This is a Gymnothorax Tile, this is the most common eel sold under "Freshwater moray".
need help for my freshwater moray eel...
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This is a Gymnothorax Tile, this is the most common eel sold under "Freshwater moray".
They can vary in shade, but if it's a lot lighter, it may be stressed. When Carl, my tile, gets stressed, he can turn a very light tan. You can train the tile to handfeed because it's so small. However, you're asking for trouble if you hand feed a bigger eel. It happens plenty, but it's just not worth it to me. Between their poor eyesight and possible aggressiveness, the odds suck just enough to respect my fingers. They can give nasty bites with teeth that are pointed back, to hold food in, that you can either break or have to open the eel's mouth to get your hand out. A bite from an eel can, and often does, create a very aggresive infection that can cause loss of limbs or even death if untreated. So there's your weights to balance. Remember, an eel can go months without eating. A mistake I have made, is trying too often to get new my eel to eat and actually making it not want to eat because I wasn't giving him enough space of his own.
I have a 16" one.. He eats feeders from the lfs for 4 years now... Me and my buddy just picked one up the other day adn he is 20" and 1" thick!!
They lighten up when they have drastic changes in environment. I went from large gravel to off white sand a month ago and my Ell went to and off white for 3 weeks bfore going back to original color...I like it especially when he gets one of the fish the oscar was suppose to eat and can only tear it's head off right infront of me!!
I have fed: shimp&feeders..
They lighten up when they have drastic changes in environment. I went from large gravel to off white sand a month ago and my Ell went to and off white for 3 weeks bfore going back to original color...I like it especially when he gets one of the fish the oscar was suppose to eat and can only tear it's head off right infront of me!!
I have fed: shimp&feeders..
I bought an albino Moray and he was eating almost right away. I fed him live ghost shrimp. I knew about it nneding to have some salt in the water and for long term keeping it will need to be in brackish water at some point. Maybe size has something to do with things also. Mine is around 12-16 inches so I am unable to tell his species being albino.
