EEL assistance required please for a REEF & VERTEBRATE SAFE tank.

[r0cksteady]

Hi All,

Ive just come from the thread in the "New To The Hobby" - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...18#post10900318
and they recommended I come a seek advice here on "Eels" im considering stocking.

Below ive listed the hardware and stocking options. Please feel free to comment on any other areas you may feel need improving but the main area I need assistance is for the "Eels" and their compatibility with others and each other or maybe even Eels that I haven't considered. Mainly I need 1-2 eels that wont eat my REEF\VERTEBRATES\FISH and preferably something colorful and unique. Thanks

Tank Details:

5ft (5ft x 2ft x 3ft) = 224 US Gallons (187 UK Gallons) or 850 Litres

100 Kg of Live Rock

60 Kg of Coral Sand Substrate

Lighting - SunSun 2 x 250W Metal Halide Reflector 20K + 2 x 54W T5HO + Moonlight 7 LED

Protein Skimmer - Undecided

Heater - 300 Watt Jager Eheim

Filter - Sump with pump.

Power Heads - 4 x Hydor Koralia


FISH

CLOWNFISH
1 x Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
1 x Black & White Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris var)

DAMSELFISH
1 x Blue Reef Chromis (Blue Reef Chromis) - non agressive

DRAGONETS (Add later after tank is established)
1 x Green Mandarinfish (Pterosynchiropus splendidus, Synchiropus splendidus)
1 x Spotted Mandarinfish (Synchiropus picturatus)

GOBIES, DARTFISH AND JAWFISH
1 x Green Clown Goby (Gobiodon atrangulatus)
1 x Neon Goby (Elacatinus oceanops)
1 x Purple Tilefish (Hoplolatilus purpureus) OR Black Cap Basslet (Gramma melacara)
1 x Yellow Watchman Goby (Cryptocentrus cinctus) - MUST BE PURCHASED WITH PISTOL SHRIMP ALREADY PAIRED

Blennies
1 x Jewelled Rockskipper \ Lawnmower Blenny (Salarias fasciatus)
1 x Midas Blenny (Ecsenius midas) OR 1 x Bicolor Blenny (Ecsenius bicolor)
1 x Tube Blenny (Acanthemblemaria)

CARDINALFISH
2 x Banggai Cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni)

TANGS AND SURGEONFISH
1 x Chevron Tang (Chevron Tang)
1 x Tomini Bristletooth Tang (Ctenochaetus tominiensis)

TRIGGERS
1 x Bluechin Triggerfish (Xanthichthys auromarginatus)

WRASSE
2 x Banded Possum Wrasse (Wetmorella sp)
1 x Exquisite Fairy Wrasse (Exquisite Fairy Wrasse)
2 x Filamented Flasher Wrasse (Filamented Flasher Wrasse)
1 x Five Bar Wrasse (Psuedochellinus mysterii)
1 x Yellowstreaked Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus luteovittatus)


INVERTERBRATES

EELS
1 x Filamented Sand Eel (Trichonotus setigerus)
1 x Hass's Garden Eel (Taenioconger hassi)

STAR FISH (Add later)
1 x Blue Starfish (Linckia laevigata)
1 x Orange Sea Star (Echinaster sp)

SHRIMP
1 x Pedersons Anemone Shrimp (Periclimenes pedersoni)
2 x Peppermint Shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni)
1 x Spotted Anemone Shrimp
2 x Hinge-beak Shrimp (Rhynchocinetes spp)
2 x Blood Shrimp (Lysmata debelius)
4 x Indo-Pacific White-Striped Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)
1 x Pistol Shrimp (Alpheus sp) - MUST BE PURCHASED WITH WATCHMAN GOBY ALREADY PAIRED

Crabs (MUST ADD EMPTY SHELLS FOR THEIR GROWTH)
4 x Purple Porcelain Crabs OR Porcelain Anemone Crab (Neopetrolisthes ohshimai)
1 x Emerald Crab (Mithrax sculptus)
1 x Dwarf Blue Leg Hermit Crab (Clibanarius tricolor)
1 x Left-handed Hermit Crab (Calcinus laevimanus)
4 x Red Reef Hermit Crab (Paguristes cadenati)
4 x Dwarf Zebra Hermit Crab (Coenobiata species)
4 x Scarlet Hermit Crab (Paguristes cadenati)

SCALLOPS & OYSTERS - (Add later after tank is established)
2 x Electric Flame Scallop (Lima sp)
2 x Flame Scallop (Lima scabra)
1 x Paguriste scadenati

