Eel Update

[andywg]

Well, the little guy was feeding pretty well from the stick a week or so ago, as the below vid shows:



Nina managed to gets some good pics of hiim coming out to feed:

As well as feeding on prawns:

However he has also found a habit for going for my finger as well

And this (somewhat large - 18mb/1min) video shows him feeding in all his glory:



Apologies for the bleeching on some pics, but such a white fish is a pain to photograph very well when it comes out under the light.

 

[fishfishfish]

great eel.what kind is it?i think its funny how he bites ur finger first.does it hurt?

 

[andywg]

It's a White Ribbon eel: Pseudechidna brummeri.

The bite isn't too bad, mostly as this eel feeds more on crustaceans and other inverts and so has bony plates rather than the sharp teeth of the Gymnothorax spp.

 

[Paul_MTS]

great pictures and vids andy. absolutely loving the eel reminds me of my 2 morays at feeding time.

Sooooo cute when he goes for your fingers.

 

[mikster]

Fantastic eels, i saw a couple at a lfs the other day, were in the live rock tank, heres a photo i took of them, im sure you can ID them for me as im too lazy lol

 

[andywg]

That looks like it is going to be a Snowflake Moray (Echidna nebulosa).

Generally a good peaceful eel, though not best in a reef due to having a taste for inverts.

 

[fishfishfish]

what size tank is it in as i have always wanted a micro eel

 

[cane76]

top vids and pics
that eel has got some front

 

[CAC]

Great pics and vids, its a very cool eel
Are there two in there andy?

Mike

 

[demonmagus]

nice eel, is it one of those 'hide in rocks all day' eels?

 

[Gill]

Great Pix and Vids.






That Pic of the Snowflake reminds me of a Budgie for some reason

 

[jayjay]

Very nice Andy, well done Nina on the pics.

 

[andywg]

The eel tends to stay in the rocks until he smells food and then comes flying out to get said food.

He was on his own when all those pics were taken, but I picked up a second eel of the same species today, so I will try and get him feeding as well.

The eels are in a grow out tank at the moment that is 24x15x15. It is drilled and as soon as the new 100 gallon reef tank is set up the tank will gain a much better skimmer and a sump. They will end up in a 48x15x18 tank that they will share with a black ribbon eel and a lionfish or two.

 

[helsekia]

fantastic vid and pictures hes a beautiful eel,well done on the feeding

 

[Lynden]

Reminds me of the good old days when I still had my Morays...

Black ribbon Morays have a pretty dismal survival rate, Andy. Reputedly much more difficult to get feeding than White Ribbons. Make sure you get a good one. They tend to be one of those fish that are better left in the wild.

-Lynden