Fresh water "moray" eel?

Question

i know its not actually a moray but i need some health and maintainance facts. it looks like a moray.

Answer 1

There are several species of actual marine morays that are sold as freshwater fish and will live in freshwater for a time. Some for quite extended periods in fact. Here's a good article about them:
http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breeding/Berg_Moray_Eels.html

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Answer 2

There are several freshwater eels. It would help if you could describe it a bit more than saying it looks like a Moray Eel. A very popular freshwater eel is a Fire Eel. If that is what you have you can follow the link below or do a search for it.

Answer 3

Yes the eels they sell as freshwater morays are indeed moray eels and aren't actually freshwater they can go from fresh to full salt and in my experience won't fair well in a full fresh tank - usually a brackish tank would do the trick. They get quite large.

If you're interested in FW eels there are a few true FW species that might be more suited to your needs. Tiretracks, Peacocks and Fire eels are a few.

Answer 4

There are a number of fish sold as fresh water moray eels. Before you can get a "fact sheet" we need to know what kind of fish you were looking at since many have different requriements.

Echidna rhodochilus or Gymnothorax polyuradon

www.aquariacentral.com/
species/db.cgi?db=fresh&uid=default
&ID=0580&picture_view=1

This has more info on your fish.

Answer 5

do no longer use an identical water you took out because of the fact the water substitute may be the beneficial ingredient to help shop your tank in tip suitable shape. do no longer scrub down your tank or do a hundred% water differences the two. this would harm the parameters of your tank. beneficial micro organism stay oftentimes in filter out media because they desire a present day of oxygenated water to outlive, notwithstanding it does grab directly to what ever it could the place there's a stable water present day, so scrubbing your tank isn't a stable thought. A partial substitute of 25-30% weekly would desire to be stable sufficient to maintain your tank and in case you have city water get a water conditioner that bumped off chlorine AND Chloramine. Seachem top is what alot of folk use. on no account used it myself yet i think of that is available maximum everywhere. i'm assuming you went to a save like Petsmart or the like and not a common LFS, I even have on no account heard of employing the tank water you only took out returned. Defeats the point of the substitute completely. additionally seem right into a fishless cycle. that is rather trouble-free and an superb thank you to cycle the tank with out harming the fish. it is likewise super in case you have a pal that has a longtime ailment loose tank you get some gravel or filter out floss from to seed your tank! that is going to velocity up your cycle! stable success and don't reuse the yucky water. ETA : The age-previous suggestion is "enable the water stand in one day at room temperature". notwithstanding, reckoning on the temperature and the form of the field, it could take extra advantageous than a week for chlorine to expend certainly. that is extra perfect to apply a product meant to detoxify chlorine, yet you nevertheless desire to enable the water stand in one day besides to equilibrate gasses and temperature. Letting it take a seat out nevertheless does no longer something for the Chloramine so as which you would be able to besides deal with your water with a conditioner. you will desire to apply a product that neutralizes chloramine. maximum municipalities now have this of their water therapy shape. This product would desire to have the skill to interrupt the chlorine-ammonia bond and detoxify the two the chlorine and ammonia. there are a number of products marketed to try this, yet 2 examples are Amquel and Tetra Aquasafe.

Answer 6

Brackish fish from the Philippines. Needs lots of hiding places, grows to 3 ft in length. Needs a variety of foods. I deal with people feeding them just feeder fish. In all honesty feeder fish suck nutritionally and they are loaded with parasites and other diseases.
They are sensitive to water quality so you need to do regular partial waterchanges.