Regular Member Kagome100 Posted July 30, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted July 30, 2008 Ok i know i dont just get pets without learning alot on them first, but this fish was going to get flushed away if i did not take it. I work at a pet shop and the manager got a fish in from some guy today and well the manager did not want it so he was going to flush it. So i said i would take it home. BUT i have no idea what it is and what it eats.. i know it will need a big tank, but i put it in a small tank to get pics of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member scaring Posted July 30, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted July 30, 2008 It looks like a Striped Peacock Eel. They grow about 5" to 6". I can't remember what they eat, but I think they eat flake. this is a zigzag eel fire eel black spotted eel. All trops. Black spotted, I think, is the most common. Other than that, I can't help you much. Never dealt with them before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member scaring Posted July 30, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted July 30, 2008 Sorry. This is a fire eel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member arabpaso Posted July 30, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted July 30, 2008 (edited) Wow, he's really cool! Must be an eel, alright. That was very sweet of you to rescue him and try to help him out. The same thing happened to me last year--I was in a large chain pet store when a guy came in with a rainbow shark baby and said he was moving and didn't want the fish anymore. The clerk said he'd have to flush the shark if nobody wanted it by closing time so I took the fish home. Didn't know anything about them but how can you just stand by and let the fishy be destroyed for no reason??? Here's a pic right after I put him in his new tank. There was nothing wrong with him at all--he's gotten a little bigger now and is doing great. Edited July 30, 2008 by Kristi 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Kagome100 Posted July 30, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 30, 2008 oh wow ya it does look like that peacock eel. THanks alot 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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