Tesselata eel in a community tank
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myerst2
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I second that motion. I've seen Tessalats that are absolute terrors. Like green Moray nasty. I couldn't even get my hand in the tank to do service without being attacked. Get a big Zebra, kind of the same look without having to wake up to some of your fish being chomped. Tim
skyhigh222
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The most aggressive creature I have ever seen. I have 3 of them. So dangerous i can't even take care of. getting huge in a very short time. One of them almost took my finger off. I cannot even tell you how aggressive they are.
DamnPepShrimp
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Wow, sounds like an undulated trigger but in eel form! I'd love to have a tank just for this eel, but they get way too big. What would you guys say would be the minimum tank size for a tess eel by itself?
DamnPepShrimp
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Well it is more of an imprint then anything correct? An eel doesn't need 30" of height, but the width and length would need to be big. Is there anything you could keep this thing with? If I had, say the correct 400g (96x48x20) could you keep anything with a tess? maybe a large grouper or shark? In a tank that big, like a shark pond, people have huge sharks and groupers, I wonder if they were full grow (3ft) could you keep a tess with them, since the tess shouldn't (I hope) be able to eat a 3ft grouper or shark. I'd just hate to have such a big tank only for one eel, or even fish.
grouper and eels...dunno You may want to look at this pic
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/1358243232065791324wuzcdu
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/1358243232065791324wuzcdu
Interesting posts on this fish. I've had a Zebra Moray for a couple of years now. One of the most friendly and docile fish you could imagine. He is about 3ft long and has been an angel. Many of my butterflys and angels wiggle their tail in front of his head, not sure what that means, just odd. Also even though this fish is a crustacean eater only I have two skunk cleaners that live with him in his cave and before them had a blood shrimp that bonded with him as well. Where ever the eel went the blood shrimp rode on his back. If you are really interested in a Moray do consider this eel.
Scott
Scott
DamnPepShrimp
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That's espo's bubble bee grouper, yes it's eating a tess eel, haha. That eel ate a few fish too though, so it all evened out I guess.
scott, your fish fanning the eel is kind of a threat so to say. Fish will fight with their tails, tangs and angels especially. It really isn't that bad, just probably defending territory or showing who is boss.
scott, your fish fanning the eel is kind of a threat so to say. Fish will fight with their tails, tangs and angels especially. It really isn't that bad, just probably defending territory or showing who is boss.
billysanborn
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i have a zebra moray and a snowflake the zebra is the more mellow of the 2 hand fed and never has touched any of my fish, loves the hermit crabs though. i also throw in some live grass shrimp from sturgeon fishing and they both go nuts. and having being bitten by a 2 and a half foor cheetah moray....8 stitches in my thumb i wouldnt suggest an aggressive eel if you ever stick your arm in the tank. VERY fast and dangerous. but beautiful at the same time. thats why i have several after all. they live with a 12 inch blue spotted grouper and he takes turns eating with the eels. you just have to get lucky sometimes.
