http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_4/V4I2/Freshwater_eels/freshwater_eels.htm
grabbed from the puffer forum.
grabbed from the puffer forum.
True Freshwater Eels?
- Thread starter Cincygoewey
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"it is known that all species referred to as freshwater moray eel in fact need brackish or marine water to thrive."
I wish there were true freshwater morays is all i can say...
I've wanted a moray for the longest time and researched over and over again trying to find freshwater eels...but besides the ones listed, there really aren't any others, and honestly, even if there were, they are so rare, your sadly not likely going to find them in the hobby for sale...
Also, as a heads up, just be careful if a store is trying to sell you a G.Tile eel as freshwater, as they are DEFINITELY not a freshwater species fish... which is a mistake i made a while back...
I've wanted a moray for the longest time and researched over and over again trying to find freshwater eels...but besides the ones listed, there really aren't any others, and honestly, even if there were, they are so rare, your sadly not likely going to find them in the hobby for sale...
Also, as a heads up, just be careful if a store is trying to sell you a G.Tile eel as freshwater, as they are DEFINITELY not a freshwater species fish... which is a mistake i made a while back...
Aquascape has some fresh water moray eels I'm not sure if they truly are though
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I always thought them to be one of the best lfs
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Gymnothorax tile are sold as fw morays or even snowflake eels; however "the" snowflake eel is Echidna nebulosa, which is 100% marine, and never heard of one offered as a FW fish.
Gold flake is another trade name for G. tile...not a FW fish as discussed by other in this thread. My understanding is that there is some debate as to whether Gymnothorax polyurandon can do well is FW though, but very few people actually keep these.
When I was younger and inexperienced. I kept two gold flake eel for a while in fresh water until they out grew the tank. It was tan with golden colored flakes. It looked different than the snow flake. This was before I had internet access (almost forgot what it was like before the internet lol) so again I don't know much about them.
Gymnothorax polyuranodon is a true freshwater moray. I know Brendan Ebner and two of the other guys who research them. Brendan has about 9 of them in a few full fresh tanks. Link to first research paper, they will be doing otolith banding to see how long the morays are in brackish environments as young and whether they return to spawn etc. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02987.x/abstract
