Snowflake Moray Eel and Tiger Barbs
- Thread starter RollendChang
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RollendChang said:
first of all, what size tank is it? The moray willl need at least a 45-50g tank to be happy. The grow to about 3' and are quite territorial. Tankmates for these guys are at a premium.
You'd need to set the tank up like you would a marine tank, meaning crushed coral or aragonite substrate, calcium based rocks and NO driftwood. Eventually you're going to need to go SW so any plants are a no no. Caulerpa is a possibilty once you've reached full SW.
First off for acclimation you'll need a full range hydrometer (1.00-1.030), a 200g bucket of marine salt. Preferably coral life, instant ocean isn't a very good brand and coral life is the next cheapest. Coral life is also one of the best brands out there. You'll need a rubbermaid container that's about 25% the amount of water in your tank, a seperate heater and powerhead for it. Gradually raise the specific gravity 0.002 ppm every week, no more than that or you'll kill off the bio filter. Raise it until you've reached 1.015, there it will stay until the moray is about 1.5 years old to 2 years old, then you'll raise it to full strength SW (1.019-1.023).
Feed him frozen silversides, krill and cut up store bought seafood. STAY away from feeders, they may be ok for fish like oscars or larger cichids (even though they're bad for any fish hardier fish will do fine on them) feeder fish are not only often full of disease and infection, but they're fatty and un-nutritional. The moray will do wonderfully on the foods I mentioned.
For some more info on Gymnothorax tile read this article here
http://fishinthe.net/html/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3627
I dont think full marine is necessary, a brackish setup should be fine.My moray lived with scats and mollies(although he would occasionally grab the odd molly but they bred faster than they were preyed on)these fish are naturally picivores but feeders are not a good idea, stick to the shrimp/silverside diet.I would think a 30gal would be the minimum for one or two of these eels but something like a 55 would be better as you could have tankmates.
get one of the smaller bichirs, they look enough like an eel if you ask me, but do fine in fresh AND probably wouldn't eat a full grown tiger barb in shoal.
ryan
ryan
I will have it in a 29 gal tank for now and this summer I will have it in a 55 or 75 gal tank. Thank you everyone for all of the info I am going to pick one up some time next week I think tuesday.
These morays ARE SW fish, they need it. Don't suggest anything short of their natural conditions unless you've kept them in the 'said' conditions for up to the 15 years that the moray will last for.Haggisman said:
Wtf the site YOU posted states that they should be kept in brackish and every other site on them says the same.I used to post on a dedicated moray eel forum and there were some very educated owners who specialised in moray eels and they said that the environment I was providing for my eel was perfect.cdawson said:
I posted that site because it helps with the identification of it. They ARE SW fish, however high end BW will be fine (1.016-1.019).Haggisman said:
