eel in a reef?

[EleganceMan]

just wondering what everyones experience with keeping eel's in an uncovered reef tank is?

also has anyone ever had one of these?
http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/detailed_image.cfm?DDID=50519
that is sweet looking

 

[natereinhold1]

i've heard of people keeping a snowflake in a reef tank with out small fish or ornamental inverts, only C orals. But they are quite cumbersom and can damage them while they are eating and hunting, they also only kept them with softies. Plus they are a bit "dirty" since they eat a lot, so you would need a good skimmer, and they can be jumpers. They suprisingly can live out of water for a long time. It can/has been done succesfully, tho i doubt most would recommend it.

 

[giambi4343]

that link you have is not reef safe. the Golden DWARF moray eel is the reef safe one. you have to watch out for the name or you could be in trouble. i have a golden dwarf eel in my tank now. he is great. great personality and never hurt any of my fish. sometimes i have heard that some golden dwarf eels eat small fish that they can fit in their mouths but its rare if you keep them well fed. mine is about 10 inches long and only about a width of a pencil. one of my favorite "fish" in the tank. i would totally recomend this eel to anybody.

My avitar is a picture of the little guy

 

[straydum]

i've seen zebra morays in reef tanks. the guy's so large i thought everything else would be eaten but they are still there :lol:

i ran an online search and they do say that zebra morays are reef safe

 

[EleganceMan]

good to know everyone....thanks

 

[tkeracer619]

uncovered? i doubt it would last long.

 

[mcrist]

I prefer convict (engineer) gobies over eels in my reef tank. They have the look without the hassle and you can have more than one.

 

[JasonD]

I have a 26" zebra eel in my 120 and I'm going to take him out. Too big clumsy eats too much. Won't harm fish but will eat crabs shrimp and believe it or not brittle starts. Should have taken him out long ago.

Jason

 

[erendon]

I've had my Golden Dwarf in my reef for 4 years now. 12" long and about the girth of a magic marker (the fat kind)......no gobbies in the tank.....He loves to eat them. He will not eat other fish even my small yellow tail damsels or my cleaner shimp, he will even let them claen his mouth!

 

[Frontosas]

Chiming in...what did you guys feed your golden dwarf? Any special way to entice them to eat?

 

[KDDG]

In our old tank, we had a snowflake eel. It did not eat any of our small fish, but we had no shrimp, crabs, etc. after a while. A cover is a must, IMO. They are known to get out of tanks. We liked ours, but FWIW, I would not get one again. Ours shifted rock work and feeding time was an issue. If you did not feed the eel first, it would come out and bite at the other fish..LOL

 

[Mr. Brooks]

An eel will hop out of an uncovered tank. Not a question of if, but when.

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14792414#post14792414 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by thechad21
An eel will hop out of an uncovered tank. Not a question of if, but when.

Yep. And honestly I would expect "when" to be probably the first night in the tank. I wouldnt even give it a week.

 

[blennymower]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14745944#post14745944 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mcrist
I prefer convict (engineer) gobies over eels in my reef tank. They have the look without the hassle and you can have more than one.

Hahaha I double that, First time I saw a convict goby I thought it was an eel. Not to mention they're 100 times easier to keep than an eel and they grow almost longer than a foot.