Snowflake eel experiences - Page 2

fishoholic · #1 06-07-2012, 04:16 AM

Thanks for all the replies still fairly mixed *sigh*

I really want a zebra eel but I know one would be to big for my 80g so I had thought about putting a zebra in my 230g fowlr but my blue line trigger might pick on one (more likely then not, but hard to say for sure) so I'm not sure about taking that risk. Thought about selling my trigger so I could get a zebra eel but even though my trigger can be mean at times I do like him so I'm not sure I could bring myself to sell him (debating that still) so then I thought I really miss having an eel (used to have a golden moray) so why not get a snowflake, thinking that would be perfect until I heard they could eat fish

Guess it'll be something to think about for awhile.

2bafish · #2 06-06-2012, 03:53 PM

Mine never ate fish or even crustaceans. But he does get fed every other day. Hes very aggresive during feeding time. So far he killed 2 clownfish by confusing them with food. Just took a bite out of them during feeding cause he is pretty much blind. Very nice looking eels imo. And a interesting addition to the tank.

paddyob · #3 06-06-2012, 04:40 PM

Ask your bosses. They are knowledgable folks at AI.

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Originally Posted by fishoholic

I was thinking of getting one but a friend of mine mentioned that they eat small fish. I had always thought snowflakes were one of the types of eels that normally wouldn't eat fish. Now obviously I wouldn't trust one with tiny goby's but I thought fish that were over 1" would be fine. I did a lot of reading when I googled snowflake eel eating fish and of course got many mixed reviews. Wet web media swears they do not eat fish (only crustaceans) but there was a few threads people posted that said the eel ate their fish.

The snowflake eel I was thinking of getting is 6" which is still pretty small. It would go into my 80g, which makes a good tank for an eel because it doesn't have an overflow for the eel to get stuck in and has an egg create cover. My main concern is that I have a small 1" thornback boxfish and 2 wrasses which are about 2" in size. Obviously I don't want them to get eaten.

Any thoughts? What has been others experiences?