Eel that's smaller?

WateryWorld

WateryWorld

Girl out of water
Oct 27, 2008
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Louisville KY
I am wondering if there are any eels or eel-like fish that stay under 11", preferrably under 7-9" which are not aggressive. Most are like 1-2 foot and semi-aggressive.

Although they might mostly be aggressive toward bottom dwellers and be okay with a nice fish like a cory cat?

Ideally this eel/fish would be somewhat colorful or extra interesting. Love the dragon goby's color, but it gets big!

Also when it comes to eels, would 9" use similar resources to 9" of fish, or more or less?

Oh, also, they probably all need a soft substrate? Maybe not if it's not a real eel. I have hard chunky-but-not-large gravel.
 
Some of the slimmer loaches are rather eel-like, e.g. kuhlis and other Pangio loaches. They also fulfil your requirements for temperament and color. They do prefer a soft substrate.
 
I think the Zebra Eel only reaches about 6" in captivity, which the smallest one I know. It'd likely eat any fish it can fit into it's mouth and would need fine substrate.

Alternatively, if you just like the look of eels, you could try looking into serpentine loaches like Kuhlis. They're better community fish, and as many here will tell you, quite personable.
 
Pretty cool. I see they need 3 or more, preferrably 4 or more, and they like to get in your undergravel filters. I guess I might get a saltwater eel or eel-like fish instead of freshwater though, because of substrate, etc.
 
I don't understand; it's easier to set up a whole new saltwater tank than to switch out your freshwater to a sand substrate and put in an HOB? It's your choice, obviously, but it seems a shame to give up on the loaches. They really are fun fish.
 
What is HOB?

I have a small saltwater and have been planning to upgrade it (probably to a 75, maybe 90) in the next 2 months or so, so I'll have a bunch of space and nice sand already.

Are there colorful loaches that are skinny?
 
Hang over the back.



I used to have kuhli's and they were very neat to watch. I had a group of four and they are still living in one of my Brother's tanks. I think that would make them about six years old or so.:thm:
 
I once had a peacock eel. He only got to be 4 inches long. He had spots along his body like a peacock feather. He liked to bury himself in the gravel with only his head sticking out. Later on he found he could swim down the lift tubes of the UG filter, somehow turn around under the baseplate, then poke his head back up into the lift tube among the rising bubbles. It was kinda cool!
 
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