eel/tank stocking question

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I just got a new 29g freshwater tank and have just gone through my water cycle. I want to throw out some ideas for stocking and I would also like some of your ideas.
I want to get a fw moray eel and 2-3 ciclids thats it mostly...
I'd also want dwarf puffer, but I know they're brackish fish, is there any way I could aclemate them to freshwater?
I've talked to some people and got mixed answers for the eel. Some say it will get to big for my 32x12x18 tank. Others have said it won't get to big for its living conditions and yes I know eel can get to be 3' long.

I am also open to your stocking ideas.. please feel free to suggest combionations.
 
The eel should be single species in a bigger tank...It will eat everything and it needs the space and extra filtration for its messy eating habits
 
FACTS:

- There are no freshwater moray eels. Some morays live in brackish conditions when young and some even migrate to fully saltwater as they grow.

- Dwarf puffers (carinotetraodon species) are freshwater species. There are other that are BW when yonug and SW as adults (such as tetraodon species) and other are fully saltwater (like the diodon species). Check http://www.thepufferforum.com/articles/pufferTOC.html for more info

If you want to set up a freshwater tank, there are other species of eels and eel-like fish, that will do fine in freshwater. Don't try to aclimate a BW species to FW or viceversa. There are very few fish that can do that.
 
While freshwater moray eels say fresh water they really need brackish water. They can survive for awhile in fresh water but they really need a brackish tank. And, it is really reccomended that they are kept in a tank by themselves. If they were kept with a dwarf puffer I don't think the puffer would last very long. I would definantly get it a bigger tank. I'm sure they are a lot of fun to watch, I know my freshwater eels are alot of fun!
 
look into bichers, and smaller spiny eels
 
Welcome to the Forum! :dance:

Unfortunatley, there are some problems with you stocking lists. First off, the "FW" moray eel isn't really FW, it is brackish or SW. (There are, however, spiny eels, which aren't really eels but look like them, and one of the smaller ones would be OK in a 29, such as the peacock eel.) Also, dwarf puffers are FW, but can't be kept with other fish because they are rabid fin nippers. (You may be thinking of Figure-8 puffers which are brackish.)

What kind of cichlids are you thinking of?

Freddy :dive2:
 
FreddytheFish said:
Welcome to the Forum! :dance:

Unfortunatley, there are some problems with you stocking lists. First off, the "FW" moray eel isn't really FW, it is brackish or SW. (There are, however, spiny eels, which aren't really eels but look like them, and one of the smaller ones would be OK in a 29, such as the peacock eel.) Also, dwarf puffers are FW, but can't be kept with other fish because they are rabid fin nippers. (You may be thinking of Figure-8 puffers which are brackish.)

What kind of cichlids are you thinking of?

Freddy :dive2:
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Im thinking of Africans cichlids and as far as filters I went with a 50g Penguin filter. I was also looking at the spiny eels but they didn't seem as active as the "moray".
 
If you want Africans, I suggest making a tank almost entirely devoted to them. They are very aggressive.

Its true, spiny eels aren't as active as morays, but they are more active during the evening and morning, and active during feeding time.
 
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