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I have owned these rice/swamp eels, and they do very well in light brackish. Mine grew to about 30" before inexplicable dying. He used to rise vertically to the top of the waterline and grab gulps of air, but was otherwise pretty mundane.
They can survive for extended period out of water. Mine survived a night on the floor after an escape. I literally peeled him off the hardwood and threw him back in. He perked up in a few hours and lived for several more years.
They have been introduced in the Florida freshwater swamps. Interesting quote from this first link: secretive and most active at night, but generally considered a ‘sluggish’ fish; present in Hawaii for 100 years with negligible effects on native species. . . it is not expected to have dramatic effects on native fishes.
http://floridafisheries.com/Fishes/non-native.html#SWAMP EEL
http://biology.usgs.gov/invasive/CaseFiles/AsianSwampEel.htm
I rarely see them in the shops anymore, and could be outright illegal now for all I know.
I have owned these rice/swamp eels, and they do very well in light brackish. Mine grew to about 30" before inexplicable dying. He used to rise vertically to the top of the waterline and grab gulps of air, but was otherwise pretty mundane.
They can survive for extended period out of water. Mine survived a night on the floor after an escape. I literally peeled him off the hardwood and threw him back in. He perked up in a few hours and lived for several more years.
They have been introduced in the Florida freshwater swamps. Interesting quote from this first link: secretive and most active at night, but generally considered a ‘sluggish’ fish; present in Hawaii for 100 years with negligible effects on native species. . . it is not expected to have dramatic effects on native fishes.
http://floridafisheries.com/Fishes/non-native.html#SWAMP EEL
http://biology.usgs.gov/invasive/CaseFiles/AsianSwampEel.htm
I rarely see them in the shops anymore, and could be outright illegal now for all I know.
