white ribbon eel

[PufferGuy]

Anyone have any experience with these? My lfs has one and i really like it, the guy i talked to said they are more difficut to keep than like a snowflake, but the difficulty lies in having them eat and they have had that eel for over 3 weeks and it eats fine. He also said they are less aggressive than snowflakes and that i need a tightly covered tank in order for it not to escape.

Thoughts?

 

[dustin_P74]

i would think a 40gallon is too small

 

[PufferGuy]

its really small now, and i could rehome it when the time comes. I also do plan on upgrading next year or so.

 

[yote]

The biggest thing with eels,is they tend to hide a lot.If you got quiet a bit of rock,you probably wont see much of the eel.
And keep in mind that the bigger the eel,the harder it is to catch.Their so limber and slick,that a fairly good sized one,is dang near impossible to net.

 

[PufferGuy]

what im scared of is losing fish. My smallest fish is a 6line thats about 2" long. The eel is tiny, like under the size of my pinky finger so im just hoping he doest pick on the six line.

 

[PufferGuy]

the eel is in, and doing great. I would try to get some pictures but the only camera i have is on my phone and it sucks so ill get my dad's SLR this weekend and try to snap a few shots.

 

[PufferGuy]

i just fed the big guy today, some krill with garlic, and he took it pretty easy. The guy at he LFS fed it a goldfish yesterday so i didnt think he would take any food today but i wanted to make sure he would eat. I cant tell you how happy i am he ate right away.

 

[yote]

Cant wait to see the pics.

 

[JAG107]

nice! I had a blue ribbon for 8 months, lots of fun! Wasn't a good eater though. hope to see some pics soon

 

[PufferGuy]

id love to have a blue ribbon, those look sweet, but i hear they are pretty tough to keep.

 

[Piggy]

Congrat on the new addition. Can't wait to see pic.

 

[PufferGuy]

well i got a pic of the eel and one of the coral beauty but both are blurry and terrible since i used my phone.

 

[jhnrb]

Do not feed the eel or any other marine fish goldfish. Feed only marine fair to your animals. the EEl should be fed 2 times a week to saturation/until he quits feeding adults 1 time a week. Good luck. a varied meaty diet of marine fair chopped in appropriate size chunks will do nicely as well as crustacean flesh. No fresh water fare, its like eating a head of lettice. filling but not nutritional and lacking in the needed vitamins, limpids, etc that marine fish need to stay healthy. IMO

 

[PufferGuy]

im feeding krill right now, with garlic and i have some vitamin sumplements on the way