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[Fish Fingers]

Are there any freshwater eels that would fit in a 70 gallon tank? I'm not sure if there are even freshwater eels but forgive me I know nothing about them

 

[ryan]

There are quite a few FW Eels, probably the most commonly seen are the Asain Spiny Eels, including Fire Eels, Tire Track Eels and Peacock Eels. I would personally recommend a group of Peacock Eels. What else is in the tank?

 

[Silva_Fishy]

definately 1 of the asian spiny eels, u could prob keep about 4 peacock eels in ther!

 

[Ben]

get fire eels.......they the coolest

 

[Fish Fingers]

Thanks for that. I don't have the tank yest(I'm getting it for my birthday) but i thought i better start planning it now.

 

[KribFreak]

You can buy freshwater eels at http/www.liveaquaria.com/. Go to fish, click on freshwater fish, then scroll down to Misc. Fish( picture of Black Ghost Knifefish on it), click it. Then scroll down to find other eels and other fish.

 

[Fish Fingers]

I looked around at a few lsf's and i saw a swamp eel for $190(me don't think so) and a spiny eel for $10(cha-ching ). I'm actally getting a 65 gallon tank instead of the 70(im off to buy that now).Do u think a full grown spiny eel would fit into a 65 gallon?

 

[CFC]

Do u think a full grown spiny eel would fit into a 65 gallon?

Depends on the species, as said you could have a few peacock spiney eels in there as these have a maximum size of around 14" but i would say that the tank would be too small for a full grown fire or tyre track eel both of which can exceed 30" when full grown.

click here for more information on peacock spiney eels http/fish.orbust.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=41583

 

[Fish Fingers]

I'm not sure what type it was because it just said 'spiney eels'. They did look like those peacock spiney eels though. They were the same colour but I didn't have a close enough look to see if they had spots on their back.