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Green Spotted Puffers With Snowflake Moray Eel?
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:24 pm
by xmikebrock
i was doing some research and watching some videos
and the snowflake will eat smaller fish. right?
but if i get a small enough eel and let it grow in the tank. should there be a problem?
if the eel or any kind of fish for that matter grows with the same fish in the tank, isnt it less of a chance they will bully each other?
Re: Green Spotted Puffers With Snowflake Moray Eel?
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:38 pm
by Pufferpunk
How large is the tank? Snowflakes are crustaceon eaters, generally they don't eat fish but they grow quite large & as thick as your wrist. They create a HUGE amount of bioload too.
Re: Green Spotted Puffers With Snowflake Moray Eel?
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:57 pm
by stevenallenbarnard
I've seen it done before in videos, but I personally wouldn't recomend it w/o a big tank.
Re: Green Spotted Puffers With Snowflake Moray Eel?
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 1:27 am
by Corvus
Please see here:
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=18180&p=190127&hili ... er#p190127
Snowflake eels change their gender from female to male. The males get longer, pointed teeth with serrated edges, perfect for catching fish.
Re: Green Spotted Puffers With Snowflake Moray Eel?
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 2:35 am
by Pufferpunk
Ahhh... glad to have Corvus pop in for the
factual answers to these kind of Qs. That's why he's a Mentor!
Re: Green Spotted Puffers With Snowflake Moray Eel?
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:22 am
by splitadams
i was told that zebra morays dont eat fish and they only eat crustaceans, is that true?
Re: Green Spotted Puffers With Snowflake Moray Eel?
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:29 am
by Corvus
Yes, true.
The cases in which Zebra morays have bitten or eaten other fish are very, very rare. Zebra morays are generally the best moray eels for tanks with smaller, harmless fishes.
Re: Green Spotted Puffers With Snowflake Moray Eel?
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:34 am
by splitadams
are they reef safe?
Re: Green Spotted Puffers With Snowflake Moray Eel?
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:54 am
by Corvus
They can eat all sorts of crustaceans, have rarely consumed bivalves and sea urchins. Corals and fish, however, should be safe.
Re: Green Spotted Puffers With Snowflake Moray Eel?
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:16 am
by splitadams
nice, cheers for that mate
Re: Green Spotted Puffers With Snowflake Moray Eel?
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 1:25 pm
by xmikebrock
i have a 100g tank setup
i will be getting LR soon
but im increasing the SG slowly for my GSPs
so i still have some time
Re: Green Spotted Puffers With Snowflake Moray Eel?
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:31 am
by Pufferpunk
I wouldn't add any LR in SG <1.018.
Re: Green Spotted Puffers With Snowflake Moray Eel?
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:15 am
by xmikebrock
why is that?
Re: Green Spotted Puffers With Snowflake Moray Eel?
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:19 am
by Pufferpunk
Because there are creatures & bacteria that need SW to survive. If the SG is too low, they will die, causing such an ammonia spike, it will wipe out everything in your tank. Also, you can only use LR from a long-established system (not the LFS), if you're adding it to a tank with fish. Even the trip out of the ocean & to your LFS will cause a great deal of die-off & no matter how much they say it's cured--it's not!
Some reading about LR:
http://www.liveaquaria.com/PIC/article.cfm?aid=23
http://www.liveaquaria.com/PIC/article.cfm?aid=209
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/r ... /index.php