Types Of Eels

[shooter tom]

can anyone please give me a list of the types of eels that i can keep i a 200L tank. they will be the only fish stocked.

thanks tom

 

[nmonks]

There aren't any eels suitable for a 200 l freshwater tank; at best, you have some spiny eels and of course loaches such as kuhli loaches and fork-tailed loaches, but these aren't eels. Spiny eels are fiddly fish, and you'll want to research their needs carefully before purchase; the vast majority die within a few months. Among other things, the smaller Macrognathus species viable for a 200-l system need a sandy substrate, floating plants, a tight-fitting hood, and generous quantities of live or wet-frozen wormy foods.

In a brackish water system, you could opt for one of the "freshwater" moray eels, preferably one of the smaller Echidna species like the 30 cm Echidna rhodochilus. Morays are reasonably hardy, but it appears that much mortality could be down to inadequate diet, thiaminase in particular being an issue and needing to be managed in the long term by providing an appropriately varied diet of thiaminase-lacking foods (i.e., not shrimps, not mussels, and not feeder fish).

Cheers, Neale

 

[Ficious]

i think youd be ok with peacock, starry night, zig zag, MAYBE a tiretrack...but thats get a bit too big. zig zag and peacock are pretty common...both stay pretty small but hide a lot. also they are very picky eaters

 

[JohnRossDele]

I have a peacock and zigzag eel in my tank at the mo, they get on just fine

i'm selling my zigzag if u wanna buy let me know its called 'My Half Banded Spiny Eel' (more or less if not the same species) and its in oddballs section

 

[catfish00]

fire eels would be good for a tank that size

 

[Davo86]

fire eels would be good for a tank that size

No they wouldn't be suitable at all i'm afraid,

And at any rate I'm sure the OP has his fish by now, given the post is nearly a month old