If Only I Had Some Jelly

[Miss Wiggle]

aahhh wow cool fish, i thought he was loads bigger until i saw him next to your hand. bless cute little bugger!! guessing he's gonna get bigger though?

and just for you yanks, don't worry about missing the jelly reference, i didn't get it until someone posted the pic. doh!

 

[Redstratplayer1]

HOw big is that going to get Andy?

 

[andywg]

Max length is 103cm (40") but I would be surprised to see him get past 3 feet to be honest.

And in more good news, I picked up a slightly smaller one today, so I have another fish to train to eat my finger...

 

[Mr Miagi]

I have another fish to train to eat my finger...

The odds just keep getting worse for you mate! Self inflicted though! FTS (Full Tank Shots!!! )

 

[andywg]

Well, the FTS are not pretty as there is no hood and the stand is yet to have any cladding on it:

And here are some shots of the new eel. First off a couple of him floating in the bag to temp match:

And a couple of him hanging out with his far larger tank mate.

 

[dixaisy930]

Awww...they've bonded!

Now they're plotting on how to drag you into the tank and eat you!

 

[Lynden]

Beware, Morays form packs

 

[sianeds]

Do you have a lid on the tank??? I wouldn't like one of them to land on my pillow in the night

They look beautiful though

 

[andywg]

Do you have a lid on the tank??? I wouldn't like one of them to land on my pillow in the night

They look beautiful though

There's a condensation tray over the top, but there is little risk of them escaping as the water level is low to prevent water flowing over the weir in the back corner.

 

[MHunt]

Great eels there. But i agree, i wouldn't want that to be the first thing i saw when i woke up in the morning! Percula Ocellaris (spelling?) maybe, or perhaps a nice cow or boxfish. Got a shock when i saw one peering out of a tube in my local marine shop never mind when i've just woken up!

 

[Nina]

Ahhh, we do wake up to Percs as well. They are in the reef tank at the other end of the bedroom currently in a cube to be upgraded to a 100 gallon in the next few weeks.

 

[andywg]

Well, the little one is eating and coming out a little bit more now, so I thought I might throw a couple of pics up:

And one with the larger eel to show size difference. There is not much in the length of the eels, but the original one is far fatter.

And finally, as I was taking photos of it, a fairly groovy shot from the soon to be defunct reef tank:

 

[Lynden]

Nice!

What is that monstrous beast in the fourth photograph?

 

[andywg]

That "monstrous beast" is nothing more than a saffron goby(Gobiodon citrinus).

Not quite the predatory beast that I usually go for, though the Mrs picked it for the reef, so I had little choice in the matter.

 

[Mr Miagi]

That still is the biggest citrinus Ive ever seen though, LOL. In comparison, youve still got an oddball!