FAMILY - Mureanidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Echidna Nebulosa
COMMON NAME - Snowflake Moray (Clouded Moray, Starry Moray)
SIZE - 29.5" (75 cm)
RANGE - Indo Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 30 US Gal. ( 114 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Meaty foods, fresh and frozen fish, crustacean flesh, krill using a feeding stick. Feed 2 times a week to satiation.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 10
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Will eat ornamental crustaceans and fish tankmates.
CAPTIVE CARE - Acclimates well, will accept most foods once acclimated, stays fairly small. Usually not aggressive unless it is feeding time. Can be kept with other eels but a resident may not accept a newly introduced conspecific, cannibalism is not unfounded but should not pose a threat if fed well, keep only one per tank, provide plenty of hiding places and a tight fitting canopy.
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Echidna Nebulosa
COMMON NAME - Snowflake Moray (Clouded Moray, Starry Moray)
SIZE - 29.5" (75 cm)
RANGE - Indo Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 30 US Gal. ( 114 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Meaty foods, fresh and frozen fish, crustacean flesh, krill using a feeding stick. Feed 2 times a week to satiation.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 10
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Will eat ornamental crustaceans and fish tankmates.
CAPTIVE CARE - Acclimates well, will accept most foods once acclimated, stays fairly small. Usually not aggressive unless it is feeding time. Can be kept with other eels but a resident may not accept a newly introduced conspecific, cannibalism is not unfounded but should not pose a threat if fed well, keep only one per tank, provide plenty of hiding places and a tight fitting canopy.
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