Electric Eel Care

[dacox]

Another... Pics on pg.3 w/some info on the electricity they produce...

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14483&highlight=electric+eel

 

[rottbo]

ugly but i want one just to toture the neighborhood kids :j/k:

 

[downset21]

i agree, you shouldnt stunt the growth on a fish. im currently saving up to get a 4' x 4' 300 gal. tank to house a peacock bass. another good reference for electric eels is wildboys season 2 believe it or not. i love those knuckleheads. they touched a 6 foot electric eel down in south america i believe. it was a massive animal. dont get the eel brotha, not worth it for you or the fish.

 

[dacox]

ugly but i want one just to toture the neighborhood kids :j/k:

haha.... and to power my other tanks during power outtages...

 

[rumblesushi]

you sick f##ker, keeping an arowana in a 29 gallon for 5 years? Purposefully stunting it's growth?

Did you even feed it and change the water?

 

[TheZman]

seriously they have been measured at 96" that is huge and come one a 8' fish needs a huge tank and thats just my theory on keeping monsters they need room to move if you were in jail would youwant a 4x8 cell or a 6x18 cell this is my point

Thanks for the info. I will probably reconsider & go w/ the Electric Catfish. I've seen one live several years & is still alive in a 29 gal. But quite frankly I find it quite am using to compare keeping a FISH (EVEN A FREAKIN "MONSTER FISH") in a small cage to a human being. I volunteer at the National Zoo in the Invert section & hear this same laughable comparison there as well with freakin BUGS. Next thing you know these people will be complaining that we should stop trying to keep the Avian Flu Virus from mutating & infecting people cause VIRUSES have rights too!!!!

 

[downset21]

no offense, but this site might not be for you then. im not a hippy liberal fish patriot or anything, but I am a fan of the common sense way of thinking. an animal that grows to a certain size shouldnt be kept in a space that is smaller than it is. you may have offended a few people with that comment of it being "laughable." sure fish are not humans but you're showing the wrong attitude in here. I dont want to turn it into an argument, just throwin my opinion out there.

 

[mudskipper]

20 gallon for a true electric eel is way to small these get big up to 8 feet i have seen some large ones before and they are ugly but i want one too and they can live for 20 years by the way an electric eel is not true eel its a member of the same family as ghost knifes and there closet relative is the electric catfish you need a huge tank for one of these

So your saying e-cats and knives are related? thats new to me. would moramids fits into this loose family?

 

[rottbo]

: find a new hobby

 

[rottbo]

So your saying e-cats and knives are related? thats new to me. would moramids fits into this loose family?