Moray Eel Help

[05niceck]

several days ago i bought a freshwater moray eel, it hasnt eaten a thing yet so i decided to put in 1teaspoon of salt for every
10 gallons. i just wanted to know if this will help the eel and will it affect my other fish

In my 300ltr/65g tank i have:
1 golden severum
6 angel fish
1 ruby shark
2 bumblebee catfish
1 zigzag eel
1 ropefish
2 clown loach
2 rams
4 prescilla x-ray tetras
2 black neon tetras
1 leapord syno catfish
1 plec
1 golden zebra loach
oh and the moray

any suggestions are very much appreciated.

 

[nmonks]

One teaspoon of salt per 10 gallons is not brackish water. It will have no affect on your fish, but neither will it help your eel.

Minimum salinity for a moray eel has to be about 25% seawater salinity, i.e., around SG 1.005. In practise that's about 9 grammes of sea salt per litre. (As a rough guide, 6 grammes of salt is one level teaspoon.)

Only some of your fish live in brackish water in the wild, specifically: severums, clown loaches, ropefish, pristella tetras, and plecs. None of the others live in brackish water. But even those listed are only found in very low-end conditions, I'd guess around SG 1.002-1.003 in specific gravity terms. What that means is that NONE of your fish is suitable for a brackish water tank alongside the moray.

Realistically, return the moray of set up a tank for it where you can keep it in brackish water. In any event, it will eat all the small fish, so simply isn't part of this community.

Cheers, Neale

 

[Marine/Freshwater?]

Also in case you do not already know, table salt is useless. So is "aquarium salt". You need salt for marine tanks such as Instant Ocean.