SEA CUCUMBERS
1 x Sand Sifting Sea Cucumber (Sand Sifting Sea Cucumber)

SEA SLUGS & NUDIBRANCHS
1 x Lettuce Sea Slug (Tridachia crispata)

CLAMS (Add later after tank is established)
2 x Crocea Clam (Tridacna crocea)
1 x Maxima Clam (Tridacna maxima)
1 x Squamosa Clam (Tridacna squamosa)

SNAILS
5 x Bumble Bee Snail (Pusiostoma sp)
10 x Mexican Red Foot Snail (Norrisia norrisii)
20 x Nassarius Snails (Nassarius sp)
5 x Banded Trochus Snail (Trochus sp)
5 x Astraea Snail (Astraea tecta)
5 x Turbo Snail (Turbo sp)

CORALS

HARD CORALS
1 x Artichoke/Button Coral (Scolymia sp)
1 x Bird's Nest Coral (Seriatopora sp)
1 x Brain Coral (Trachyphyllia sp)
1 x Green Bubble Coral (Plerogyra sp)
1 x Candy Cane Coral (Caulastrea furcata)
1 x Cat's Paw/Club Finger Coral (Stylophora sp)
1 x Daisy/Flowerpot Coral (Alveopora sp)
1 X Elegance Coral (Cataphyllia sp)
1 x Lobophyllia Brain Coral (Lobophyllia sp.)
1 x Plate/Disk Coral (Fungia sp)

MUSHROOM CORALS
3 x Ricordea Mushroom Coral (Ricordea yuma) - Different colours

SOFT CORALS

1 x Acalycigorgia Sea Fan (Acalycigorgia sp)
1 x Clove/Glove Poly (Clavularia sp)
1 x Green Star Polyp (Pachyclavularia sp)

ANEMONES (Need to be 12" apart)
2 x Bubble Tip Anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) - Different Colours

FAN WORMS \ FEATHER DUSTERS (ANNELIDS)
1 x Christmas Tree Worm (Spirobranchus sp)
1 x Cluster Duster (Bispira brunnea)
1 x Dwarf Colored Feather Duster (Bispira sp)
1 x Hard Tubeworm (Protula bispiralis)
1 x Feather Duster (Sabellastarte sp)

MACROALGAE
1 X Sea Grape (Botryocladia sp)

Thanks again for taking the time to read such a huge post.red

 

[Pea-brain]

......eels are vertebrates. This is the invertebrates forum...not understanding your question?

 

[r0cksteady]

lol sorry wrong spot. Though I could use with your opinions on the vertebrates I have and whether they will get along ok or not.

 

[nauticac4]

skip the eel and get an engineer goby. They have nice a cool transition from juvinille to adult and wont harm your inverts. I have one in my reef and he is a trip to watch. Has a nice network of burrows under the rocks and usually has his head out looking around and will dart out to catch food at feeding time.

 

[r0cksteady]

Thanks for that I am planning on leaving them off the list unless someone was able to mention a particular eel known for its placidness or vertebrate safeness.

 

[r0cksteady]

Any other ideas on where I can/should improve?

 

[r0cksteady]

Ive just read about a heap of people who have had success in keeping the Ribbon Eels as they are the most placid and rather than getting larger they just get longer. Their mouth is only big enough to fit in tiny fish and tiny shrimp as opposed to what I would class as small (clowns etc)

Anyone know much about ribbon eels?

 

[Tayler]

ribbon eels are very hard to care for and rarely survive in captivity. and are a bad idea for a beginner

 

[r0cksteady]

Yeah Ive read that heaps, I certainly wouldnt give it a go until I had this tank up and running for 12 months or more if everything was going well. Generally speaking are eels better to be added first, middle or last in a tank setup?

Ie. Would an eel survive better if it was allowed time to settle in a tank on their own just with a cuc and corals or would and eel do just as well being placed into and established community?

 

[Bri Guy]

I 2nd the engineer goby, everybody thinks mine is an eel anyways!

That will be quite the hoppin tank, if you can get everything to get along peacefully!

Good Luck

 

[r0cksteady]

Thanks,

Yeah still trying to refine the list each day. Ive decided to remove the Damselfish as from what ive read\heard you really want to have a large number of them otherwise they will nip at eachother trying to find the most dominant one. This means that I could loose a few of them in the process. Not worth the risk.