Reticulate Hookjaw Moray Eel

[FishyMel]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14259454#post14259454 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Juice It
I saw it but in my opinion the Berndt for the same money was way cooler. I don't think this one will go as quickly.

I agree, the berndt was a cool eel

 

[Kynigos]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14267465#post14267465 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by iamwrasseman
wow how P Oed can ya get when you just dont know how to do something so simple ? well i will tell you BP 150 over 95 lol . i really am trying hard and trying to keep rational when im doing this but man o man what a (^%(*^&(*&^ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I just spent the last hour and a half trying to move a full grown M. pavonina from a tank with rock specifically set up to give morays the most possible hiding places. At least we got through it with no bites. By the end I was wondering if he'd hold on long enough if he bit me to get him out of the tank...

 

[LisaD]

I'll be wrestling with my M pavonina this weekend, as I need to rehome it. Turns out it has a taste for dogface puffers.

 

[anbosu]

That is going to be a challenge. In the past I have always just moved my eels by emptying out all of the rocks and most of the water so you can just scoop them out in a container, but I think your bdm is too big for that plus you are keeping your other fish. Maybe there is a pufferfish lure you could buy at a fishing store or something....

 

[LisaD]

I'm hoping to lure him up to the top of the tank (easy) and scoop him up in a landing net, then to a bucket with lid. wish me luck. I hate to have to get rid of this eel, I love it very much.

If I could start up a tank just for the eel, I'd do it, but can't right now.

 

[Kynigos]

What eventually worked for me was throwing in some mysis. That got him (her?) out searching for food and my friend and I were eventually able to net him out. If yours is anything like mine you should have a lot of chances to nab it. Mine was totally unafraid of the net and even came out again a few minutes after I tried grabbing him when he shoved his head in a net looking for food. I'd also recommend using a friend with maybe some glass dividers to help corral him once he gets out into the open.

 

[billysanborn]

sad times

sad times

i have to get rid of my 36 inch long snowflake and my 14 inch long blue spotted grouper that ive had for 4 years now lucky me that there is a shop nearby with a huge aggressive display tank. i am really sad to see my friends go. i guess its time to get a tattoo of them now.

 

[anbosu]

Post a pic of your snowflake, I think I've only seen one that size in a store and it was pretty sweet looking.

 

[billysanborn]

snowflake eel

snowflake eel

ill get a pic of him before i get him out of the tank.....fun times ripping 250 pounds of live rock out of a 200 gallon tank woo hoo...lets try and avoid the big 12 inch lionfish, and the 3 other morays!!!heres to the victory beer when im done! wish me luck.

 

[myerst2]

I want pics of this Viper Moray!!!!!!!!!! I love this genus. Piscivore's at your finest. T

 

[Kynigos]

Did you see the pic on the "most docile eel" thread? Kind of ironic actually...

 

[kyleroche]

I saw it but in my opinion the Berndt for the same money was way cooler. I don't think this one will go as quickly.

IF you would like a Berndt's Eel I have an opportunity for you. I have one that has outgrown my tank and am trying to sell it. Let me know if you are interested in buying it.

Thanks