Wolf Eel

[King Venom]

Hi,
Im new to this forum i was looking for some help on wolf Eels if any one has had one i can tell me more about them. Im looking for this breed only Anarrhichthys ocellatus


Thanks Graeme.

 

[somosomo]

You better have a BIG cold tank .. They can easily get more then a meter long and they come from colder water.
Might be better left to a public aquarium

 

[King Venom]

Yer big dont bother me, cold im sure i can do 2 the unique factor but they just look insane how awsome.

 

[ALH]

Wow, that is the ugliest eel I have ever seen

 

[King Venom]

Its a fish but they call them eels, the shop said for cooling the watwr just get a big chiller.

 

[Inklinkerman]

Probably needs to be acryllic tank too to reduce massive condensation issues

 

[King Venom]

Probably needs to be acryllic tank too to reduce massive condensation issues

Still they are looking for one, reaching out all over the world. For for him wont be hard.

 

[philter4]

Wolf eels are more closely related to blennies than true eels. There used to be an outfit in Oregon that sold coldwater fish but I don't think they are still around. I don't know if you understand the term "cold", by coldwater it means you have to have a tank in the 50's, I don't believe there are any aquarium chillers that will chill a tank to those low temperatures. They are found along the coast in Northern California up to Alaska and a small one is over a foot. While they look like they will kill anything in the tank, they usually don't bother smaller fish but feed on shrimps, crabs, clams and other hard shelled inverts, although in fish tanks fish do things they don't normally do in the wild so be careful about tank mates.

There used to be a pair in the touch pool at Steinhardt Aquarium in SF, they are very shy and were very rarely even seen but there were no concerns that anyone with their hands in the pool would be bitten. I am not sure how many of you have been there and seen them but the touch pool I'm talking about was under the round-a-bout for those of you old timers who have been going to the aquarium for as long as I have.

 

[King Venom]

Wolf eels are more closely related to blennies than true eels. There used to be an outfit in Oregon that sold coldwater fish but I don't think they are still around. I don't know if you understand the term "cold", by coldwater it means you have to have a tank in the 50's, I don't believe there are any aquarium chillers that will chill a tank to those low temperatures. They are found along the coast in Northern California up to Alaska and a small one is over a foot. While they look like they will kill anything in the tank, they usually don't bother smaller fish but feed on shrimps, crabs, clams and other hard shelled inverts, although in fish tanks fish do things they don't normally do in the wild so be careful about tank mates.

There used to be a pair in the touch pool at Steinhardt Aquarium in SF, they are very shy and were very rarely even seen but there were no concerns that anyone with their hands in the pool would be bitten. I am not sure how many of you have been there and seen them but the touch pool I'm talking about was under the round-a-bout for those of you old timers who have been going to the aquarium for as long as I have.

Im in Australia

 

[small alien]

NO!!! No, no, no!!! So many reasons.

 

[small alien]

Also, that species is certainly not a reef fish.

 

[King Venom]

Whats so bad about it we take things out the ocean all the time for tanks. What make a wolfy so bad.

 

[philter4]

Whats so bad about it we take things out the ocean all the time for tanks. What make a wolfy so bad.

It isn't that the fish is bad, but to care for it is something that very few people are capable or willing to do. I saw a post above that said the fish gets to 3 ft, they actually get over 6 ft, an adult can be 80 inches (6 ft 8 inches long). Not only do you have to have an aquarium that is at least 6 ft long at it's shortest length but you are going to have to get an industrial chiller to keep the water that cool. To view the fish you will have to have the tank custom made with a two pane system to insulate it from condensation or the problems associated with all that water dripping on the floor will have to be dealt with.

I am not saying you don't have the funds to buy everything you need, or the space and ability to care for a fish like this but before you do be sure that is something you are willing to take on both financially and physically. I have kept exotic animals all of my life and I am the last one to tell anyone not to get an animal as long as AND ONLY AS LONG AS you are willing to care for it properly and with everything it needs to thrive, not just survive.

 

[King Venom]

You wouldnt take a task like this on if you were not prepared to put some seriouse time into it.

 

[small alien]

It isn't that the fish is bad, but to care for it is something that very few people are capable or willing to do. I saw a post above that said the fish gets to 3 ft, they actually get over 6 ft, an adult can be 80 inches (6 ft 8 inches long). Not only do you have to have an aquarium that is at least 6 ft long at it's shortest length but you are going to have to get an industrial chiller to keep the water that cool. To view the fish you will have to have the tank custom made with a two pane system to insulate it from condensation or the problems associated with all that water dripping on the floor will have to be dealt with.

I am not saying you don't have the funds to buy everything you need, or the space and ability to care for a fish like this but before you do be sure that is something you are willing to take on both financially and physically. I have kept exotic animals all of my life and I am the last one to tell anyone not to get an animal as long as AND ONLY AS LONG AS you are willing to care for it properly and with everything it needs to thrive, not just survive.

Yes, this. In general, people who suggest keeping animals along these lines, like sharks, have no idea what will be involved. Perhaps you have the capability. You don't sound like you know that much. I hope I'm wrong. I doubt you'll be able to get one. What's your plan for the set-up?

 

[small alien]

You wouldnt take a task like this on if you were not prepared to put some seriouse time into it.

You may know that. We don't know that. Anyone on here with sense is interested in the health of animals, not what "King Venom" says he can do. Sorry to be so prickly but you just sound terribly ill informed.:hmm3:

 

[anbosu]

I'm not even sure this is about the amount of work, this isn't like feeding anthias 5 times a day. This sounds like a $20k+ setup to me - I guess the question is are you willing to spend that kind of cash?

 

[King Venom]

You may know that. We don't know that. Anyone on here with sense is interested in the health of animals, not what "King Venom" says he can do. Sorry to be so prickly but you just sound terribly ill informed.:hmm3:

Everone starts new, there are questions to asked so you learn this is not going to be a overnight project yes i understand that, yes im starting, am i going to risk out laying a lot of money for failer no. If it turns out it cant be done then it was disapointing but good to find out. Just for ref about a tank the tank im looking at for my lounge room is goong to be 6ft x 2ft x2ft reef tank. Thats not what we are puting into the shed.

 

[King Venom]

Im certantly not going to risk the animal or it health either.

 

[King Venom]

Well i got a email today from Monterey Bay Aquarium saying they are not hard to keep if they have the right conditions nice reef tanks with cracks crevices, are good with there tank mates if they are not Crabs, Urchins shell fish. The water has to be cold. But over all they recon not hard to keep.