Friends For A Snowflake Eel

[channing]

so i was wondering if these would be good friends for a snowflake eel?
The Lemon Butterfly Fish
Queen Angelfish
Emperor Angelfish
Blue-faced Angelfish,
Blue Angelfish

or other neat pretty fish. (tangs,triggers,butterflys,other eels,lionfish,etc..

we dont have the tank or anything yet still on the research phase.
my requirements are they need to be really pretty, hardy, feisty.
this is going to be a fish only tank. if there is anything freaky looking that would be awesome!!!

also what are some good tips for these guys ?

thanks a bunch.

 

[SkiFletch]

BIG tank. I don't claim to know much about eels, but most of what you listed there requires tanks upwards of 100-200gal and more

 

[The-Wolf]

if it is anything like the snowflake eel Echidna nebulosa we had at my old job, nothing will be suitable.
ours was close to 10 inches and he was housed with a female green serpent blenny (never have found a taxa)
that was about 14 inches, they were fine for 3 weeks then we came in one morning to find the blennys tail sticking out of the eels mouth

 

[channing]

if it is anything like the snowflake eel Echidna nebulosa we had at my old job, nothing will be suitable.
ours was close to 10 inches and he was housed with a female green serpent blenny (never have found a taxa)
that was about 14 inches, they were fine for 3 weeks then we came in one morning to find the blennys tail sticking out of the eels mouth

thats why all fish would not fit the the eels mouth. i talked to some people at our local saltwater store and they said at the min a 55g. but we will probably go for like a 125g or bigger. we had one at our store for a whille and it was just the coolest. does any one know anything about zebra eels?

 

[Lynden]

Rest assured that The-Wolf's story is that of a miraculous exception. I didn't even know that a 10'' eel was capable of eating a 14'' animal.

Normally, Echidna and other pebble toothed morays get along well with fish. Remember to keep the tank covered.

I do see a problem with your other stock. Inch per inch, Pomacanthus angels prefer the largest tanks of nearly any fish (much more than tangs and triggers); in a 125 gallon tank I would recommend a different genus, such as Holacanthus or Chaetodontoplus. Are just as good.

 

[coggez]

ive got a zebra lionfish with my snowflake, they get along fine

 

[channing]

ive got a zebra lionfish with my snowflake, they get along fine

cool. maybe we could do a predator tank what else would work? i dont think you can keep more then one eel together right?

 

[Lynden]

There is little information on combining eels to be found. I once combined three young Gymnothorax tile and aside from the largest trying to eat the smallest during a feeding frenzy, they got along like a pack of puppies.

I would be wary of combining other species. Add all at once, but be prepared to take one or more back to the store if they should fight. Remember to feed sparingly and keep up water changes, protein skimming.

 

[channing]

There is little information on combining eels to be found. I once combined three young Gymnothorax tile and aside from the largest trying to eat the smallest during a feeding frenzy, they got along like a pack of puppies.

I would be wary of combining other species. Add all at once, but be prepared to take one or more back to the store if they should fight. Remember to feed sparingly and keep up water changes, protein skimming.

how did they get along when they were bigger? also does anyone captive breed them? also what other preds could i put with them?

 

[Lynden]

Well unfortunately they died. I was forced to remove two of them as I had underestimated the amount of waste they would produce (this was more than a year ago and I will not make the same mistake again); one did not survive the move (died of stress-induced starvation) and another when the heater in his tank broke while on holiday. The last died several months later, perhaps from some kind of "piscine post traumatic stress disorder".

They have never been bred in captivity as far as I know; good tankmates are lionfish, "pelagic" triggers and groupers.

 

[channing]

Well unfortunately they died. I was forced to remove two of them as I had underestimated the amount of waste they would produce (this was more than a year ago and I will not make the same mistake again); one did not survive the move (died of stress-induced starvation) and another when the heater in his tank broke while on holiday. The last died several months later, perhaps from some kind of "piscine post traumatic stress disorder".

They have never been bred in captivity as far as I know; good tankmates are lionfish, "pelagic" triggers and groupers.

hmm i just read on another website that you could have more then one, is that even i good idea though? im just starting to look into to saltwater so maybe i should stick with just one. i was planning on a lion fish. others ill have to look into. i was kinda wondering about a clown trigger too? but the tank will be a 125g. so should i sick to smaller fish?

 

[Lynden]

Sounds good to me.

Remember that most lionfish can easily be kept in a group.

P.S.
Clown Triggers are amoung the most aggressive of all fish when full grown. Babies can be kept in a community tank (and even a reef), but one morning you might wake up to find a bunch of half-eaten dead bodies and one very happy trigger...

 

[channing]

Sounds good to me.

Remember that most lionfish can easily be kept in a group.

P.S.
Clown Triggers are amoung the most aggressive of all fish when full grown. Babies can be kept in a community tank (and even a reef), but one morning you might wake up to find a bunch of half-eaten dead bodies and one very happy trigger...

oh..in that case maybe someone a little bit nicer. id really like some very bright pretty fish or very freaky looking. any ideas? i do like the look of the panther grouper. could i do a dragonlett or would it turn into a snack

 

[channing]

ok i think im leaning towards snowflake eel, drawf lionfish ,panther grouper, clown trigger(i really like these i just cant say no im trying but it anit working). could i do anymore in a 125g? any suggestions?

 

[Lynden]

Panther groupers will eventually grow too large, but a Cephalopholis miniata could be easily kept. They are a strikingly coloured fish.

The only way I could see a Clown Trigger cohabiting peacefully is if you bought him real small, like in the 1-2'' range. Be aware that they can become terrors overnight, and that this often occurs when they reach about 8''. Many people consider them a particularly poor choice to keep with lionfish because they have been known to de-fin and de-eye these fish. Maybe consider a Hawaiian black Trigger Melichthys niger, or any other fish of the genera Melichthys, Xanthichthys, Odonus, Sufflamen, and possibly Rhinecanthus.

As for additional tankmates, you are pretty much full stocked. Perhaps adding another medium-sized fish would top it off.