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What in your opinion/experience is the most aggressive moray?
Most aggressive morays
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I removed my moringas with the aid of two buddies, a large rubber fishing net, a tennis racket, and a garbage can lid- it was a spectacle that I wish I had recorded. Those will be the last large aggressive eels I ever keep.
Every other eel I've had to catch has been fairly simple using the large rubber fishing net.
these are awesome--
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If we're talking pound for pound it's Moringa.
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I removed my moringas with the aid of two buddies, a large rubber fishing net, a tennis racket, and a garbage can lid- it was a spectacle that I wish I had recorded. Those will be the last large aggressive eels I ever keep.
Every other eel I've had to catch has been fairly simple using the large rubber fishing net.
these are awesome--
You should of tried to sedate them, that's what they do on MFK with giant piranhas.
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Before you get the eel you should plan for them to live up to their name, so hopefully you won't be taking them back.
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To catch one you might need to sedate him.
http://thegab.org/Illness-and-Treatment/how-to-sedate-a-fish-with-finquel-or-clove-oil.html
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Fimbys are really aggressive I hear, if they were bigger they would probably rival the green.
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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.
I've had a fimby for almost 2 years and i have similar experience. mine is pretty reclusive and will not go near me when working on its tank. the moringa on the other hand does not fear me or any equipment i use (siphon, feeding stick, etc.). it has killed fish that it has no way of eating. not saying fimbys arent aggressive, just not at the same level of some of the western atlantic eels (moringa, vicinus, funebris)
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Is vicinus/purplemouth really aggressive? I'm considering getting one.
I don't know if your response is to what I had written, but I've had a couple of moringas (one at the moment) and both were aggressive in all 3 of the ways listed above. I have never kept vicinus, but my understanding is that they are pretty similar to moringa. I have seen them kept together successfully
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Would a vicinus or moringa eel maul my volitans lion, puffers, grouper, and coral catfish?
Can only speak on personal experience on the moringa, but my current one took out a grouper that was wasy to large to be eaten, and I would think the catfish will not last at all. As for the other two, same thing applies, be very careful, as it most likely will not work. I would also be concerned about the moringa being stung by the volitans in an attempt to attack and/or eat it. I've read in some places that using "chemically armed fish" works with eels, but I don't think big aggressive eels like these will shy away from a fish just because that fish is venomous.
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What would be some possible Moringa tankmates?
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