My Blue Ribbon Eel eats! (pics and videos)
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Try Babel Fish online translation:
http://babelfish.altavista.com
at least it will give you a general idea.
Here is the same eel link in English, as you see, not much info online in the English version of it:
http://www.seahorses.de/eeltank.htm
Hon
http://babelfish.altavista.com
at least it will give you a general idea.
Here is the same eel link in English, as you see, not much info online in the English version of it:
http://www.seahorses.de/eeltank.htm
Hon
Kolognekoral
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Honey,
thanks for the link. I had stumbled across it about a year ago and then lost it (you'ld think something so easy one would remember!). This was were I had seen the Murane kept as a group.
For those who cannot red the German, Rüdiger mainly discusses the peaceful nature of ribbon eels, that they have delicate sense organs and therefore should not be kept with overly aggressive tankmates (such as trigger fish), can be motivated to eat via feeling some competition from tankmates (which we have all noted, they love the chase!) and rarely attack other small fishes. He also mentions that they are long-lived with 10 years being quite typical, social and enjoy swimming about in the early morning hours. He has never seen them eat sand (ghost) shrimps and seem to prefer fish. He even keeps them together with seahorses and pipefish!
His information is over 7 years old, published in 1999.
Well, off to the store to look for another ribbon eel! And a bit of food for Elvira.
thanks for the link. I had stumbled across it about a year ago and then lost it (you'ld think something so easy one would remember!). This was were I had seen the Murane kept as a group.
For those who cannot red the German, Rüdiger mainly discusses the peaceful nature of ribbon eels, that they have delicate sense organs and therefore should not be kept with overly aggressive tankmates (such as trigger fish), can be motivated to eat via feeling some competition from tankmates (which we have all noted, they love the chase!) and rarely attack other small fishes. He also mentions that they are long-lived with 10 years being quite typical, social and enjoy swimming about in the early morning hours. He has never seen them eat sand (ghost) shrimps and seem to prefer fish. He even keeps them together with seahorses and pipefish!
His information is over 7 years old, published in 1999.
Well, off to the store to look for another ribbon eel! And a bit of food for Elvira.
Questin
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http://www.google.com/language_tools
Go here and you will see the Translate section where you can put in a website and have it traslate from German to English. Works great.
This is a great thread, really awesome job you have done with the Eels!
Go here and you will see the Translate section where you can put in a website and have it traslate from German to English. Works great.
This is a great thread, really awesome job you have done with the Eels!
cb747
Active member
AFaqua i have every opening covered in my tank. My overlows are closed off as well. I know these guys are escape artists and ive found gutter guard material purchased at my local hardware store to be very affective.
Thanks for the links to the translation sites. It was enough to get the gist of what he wrote.
Thanks for the links to the translation sites. It was enough to get the gist of what he wrote.
Kolognekoral
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My aquarium is relative deep, 80cm (35"), and I only had one time when my eel climbed into the overflow. This was in the first week in the tank (we are now 1 year and counting since) and was possibly just an exploratory tour. My eel is very happy in his den under the rocks and rarely comes out completely, prefering to bob about in the current sniffing for possible tidbits. Apparently, once they have chosen a home, the remain true to it.
Clearly, these animals require a secure, enclosed area to feel at home. I doubt a bare bottom aquarium would ever make them really happy, even with PVC tubes. Current is important to them, as they always stick their noses out into the current to taste the water. My aquarium has a continuous current that runs along the bottom of the tank, which has always been the prefered hangout for my eel.
Another interesting point made in the German website was the gregarious nature of his group of eels. If a fish attempted to take the food from one eel, the others would join in to defend his morsel. Solidarity! Interestingly, it has been documented that eels will hunt in groups on the reef chasing out small fish for others to capture.
Clearly, these animals require a secure, enclosed area to feel at home. I doubt a bare bottom aquarium would ever make them really happy, even with PVC tubes. Current is important to them, as they always stick their noses out into the current to taste the water. My aquarium has a continuous current that runs along the bottom of the tank, which has always been the prefered hangout for my eel.
Another interesting point made in the German website was the gregarious nature of his group of eels. If a fish attempted to take the food from one eel, the others would join in to defend his morsel. Solidarity! Interestingly, it has been documented that eels will hunt in groups on the reef chasing out small fish for others to capture.
Absolute Reef
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That's so cool !
cb747
Active member
My tank is bare bottom and i have no tubes for the BR to hide in. He has been living under a rock pile and seems very happy. I also have a closed loop that provides for current along the bottom of the tank. The eel loves sticking his head into the curent. My tank is sealed up pretty tight as i had already found the eel in my sump. I also think this was an exploratory trek as he hasnt tried again to ,y knowledge. I may try a second Ribbon in the near future
Kolognekoral
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CB,
do you have a lot of rock for the eel? I'm surprized he doesn't feel exposed. Just proves we do tend to anthropomorphise all our charges! :lol:
I saw a lovely juvenile ribbon eel this afternoon at my fav LFS. I'm goin to go back tomorrow and give him a good once over, as he had just arrived.
More the merrier.
do you have a lot of rock for the eel? I'm surprized he doesn't feel exposed. Just proves we do tend to anthropomorphise all our charges! :lol:
I saw a lovely juvenile ribbon eel this afternoon at my fav LFS. I'm goin to go back tomorrow and give him a good once over, as he had just arrived.
More the merrier.
AquaKnight
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Very, very cool, I think I found my next tank idea. I love the eel, glad you overcome some of the darkness surrounding this specimen. Not to detour the thread, but do you have some info on the seahorse?
Peter Eichler
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You forgot the Elegance, Goniopora, non-photosynthtic Gorgonia, and sponges :eek1:
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