Fish of the Week... Eels!

[gregr]

due to an overwhelming demand the fish of the week this week is Eels- if you have any photos to share this is the place
this shot of a Blue Ribbon Eel was taken with my trusty old Canon G2 a few years ago:

greg

[hogpark7430]

Nacho & Elvis
http://img32.photobucket.com/albums/...7430/eelss.jpg

eel love

[hogpark7430]

great ribbon pic

[Jow13]

Awesome, thanks greg

[maractwin]

Here are some from my diving trips to the Caribbean. All spotted morays.

[Tim]

Gregr all I can say is WOW!!
that is an awesome shot











on all 3

10D
100mm macro
1/80
f9
ISO 100
TLL flash on shoe

shots were taken in a fish store.

[ozadars]

ribbon eel shot is awsome just like the others

[slave-of-rock]

y dont you go with anglers for the next fish of the week those things look really wierd and really cool at the same time, hope you like my input
kyle kaz

[gregr]

you got it Kyle- next one will be Anglers. and yeah- i love that suggestion
we should give Eels some more time but in a few days we'll switch over to Anglers.
greg

[justgettinstarted]

from my tank... still working on framing and sigs... not nearly as good as gregr and TS ... but working on it!

[ozadars]

OMG! Do you keep a garden eel?
Can you tell me some about him like how deep is the sand bed, what he eats, is he in a reef setup, tankmates and is he very shy? or isnt it the right thread to discuss? They are one of my favourite fish.

Good luck with him

[slave-of-rock]

i know, its not sun yet , thanks for takin my idea, ive always been interested in them and i hope to get one in a species only tank with 2 or 3 of um by next week, ive got a 30 gal with some LR and LS, hopefully ill have it up by next week if i can find a supplier, so i can get some pics up, tanks already cycled with 2 chromis in there now, again thanks for takin my idea.
kyle kaz.

[justgettinstarted]

OMG! Do you keep a garden eel?

yup yup! i sure do!

Can you tell me some about him like how deep is the sand bed, what he eats, is he in a reef setup, tankmates and is he very shy?

The sand bed is 8" of southdown...

He eats mysid shrimp? (the little ones that swarm in a reef tank) baby brine... anything small that floats by... cyclopeze... etc...

He is in my 30g SPS only cube setup

Only tankmate is a red mandarin...

They are VERY VERY VERY SHY!!! he gets scared by hermit crabs snails... etc... not a good tankmate with anything that moves fast or will compete with him for food. He likes it when my pumps shut off and will pop out about 3-4" and check everything out... really cool fish, but def not for beginners... they are so small they can get sucked into any pump opening and are awfull swimmers! LOL

So really unless you want a dedicated tank they are not a good fish...

my thought is when i get my house i am going to get a custom tank made... about 8' long 12" wide and 36" deep... have it inwall behind a bar or something... and then put a 20" DSB in it and then put in mabe 12 or 14 garden eels and thats it... a tunze wavebox or some sort of surge device. I think that would be one of the coolest things ever! (then frame the tank so you can only see the top 1" of sand)

[Project Reef]

Garrett that would be an awesome set-up. I really admire people who put their focus on replicating a particular area of a reef environment. Good luck with that set-up!

P.S. You might look into putting a two-way mirror in the front of the tank, so that the eels won't get spooked by people walking in front of the tank. But then again, cleaning the front glass would have to be done from the inside. - but then again - you won't be running strong lighting so algea growth should be minimal.

P.P.S. Those pictures rock people!

[ozadars]

Thanks!
A garden eel tank is my dream tank too however im planning sea grasses, a harem of mandarin, some pipefish, seahorses and shrimpfish too

[Leslie]

Hmmmmmm how did I miss this thread....

Here is my Zebra Moray. He is 28" long and about 1.75" dorsoventrally.

[Tim]

Thats a beauty

great photography too

[Leslie]

Thanks Tim!!!