I also don't want to worry about rehoming anything so will make sure I get the right eel for the tank, if I get one. I just like that I could have this combo in the future.

jagermaier · #7 03-07-2012, 02:47 AM

Keep in mind that eels are amazing escape artists! You will need a covered tank as well as your overflow.

sphelps · #8 03-07-2012, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Coralgurl

I'm not going to go out and buy everything at once or even right away. I have no experience with any of these, so will start with one at a time. Tank is too small for a full size lion so will look for a dwarf. I also don't want to worry about rehoming anything so will make sure I get the right eel for the tank, if I get one. I just like that I could have this combo in the future.

Well the first trick to these tank mates is adding seahorse first, then a fully trained lion after. The horses should be comfortable in the tank without stress and establish a feeding ritual. With a lion in place already it may be more territorial, then add a stressed seahorse and a ton of food in attempts of establishing good eating habits and you're likely to have an issue.

Again my advice is to pick one or the other, lions or seahorses. Once you have experience with both you could consider them as being tank mates.

sphelps · #9 03-07-2012, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by subman

no I went on holidays and lost the ponies and the dwarf lion

moved the eel to my 90 gal. and now my son has that tank in his room.

Is that a dwarf lion in the video?

subman · #10 03-07-2012, 02:19 AM

It was truly my favorite Tank

I think it was sphelps that had a tank with them too