Eels Or Eel Like Fish

[M4R13Y]

I might set up my tank with some eels or get another tank and set up an eel tank


Are there any freshwater eels that are freshwater and not brackish or are there any other types of fish that look like eels and ar easy to care for.



Also are pipefish easy to care for.


Thanks M4R13Y

 

[phoenixgsd]

khulis i love them, i have the black and orange banded ones, beautiful

 

[M4R13Y]

Are they community fish and are they easy to care for

 

[M4R13Y]

Are they safe with

Glowlight tetras
Black widow tetras
Scissortail rasboras
Penguin tetras
Bristlenose Pleco

I heard they require water current is this true because if it is how would I go about creating currents

 

[phoenixgsd]

they do well on sand as they are bottom dwellers and love to dig around, but yes they are great for community tanks, i dont have a current except for on the surface from the filter, which most tanks have anyway, i have harlequins, cherry barbs, corys, a swordtail, glass cats, a flying fox, and shrimp,

 

[M4R13Y]

Cool would they do well with 20 fish in a 96 l tank

I will use a mixture of fine and rounded gravel if I can find it

 

[phoenixgsd]

not sure it depends on the size of fish you have, i dont know alot about tetras, khulis like to be in groups of about 6 or more, crossfire on here is the khuli expert, shes the culprit who got me hooked on them in the first place

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

From your sig...

"I own a 30 litre community planted aquarium which contains:

5 glowlight tetras. 2 Black widow fish
2 male and 2 female guppies (one is pregnant)
2 scissortails 2 penguin fish"

Is this correct? If so you have fish already that need social groups before you add something new, even in this 96l you mention later you are going to be massively overstocked once you get more Black Widow Tetra; Scissortails and (False, more likely) Penguin Tetra; another Glowlight would would be nice too.

Aboslutely no stocking room for a BN Pleco, your tank is too small (125l is considered the minimum) to dilute the massive amount of waste they create and they need over-filtered setups.

 

[allan078]

Kuhli loaches are awesome. I've got two, they do a better job of cleaning the bottom of my tank than my shrimp ever did, and they're lovely fish too.

 

[M4R13Y]

From your sig...

"I own a 30 litre community planted aquarium which contains:

5 glowlight tetras. 2 Black widow fish
2 male and 2 female guppies (one is pregnant)
2 scissortails 2 penguin fish"

Is this correct? If so you have fish already that need social groups before you add something new, even in this 96l you mention later you are going to be massively overstocked once you get more Black Widow Tetra; Scissortails and (False, more likely) Penguin Tetra; another Glowlight would would be nice too.

Aboslutely no stocking room for a BN Pleco, your tank is too small (125l is considered the minimum) to dilute the massive amount of waste they create and they need over-filtered setups.

I don't see the problem I have those fish in my 30 litre tank and they are doing absolutely fine so getting 3homer scissortails 3 more penguin fish and 3 more black widow tetras should be fine in a 96 litre ( the guppies are staying in the 30l tank)

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

From your sig...

"I own a 30 litre community planted aquarium which contains:

5 glowlight tetras. 2 Black widow fish
2 male and 2 female guppies (one is pregnant)
2 scissortails 2 penguin fish"

Is this correct? If so you have fish already that need social groups before you add something new, even in this 96l you mention later you are going to be massively overstocked once you get more Black Widow Tetra; Scissortails and (False, more likely) Penguin Tetra; another Glowlight would would be nice too.

Aboslutely no stocking room for a BN Pleco, your tank is too small (125l is considered the minimum) to dilute the massive amount of waste they create and they need over-filtered setups.

I don't see the problem I have those fish in my 30 litre tank and they are doing absolutely fine so getting 3homer scissortails 3 more penguin fish and 3 more black widow tetras should be fine in a 96 litre ( the guppies are staying in the 30l tank)

Well let me spell out the problem... That 30l tank would be fully stocked just with just the 4 Guppies, especially when fry appear.

You should not be keeping Glowlights; Black Widows; Scissortails; False Penguins in anything like a cramped 30l tank, these all need at least 60cm long tanks, while some need something in excess of a 90cm long tank.

Even if you do not get ammonia or nitrite spikes in that 30l, how are you accurately ensuring nitrates do not exceed ~300mg/l (the point at which nitrate becomes toxic to many hobby fish)? I hope your answer is not a liquid test kit, even an API one, cheap nitrate test kits are infamously inaccurate as the active ingredients come out of suspension.

 

[M4R13Y]

I ensure you everything is fine but go into detail on the false penguins please