Half Striped Zigzag Eel

johnboy!

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Bought one of these on impulse 2 days back, with an eye to upgrade if needed, but as my tank is big enough for his adult size, i don't need to :) the tanks roughly 40 gallon, i also bought 3 Bolivian rams, and i'm considering a banjo catfish too, obviously not for at least a week or so to let bacteria to accumulate to allow for more fish, I've been keeping for 7 years now so i know the ins and outs of the nitrogen cycle and bacteria accumulation, the tanks externally filtered, and has only a moonlight for now, I've always used a moonlight for the first week to let fish settle, and found a very high success rate, losing about 1 fish per 50 fish purchased if that makes sense. Got all fish eating bloodworm frozen cubes right now, will try prawn later, and i plan on purchasing mussel, and lancefish for the eel, varied diet etc...

My question is, with these fish already:
4 Bristlenose (to find a strong pair, 2 will be rehomed)
3 Bolivian Rams
1 "half striped zigzag eel" Which i've identified as Macrognathus circumcinctus,

Could i add to this? my options are:
a leaf fish?
banjo cat?
butterfly fish?

The tank doesn't look to great right now, i focused on letting the fish settle with a lot of plant cover and some floating bogwood, i may re arrange that today so its more presentable, depending on how nervous the fish are.

Thats me :)
 
African Butterfly fish yes :) top dwellers, and the original leaf fish not the bush or spotted cen, need slow moving waters ???
 
African Butterfly fish yes :) top dwellers, and the original leaf fish not the bush or spotted cen, need slow moving waters ???
I'll look into them, i've been given a very young pair of paradise fish by a freind so i'll see how they get on for now, that rules out butterfly fish i think, any probelm with banjo cats?
 
Good Luck with your Eel! I miss mine, was one of my favourite fish, lets me handfeed n pet him. He was good tankmates with my Leopard Ctenopoma (leaf fish)

Here's a short, old video of mine handfeeding n petting.

 
Good Luck with your Eel! I miss mine, was one of my favourite fish, lets me handfeed n pet him. He was good tankmates with my Leopard Ctenopoma (leaf fish)

Here's a short, old video of mine handfeeding n petting.

WOW thats a very tame eel! :) I'll keep you updated, i have a clam shell in the tank which he loves, and he also loves prawns at the minute too!
 
Just to add, i added another one to my tank, was offered it for 2:50 as my lfs wanted to clear the tank, had a spare set up ready incase... but i'm glas to say its all ok after a week :good:
 

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