Most aggressive morays

[anaya]

rubensito: I should have been more clear, I'm sorry. The post I made was directed toward the OP so I could properly place my vote.

 

[anaya]

fish042099: I would think that any fish you are willing to lose that will not be able to cause harm to the eel are possible tankmates/food.

 

[fish042099]

What about a blackcheek moray? They only get around 2', I dont think they could take down a volitans or grouper

 

[Cerastes]

I used to clean a large tank with 2 3' Fimbriateds. I spent almost as much time shooing them away as I spent wiping glass!

 

[fish042099]

I used to clean a large tank with 2 3' Fimbriateds. I spent almost as much time shooing them away as I spent wiping glass!

What size tank?

 

[Cerastes]

12' diameter, 6' deep.

 

[fish042099]

What about a blackcheek moray? They only get around 2', I dont think they could take down a volitans or grouper?

 

[IOWAFISH]

Only have experience -- from years ago -- with the Black-edge / Ocellated Moray (Gymnothorax saxicola) from the Caribbean. As long as he was kept fed, he behaved himself. ...which probably explains why this species doesn't make the list.

 

[fish042099]

IMO moringas underrated

 

[fish042099]

anyone else wanna vote?

 

[parrthed]

I had a 5 foot green who wasnt all that bad, but my friend had a 3 foot peppered moringa in a 220 and it was a deamon.

 

[fish042099]

I had a 5 foot green who wasnt all that bad, but my friend had a 3 foot peppered moringa in a 220 and it was a deamon.

Is it the peppered moray or the moringa moray? Because those are two very different species of moray.

 

[fish042099]

My fimby was pretty docile. I had it for ~3yrs, it ate a few fish initially but eventually would only eat thawed squid or octopus. I had no reservations sticking my arm in its tank to work.-I always kept an eye on the eel but I was never worried about it shooting out of the water like the moringas were prone to doing. The fimby was very easy to catch when it came time to re-home it.

Where do you get octopus?

 

[olemiss reb]

Whole Foods sells both but it is much cheaper to buy at an Asian market if there is one in your area.

 

[rubensito]

Is it the peppered moray or the moringa moray? Because those are two very different species of moray.

G. moringa is the scientific name...I can see why peppered might be sometimes used as a common name for them. I bought mine as black-spotted moray, but I've also seen tesselatas go with that common name too.

 

[fish042099]

G. moringa is the scientific name...I can see why peppered might be sometimes used as a common name for them. I bought mine as black-spotted moray, but I've also seen tesselatas go with that common name too.

i think blackspotted and tessalta/honeycomb are a different species, just closely related.

 

[fish042099]

nvm that theory...