Sharptail snake eel

jhnrb

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FAMILY - Ophichthidae

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Myrichthys Breviceps

COMMON NAME - Sharptail Snake Eel

SIZE - 3.4 ft. (102 cm)

RANGE - Tropical Western Atlantic

MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 180 US Gal. ( 681 L)

FOODS AND FEEDING - Live foods, grass shrimp, fiddler crabs to induce a feeding response, then may accept shrimp, squid, marine fish flesh, crustaceans, scallops, all from a feeding stick. Feed 2-3 times a week to satiation.

AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 4

REEF COMPATIBILITY - May eat ornamental crustaceans and small fishes.

CAPTIVE CARE - Open sandy bottom a must, can be kept with larger fishes and other eels, more than one can be kept in the same tank, must be the 1st eel introduced in a community tank, and the other tankmates only after the snake eel is feeding well.

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