Tank Size for adult eel

[Absint Reefer]

I have a Sulfer Head eel full grown 8year old adult of about 22''. He is far to aggressive to have tankmates which I'm ok with but he is holding up in prime real estate right now in a 54 bow all by himself. My question is what would be the smallest tank size I could keep him in with powerful filtration. IMO and experince eels kept alone do not produce a large amount of waste, mostly because they only eat every 3-5 days which is hand tong feed with no leftovers. He also is very lazy as most eels are, holding up in the cave of his choice.

 

[Absint Reefer]

15gl too small? I mean a 10gl is 20'' long by itself

 

[meatball87]

Way to small it would be like you or I living in a closet even if we weren't active people it just wouldn't be right. I would say that your current tank would be bare minimum

 

[Absint Reefer]

I think if me or you were an eel we would suffer from agoraphobia. I'm leaning towards a 20gl. Safe and happy

 

[AlexS95]

If your talking about a Fimbriated, there's no way it'll be happy in a 20...

 

[Absint Reefer]

agreed. I called some fish shops and prolly just going to trade him in for some credit for somthing new

 

[Dragon moray ki]

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You could easily keep him in a 30