Anyone know about Eels?

monocus · #1 06-16-2012, 07:11 PM

i have a snowflake and a zebra living in the same tank.it is a 220 gal though.they usually stay together and have their heads out the same hole at feeding time.then it always depends on the fish itself.my snowflake is almost 3' long and my zebra is almost 4'

ChefFish · #2 06-16-2012, 07:19 PM

My zebra is a dwarf and won't get any bigger then 6 inches. But my sniwflake is very docile. Maybe I will give it a try.

Mandosh · #3 06-16-2012, 07:47 PM

I've never heard of a dwarf zebra eel, especially one that only grows to 6". Even golden dwarfs get bigger than that. Do you have any other info on it? species name? maybe a picture?

ChefFish · #4 06-16-2012, 08:43 PM

Here is a pic, sorry about the quality. The person I bought him from got him in Edmonton. He was only the second one they had ever seen. I can find no information online about him. All I was told was that it is a dwarf zebra eel. Any info anyone has would be appreciated.

Nate · #5 06-16-2012, 09:04 PM

It's not an eel, it's an engineer goby or convict Benny.

There are multiple groups doing insane amounts of research on them at the moment. Biggest one I've seen in captivity is about 14 inches.

ChefFish · #6 06-16-2012, 09:54 PM

Thank you Nate, I have been trying to figure him out for a month or so. Anybody ever put one with an eel?

Mandosh · #7 06-16-2012, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate

It's not an eel, it's an engineer goby.

I had a feeling it might be an engineer goby. On the upside, it should do just fine with the snowflake eel.

ChefFish · #8 06-16-2012, 11:17 PM

Thanx everyone, its amazing how much false information is out there in this hobby.

wow · #9 06-17-2012, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ChefFish

Here is a pic, sorry about the quality. The person I bought him from got him in Edmonton. He was only the second one they had ever seen. I can find no information online about him. All I was told was that it is a dwarf zebra eel. Any info anyone has would be appreciated.

yea its an engineer goby and i have that living with a white eye morrey and a blue ribbon eel in 180gal. they are living happily together and sharing the same cave too

subman · #10 06-17-2012, 02:24 AM

for what its worth now I had an adult snowflake and a dwarf golden eel together in a 90 for many years with no problems at all.