Guess the fish

[CFC]

Can anyone guess what this is, sorry for the blurry pictures but hes a sod to photograph.

Oh and i do know what it is, just want to see if anyone else can guess

 

[jayjay]

ELECTRIC EEL!!!

 

[Sp00ky]

GKF at first guess

 

[Die_Grinder]

african knife maybe?

DG

 

[CFC]

Jay Jay you cheat!!


Yes it is an electric eel, which is a member of the knife fish family.

 

[RadaR]

They need only a 6ft tank right?

 

[Paul_MTS]

Sweeeet! very smart

 

[bunjiweb]

Nice!

For a useless electric eel fact, their charge is held much like a series of batteries. Put one hand on the tail and one on the nose and you get the worst shock, however if you touched them at one end of the body you would get a much smaller shock...

Ben

 

[wuvmybetta]

Nice!

For a useless electric eel fact, their charge is held much like a series of batteries. Put one hand on the tail and one on the nose and you get the worst shock, however if you touched them at one end of the body you would get a much smaller shock...

Ben

I'm learning!

 

[Ginge]

Nice!

For a useless electric eel fact, their charge is held much like a series of batteries. Put one hand on the tail and one on the nose and you get the worst shock, however if you touched them at one end of the body you would get a much smaller shock...

Ben

I'm learning!

If i ever go to CFC's fish house i now know not to grab his eel as ill leave with my hair smoking and a black eye. Nice fish what tank mates does he have?

 

[CFC]

No tankmates at all, even the couple of little ramshorn snails i had in the tank decided within 2 minutes that crawling out of the water and sticking to the cover was a better option than sharing with the eel

They need only a 6ft tank right?

Yes and no, hopefully it wont need a tank much larger than that as an adult as from what little information i've gathered 2-3 feet seems to be a maximum in captivity, but in the wild adults have been measured up to 6 feet long so it may end up needing to go to a public aquarium at some point, time will tell

 

[bunjiweb]

Public Aquarium? Whats stopping you having a 2nd fish room?

 

[Fella]

Public Aquarium? Whats stopping you having a 2nd fish room?

Not the lack of electricity that's for sure


Great looking fish

 

[Neal]

I know how they do give out such high wattage, I was watching the Discovery Channel the other day, and apparently we all have an electrical charge in our skin cells, but their cells are formed a certain way, and then can build up the electrical charge and let it out when they want. I can't remember rightly, but I think they can charge up to 350W's, but don't count on that.

Neal

 

[Loko17]

They need only a 6ft tank right?

Lol, ONLY a 6 Foot tank.