pride Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 I saw a LFS selling qld mottled eels. Has anyone any info on these such as tank size needed. tank setup, can these be kept with larger cichlids such as an oscar? Are they messy? Diet requirement or any other info? cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamsherman Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Eel and oscar...oooh not a great mix i dont think mate. Thats the only info i can provide sorry, but i wouldnt be keeping them together, thats a recipe for disaster as they can both be pretty angry at times. Cheers, Alan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pride Posted September 24, 2004 Author Share Posted September 24, 2004 Even in a 6ft tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nightstalker Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Ive kept eels out of the nepean with geophagus and severums,with out any dramas(it was a 4x2x2)The eeel usually only came out at night or dusk,but be prepeared to make the tank like fort knox as eels can get out of almost anything.My guy used to escape when the mood tok him,and theses nothing worse than being woken up by a 4 foot eel sliding off your pillow and under the blankets(the tank was right next to my bed)makes you almost want to give away all your fish its that frightning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
23Skidoo Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 As long as the eel is a fair size (at least as long as the oscar) he should be O.K, i'd be worried about the oscar, if he's only little as eels will eat anything they can fit in their head, and it's a pretty elastic head they've got. If you aren't too attacvhed ot the oscar, i'd give it a go, as i don't know of anyone who has kept a native eel with cichlids. If ya try could you let us know as i am very fond of eels myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Morelia Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Hey, I've kept little Eels (<15cm) from the Hawkesbury with Rainbowfish(5-15cm) before, and they were fine. As to what they eat: Anything that goes in the gob. I don't know if mine were particularly messy or not.... cant remember now. And don't pay a lot for one. You can go to your nearest permanent body of water with a fishing rod and a packet of prawns at night, and watch the Eels roll in. Hook size and bait size will dictate Eel size, to an extent. You'd hafta quarantine it very thoroughly if you caught one though. I have kept a lot of fish i've caught while fishing, and they're usually fine, so don't worry about it's mouth. Eels are tough as nails anyway. As far as i know there's only 2 freshwater species in Australia, being Short-finned Eel, and Long-finned Eel. (i could be wrong though, i'm no Eel expert) A "QLD Mottled Eel" is probably just a marketing ploy Eel and oscar...oooh not a great mix i dont think mate. Thats the only info i can provide sorry, but i wouldnt be keeping them together, thats a recipe for disaster as they can both be pretty angry at times. I don't see what the problem would be, as long as there's hidey holes for both, and they're roughly equal in size. I'd say a 25cm Oscar and a 60cm Eel should have no problems together, especially in a 6ft tank, so just work on that scale. You never know unless you try it. HTH. Cheers, Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pride Posted September 24, 2004 Author Share Posted September 24, 2004 Thanks guys, these things look pretty nice. Were yellow and black speckled but a price tag of $45. My oscar is about 20cm so he shouldn't have aproblem getting taken by the eel. I'll have to have think about it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
23Skidoo Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 I have heard of some species of Moray eel being sold as freshwater (apparently some species live in brackish) they get sold and live for a few months in their fresh tank, only to die 'unexpectedly' after that, if it is a Moray species, they will not tolerate fresh indeffinately, regardless of what the LFS says. Just a query? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 (edited) I haven't seen any morays for sale in fresh in AUS but apparently it is very common overseas. They even label them morays, so people go do research about them find out they cant live in fresh, go ask the lfs, the shop says "of course they can" and they take the eel home, only for it to die a few months later (at best) That was a very common story encountered when I was active on overseas forums. It seemed everybody and their dog had fallen in love with a "Snowflake Moray" in a lfs at one time or another. ps. shouldnt be too hard to tell a moray from a FW eel if you have a look at a few pics of each. Edited September 25, 2004 by Ducksta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E4G13M4N Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 Southern short finned eels are fine with fish eating mainly crustaceans and prepared foods grow to 4-6' plus.. How ever the spotted/ long finned eel eat mainly fish and crustaceans. The ones i have had will take chunks out of larger fish and even their own kind, one eel i personally wouldnt keep with fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankguy Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 I have a 50cm speckled longfin eel in a tank with 2 clown loach, 2 paki loach, 4 albino Cory, 6 albino bristlenose, 1 sailfin pleco, 2 electric yellows, 2 cobalt blues, 1 dwarf flame gourami and a large platinum gourami and haven't had a drama, even at night when all the lights go out. Oh and I dont have lids on my tank lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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