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I have had a war going on for several months now in my aquarium, and how it has been fairly non - violent in nature, I thought there might have been some breeding going on.
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Today, I have concluded that it is not.
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I have 2 extremely large Snowflake Moray Eels that had found their way to me in the last six months. I got the first one nearly 5 months ago, and I just recently introduced the other. I would say within the last couple of months. I have been monitoring their behavior up to this point, and it seems that they are exhibiting mating activities. Several times I would walk in the room, at night when just the actinics are on, and both of the eels would be writhing in the center of the aquarium, but not biting the hell out of each other. When spotting me, they would both swim to their respective sides of the aquarium. I can't really find any good information on sexing Morays, so I tried to look outward to the reef community.
I have an ongoing thread addressing the mating / sexing of Moray Eels, which is located here :
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1282522
The bottom line is : The eels need to go.
I can safely say that each eel is over 28" long, but one of them has sustained a NASTY bite to his head. It will heal up well, but I have them seperated right now. I would like to sell the pair, because I believe that they are working on 'accomidating each other' and could become a breeding pair - if isolated together for sparatic distances of time.
$150 takes them both, but if one or the other is desired then I would sell them for $80 a piece.
It is vital to understand the amount of care that these animals need, and the amount of space. I have them in a 125 gallon display with over 200 gallons of total water - and they could stand to have more space I'm sure.
Pictures have been difficult to take, since they are mostly nocturnal feeders. I trick them all the time though, and they come out during the day to feed. Check the pics out:
Snowflake 1
<img src="http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff64/TheGnome_2007/Royal%20Aquarium%20Services/Snowflake11.jpg">
<img src="http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff64/TheGnome_2007/Royal%20Aquarium%20Services/Snowflake1.jpg">
Snowflake 2
<img src="http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff64/TheGnome_2007/Royal%20Aquarium%20Services/Snowflake2.jpg">
<img src="http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff64/TheGnome_2007/Royal%20Aquarium%20Services/Snowflake21.jpg">
PM me if you're interested in these formidable predators !
I have had a war going on for several months now in my aquarium, and how it has been fairly non - violent in nature, I thought there might have been some breeding going on.
<br>
Today, I have concluded that it is not.
<br>
I have 2 extremely large Snowflake Moray Eels that had found their way to me in the last six months. I got the first one nearly 5 months ago, and I just recently introduced the other. I would say within the last couple of months. I have been monitoring their behavior up to this point, and it seems that they are exhibiting mating activities. Several times I would walk in the room, at night when just the actinics are on, and both of the eels would be writhing in the center of the aquarium, but not biting the hell out of each other. When spotting me, they would both swim to their respective sides of the aquarium. I can't really find any good information on sexing Morays, so I tried to look outward to the reef community.
I have an ongoing thread addressing the mating / sexing of Moray Eels, which is located here :
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1282522
The bottom line is : The eels need to go.
I can safely say that each eel is over 28" long, but one of them has sustained a NASTY bite to his head. It will heal up well, but I have them seperated right now. I would like to sell the pair, because I believe that they are working on 'accomidating each other' and could become a breeding pair - if isolated together for sparatic distances of time.
$150 takes them both, but if one or the other is desired then I would sell them for $80 a piece.
It is vital to understand the amount of care that these animals need, and the amount of space. I have them in a 125 gallon display with over 200 gallons of total water - and they could stand to have more space I'm sure.
Pictures have been difficult to take, since they are mostly nocturnal feeders. I trick them all the time though, and they come out during the day to feed. Check the pics out:
Snowflake 1
<img src="http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff64/TheGnome_2007/Royal%20Aquarium%20Services/Snowflake11.jpg">
<img src="http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff64/TheGnome_2007/Royal%20Aquarium%20Services/Snowflake1.jpg">
Snowflake 2
<img src="http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff64/TheGnome_2007/Royal%20Aquarium%20Services/Snowflake2.jpg">
<img src="http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff64/TheGnome_2007/Royal%20Aquarium%20Services/Snowflake21.jpg">
PM me if you're interested in these formidable predators !
