Zig Zag Eel

[doctorb]

While I have been waiting for my ridiculously slow cycle to complete, I have been to the store a couple times to check out potential fish. Yesterday I saw a Zig Zag Eel and thought it looked pretty cool. I was wondering, is a 35G tank big enough for one of these guys? The label said it was a community fish, so are they ok to put in with small fish like tetras?

Also... I have complained about my cycle before, but it has been going for 2 months now (using shrimp), and for the last few weeks I have been stuck on readings of 0ppm Ammonia, ~2ppm nitrite and 10-20 ppm nitrate. Does this seem normal? The values don't seem to be changing at all.

 

[rwilliams254]

Decent info here: http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Mastacembelus_circumcinctus.html and here: http://www.centralpets.com/animals/fish/freshwater_fish/fwf6146.html

 

[doctorb]

Thanks. It looks like 35 G is big enough, but I didn't know about having to feed it live food. That sounds like it might be a little advanced for my first attempt at an aquarium.

 

[Ruben Tolon]

you might be able to target feed it some frozen food like bloodoworms, try to ask the fish store worker to feed it frozen food while you watch.

 

[jm1212]

you are going to want a fine gravel or sand substrate for it. i would personally go bigger since they can be messy.