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Post by Tyrannax on Nov 29, 2008 22:25:51 GMT
Does anyone here own Eels? I just ove them. They make really great pets. Yes, they sit inside of their hides all day, but at night they are very active. Especially during feeding time....my larger eel actually grabbed the tongs out of my hand. Really interesting creatures. I encourage anyone and everyone to get one. (Of course, if you don't mind touching krill ;D) Well, heres my first and largest eel, Agent Weavels (Don't ask me where the names come from because I made them up in under 5 seconds. I wanted something completely random) He is exactly 24 inches long, making him a whopping 2 feet in length! Big, huh?   Can't find a descent picture of my Snowflake eel...he's too fast and spastic. But here it is: His name is Emperor Grease. Again, the name is odd. ;D  This is an old pic. I had to put them into a SW holding tank while I made the finishing touches on their marine tank .It is a lot nicer then those ugly, brown pebbles.  |
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Post by Tyrannax on Dec 8, 2008 2:35:06 GMT
Does no one love eels?  |
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Dec 8, 2008 2:56:31 GMT
They are salt water? I'd probably get one if they were fresh water.
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Post by Tyrannax on Dec 8, 2008 3:03:03 GMT
Unfortunately, all eel species are salthingyer. Some are mistaken for freshwater because they go into estuaries to breed. They make awesome pets, I love feeding them...such powerful fish.  |
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Post by tomhet on Dec 8, 2008 3:12:23 GMT
I love eels  These are obviously beauties, Unfortunately I know it's very complicated to take care of fishes and I don't have a lot of space  |
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Post by Tyrannax on Dec 8, 2008 3:26:23 GMT
Thanks tomhet! Yes fish are difficult and can be expensive. Eels however, are extremely hard to care for. They are worth it though. |
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Post by Meso-Cenozoic on Dec 8, 2008 9:02:15 GMT
Hey, TR! Your guys are great!! You said the second eel is a Snowflake Eel (I love his markings!). What kind is your big 2 footer?
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Post by crazycrowman on Dec 8, 2008 19:47:08 GMT
Unfortunately, all eel species are salthingyer. Some are mistaken for freshwater because they go into estuaries to breed. They make awesome pets, I love feeding them...such powerful fish. Neat animals, I like the snowflake moray. I had a freind who had a green moray in a huge tank in his living room. Very cool critter. The American eel lives in freshwater. I had one I caught in out stream growing up. They go out to salthingyer to breed, and then head back to fresh/brackish water. I have seen them for sale is the chinese markets as live 3' + adults and so far have resisted the urge to add one to my collection. (We often rescue turtles like diamondback terrapins from the food markets) |
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Post by sbell on Dec 8, 2008 20:39:04 GMT
Unfortunately, all eel species are salthingyer. Some are mistaken for freshwater because they go into estuaries to breed. They make awesome pets, I love feeding them...such powerful fish. Neat animals, I like the snowflake moray. I had a freind who had a green moray in a huge tank in his living room. Very cool critter. The American eel lives in freshwater. I had one I caught in out stream growing up. They go out to salthingyer to breed, and then head back to fresh/brackish water. I have seen them for sale is the chinese markets as live 3' + adults and so far have resisted the urge to add one to my collection. (We often rescue turtles like diamondback terrapins from the food markets) I had a friend grab one from a Chinese market for the same purpose--but I believe it escaped and dried out (it was in a pond). He also got soft-shelled turtles the same way, before the rules changed and live animals couldn't be sold for food anymore (fish and inverts apparently not being seen as 'animals'). I have kept brackish morays before--nothing that large, the largest was about 18" long. The funny things is that our store had one named Murray who eventually died after a poorly thought out water change (I wasn't there anymore) and his skeleton became part of the comparative collection here at the T.rex Centre. |
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Post by Tyrannax on Dec 8, 2008 21:20:36 GMT
Thanks guys!
I'm sorry, I meant to say no moray eel is freshwater. They are, unfortunately, mistaken for freshwater though.
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Post by sbell on Dec 8, 2008 21:38:04 GMT
Thanks guys! I'm sorry, I meant to say no moray eel is freshwater. They are, unfortunately, mistaken for freshwater though. There are brackish-tolerant ones--but like freshwater eels, they do need to get salt-water occasionally. As for freshwater eel-like animals, there are always synbranchids, mastacembelids, polypterids (Erpetoichthys is especially eel-like) and some loaches. Plus the amphibian Caecillians (often sold as rubber eels). |
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Post by Tyrannax on Dec 9, 2008 0:29:20 GMT
Yes, usually brackish tolerant eels need salthingyer at some point in their life. |
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Post by sepp on Jan 9, 2009 10:03:13 GMT
I don't have any true eels, but I DO have a striped peacock spiny eel she's so cute and wiggly C: her name is lily <3 |
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Post by Tyrannax on Jan 9, 2009 10:06:48 GMT
Oooo...I love those. I have one too lol. ;D
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Post by kuni on Jan 9, 2009 17:46:16 GMT
I don't have any eels, except for a few plastic figures (which are easier to take care of!) If you eel fans haven't seen this yet, check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv2DkzOPBXwIt's a video about how moray eels have a second set of jaws that they use to grab prey. |
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Post by sid on Jan 9, 2009 18:36:57 GMT
I like 'em,they are really kickass animals and,especially in the case of Moray eels (my second favorite fishes ever,after the sharks),they have that kind of "reptilian feel" (maybe it's their elongated snout,who knows) which is IMPOSSIBLE to not love |
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Post by Tyrannax on Jan 9, 2009 20:49:58 GMT
Oh don't get me started on that second jaw...I've already felt its wrath. ;D They are impossible not to love!  |
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Post by sid on Jan 13, 2009 16:41:38 GMT
Did you know Safari Ltd has made a brand new PELICAN EEL model?  One of my favorite deep sea fishes EVER,and a kickass eel too...I can't wait to get it ;D |
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Post by sbell on Jan 13, 2009 17:15:25 GMT
Did you know Safari Ltd has made a brand new PELICAN EEL model? One of my favorite deep sea fishes EVER,and a kickass eel too...I can't wait to get it ;D I am ashamed to admit that I haven't even got their new moray eel yet! And it is way better than the previous, bendy one. Old (Wild Safari sea life):  New (Incredible Creatures):  But that Pelican eel is very cool. And nice and big--almost a foot long. Of course, the large size is par for the course with the Incredible Creatures line:  |
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Post by bmknj17 on Jan 13, 2009 18:04:48 GMT
Kaiyodo has a pelican eel in its Deep Sea Odyssey set.
Mostly I responded though because when much younger I also used to rescue turtles from the fish markets--softshells (one of my favorites) and red-eareds which I kept in my pond, and diamondbacks which I released--in Chinatwon in New York.
Of course releasing them was illegal (as was keeping them) and a very bad idea but it's one of those situations wherein there is no good answer and at the time I didn't know any better.
Happily the markets don't sell live turtles any longer.
Brett
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These are obviously beauties,
