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View Poll Results: What should I do with the EEL? | |
Keep it
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Karma, take it back to the LFS
|    | 6 | 33.33% | |
Keep it untill it gets to big and then take it back
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03-29-2008, 02:34 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Maine
Posts: 20
Karma: 17
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When I brought home a large peace of cured live rock and placed it in my 90gal tank I was shocked to find a hitchhiker. A snow flake eel was hiding inside. It is quite health and about 6” long. When I was thinking about the tank set up I wanted to have more of a reef tank. What should I do? The eel is really fun for now but I am concurred about its mature size and it’s compatibility with my idea of a coral tank with fish. My wife and I have grown to like it and friends also. Should I take him back to the LFS?
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90 Gallon, Cascade 1200filter, Seaclone100Skimmer, AquamedicUVlight 9w, 2 jets, OrbitE520wCompact Fluorescent, 125lbsof LR, 2cleaner shrimp,
Atlantic anemone, GMandarin, Saddleback butterfly, Snowflake eel, 2BGchromis,3 Ocellaris clowns, Lawnmower Blenny, Flame scallop, CC Starfish, Snails, Hermit crabs, and a small Sea slug | 
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03-29-2008, 02:41 PM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Quebec City
Posts: 836
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It will start to eat your clean up crew and possibly fish if its not what you want then take it back get some credit and get what you want  | |
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03-29-2008, 02:57 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
Posts: 3,905
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Wow, never heard of a Snowflake Eel being considered as a hitchhiker...! hahahaha
that is awesome, I guess! For me it would be a great hitchhiker as I have the ability to house a Snowflake, whereas someone in your shoes is having doubts!
What do you have for inhabitants?
Size of your tank?
I have kept a Snowflake eel in my reef tank containing all sorts of scleractinia,and alcyonacea with great results as they don't bother corals. They will become more clumsy due to size and strength and tend to knock over things , especially during feeding time.
Small fish may pose a problem though more concern should be placed on invertebrates, since their diet is primarilly invertebrate in nature based on their head and tooth design! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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03-29-2008, 02:59 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ohio Age: 32
Posts: 3,118
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Talk about a hitchhiker..... Sweet>>>>>>
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5.5 gal, 72w of pcs, 2 leds, rio nano skimmer, 40 gal hob filter, 50w visi-therm heater, 5pds lr, 1 inch live sand bed, 1 australian black perc clown ,1 porcelain crab, , 1 pep shrimp, 1 lge turbo , 3 cerith, 1 astrea, 1 nassaruis snails, neon grn bali slimer acro, purple acro, millipora's, feather duster, monti's, duncans, grn polyps, shrooms, zoa's, blue clove polyps, purple death pallys and grn star plyps. | 
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03-29-2008, 03:15 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
Posts: 3,801
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WOW, that is a great hitchhiker, talk about luck. CR said it all, so it really boils down to you. If you keep it, you wont be able to have small fish or inverts. If you trade it in, you wont have the ell anymore. Hum......I have an idea, If its possible, get another tank and keep him. They only need at least a 30g tank. _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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03-29-2008, 04:54 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Detroit, Michigan
Posts: 428
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im with luna, keep it for a while till it gets bigger, then trade it back into the lfs for free credit!!
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120g, 3 niger triggers, 2 tomato's, 2 puffers, 2 anglers,
eel, lrg black lion
5g, 4 baby black ociis, haitian, rock and bubble tip anemone, frogspawn, hammers, candycanes, blue ricordia, zenia, leather, plate coral, peppermint shrimp, yellow jawfish, porcelain anemone crab, lrg ass. bristle worms | |
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03-29-2008, 04:56 PM
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| | Hammer Head Shark
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 45
Posts: 2,606
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Originally Posted by Executivelevel  im with luna, keep it for a while till it gets bigger, then trade it back into the lfs for free credit!! |
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03-29-2008, 05:00 PM
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| | Ocellaris Clown
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sun River,Oregon (Bend) Age: 34
Posts: 1,450
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If you keep it you may tend to become attached, thus, changing your original ideas for your reef tank. The next thing you know you'll have triggers and the like. It's up to you,but, unless you have two tanks I'd return it. | |
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03-29-2008, 05:03 PM
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#9 (permalink)
| | Feather Star
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CT Age: 28
Posts: 789
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Yup, bring him back in for credit a later date if you plan on having hermit crabs and shrimp - But don't tell the store that they accidentally gave it to you for free, because then they'll suggest they take it back for free. Do you think they knew the eel was in the LR tank? Or did they get it free with the LR shipment? The only hitch-hikers I ever got was a snail and some little bristle worms. _________  | |
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03-30-2008, 08:23 PM
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#10 (permalink)
| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Saskatoon, Sk Age: 21
Posts: 285
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+1 on set up a new tank lol I'm biased in an "I don't have to spend the money" sort of way 
GL on your decision. It's not an easy one.
Evan.
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40g with 10g sump with 40 lbs liverock, 1.5" deep livesand bed.
Fish - halloween hermits, blue leg hermits, left-handed hermits, emerald crabs, assorted snails, chocolate chip star, 3x strawberry conches, tuxedo urchin, electric flame scallop, gold stripe maroon clown, carpenter's flasher wrasse, 6line, yellow tang, yellow watchman goby, white seabae anemone.
Coral - Yellow polyps, Kenya Tree, Purple Acro, Pink Birds Nest, Hammer coral. | |
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