Length/Diameter of fish: Adults can grow to 144 cm (57 inches), but usually only attain about 90cm (36 inches) in captivity.
Maintenance difficulty: The Zebra Moray Eel is easy to keep once they are established in the aquarium.
Foods: The Zebra Moray Eels are
carnivores. Having blunt teeth suitable for grinding, they primarily eat crustaceans in their natural habitat, such things as crabs, snails, urchins, and mollusks. For this eel a good choice is crab meat, blue crabs with their carapace cracked works well. Also fiddler crabs are readily available. They will also eat other meaty foods such as shrimp, clams, squid, scallops and fish flesh.
Though a very docile fish they can become a bit more aggressive when feeding and they do have a very strong bite, so it is best to feed with a feeding stick. Juveniles will eat more readily than adults and will take a wider variety of
[COLOR=#009600! important][COLOR=#009600! important]foods[/COLOR][/COLOR], however most specimens that are available are already over 17 inches (43.2 cm). Use a feeding stick if necessary at first to place the food right in front of its mouth. You can gently tap the eel's snout with the food laden stick to encourage it to eat. Don't worry if it doesn't eat for a while at first, they can go for several weeks without food (and often do).