best eel like fish for my tank?

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allaboutfish

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im getting a 75 gallon really soon and so far this is the stocking
1-blood parrot
1-kirin parrot
6-congo tetras
2-bristlenose plecos
then i want to add some eel like fish so what would be good in this setup?

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Peacock eel ia a good look...peaceful and harmless..i have one...

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That is one cool fish
 

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Ooooh gorgeous ornate! I'd love to have one, but they get too big for a 75 gallon.

If you go the bichir route, like I said before, go with
a Senegal
senegal bichir.jpg

An albino senegal (next on my list of bichirs to get)
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A delhezi (next on my list, after I get an albino sen, this one has pretty good coloration)
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Or one of the palmas species
Palmas palmas
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Palmas polli
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Palmas buettikoferi (this one has gorgeous coloration!)
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I was going to suggest rope fish (they look like little snakes, I adore them so darn much!)
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as well (they are a polypterus, just like bichirs), my only concern is that they have the potential to get ~2ft, which in a 75 gallon, wouldn't be a whole lot of room to swim when it's only 18" in diameter. I would want a 5 foot tank that's at least 2 feet wide to have them, along with the fact that they like to be in a group and are EXCELLENT escape artists, although some people keep them in smaller tanks, I always like to go bigger! :)

As for the spiny eels, you could do
zig zag eel (macrognathus circumcinctus) max size 6-8" (get at least 2, they like company of their own kind)
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Macrognathus pancalus (I believe they like to be kept in the company of either each other, or another peaceful spiny eel species, max size 8")
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Or a good ole peacock eel (max size 12")

senegal bichir.jpg AlbinoSenegalBichir1.jpg delhezi.jpg polypterus_palmas_palmas_2x.jpg palmas polli.jpg palmas buettikoferi.jpg Ropefish ASAA.JPG ropefish.jpg Macrognathus_circumcinctus_1.jpg pancalus02.jpg
 

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I had two rope fish. I loved them they would come up.and swim in my hand and in and out of my fingers like they were playing lol.

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so either one bichr or two eels like peacocks, zig zags, etc. which has more personality?

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I have a zig zag eel and at first he was kind shy but now he swims right up to the top and eats out of my fingers. Great personality. No experience w/ peacocks though.
 

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Lol my peacock eel stays hidden in the substrate! I see him maybe once a month...his lil head/nose sticks out just barely he rarely is noticed by the other fish....
 

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hmm decisions decisions. do bichrs have personality? could i fit 2 bichrs? i really like how the peacock and zig zag eels look but i wouldnt want one if it hid all the time.

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