I've Had Hitchhiker Crabs, But A Hitchhiker Eel?..

[Caty1113]

About a month and a half ago I started up my 165G reef tank, and added a LOT of live rock. No fish or anything. Today when I went to rearrange some of the rocks, I see an 18" moray it's about 18" long, dark brown with lighter brown stripes, and keeps trying to bite me I haven't put any food or anything in the tank so he has gone awhile without any.

 

[ben1987]

got a pic? that goes up there with some of the cooler hitchhikers. one guy on reef central got an octopus, thats gotta be the coolest ever.

 

[Caty1113]

I can't find my camera! But he looks exactly like a "barred moray eel"

http/www.flickr.com/photos/scubajo/4025412167/

 

[bae1994]

wow how cool

like ben said up there with the octopus i wanna see the guy in a pic you should get a cam just because this is o cool

 

[john.o]

Wow nice one
I have got to agree you have got to get a pic up; I can’t wait to see this one
What you planning to do with it?

 

[-Nemo-]

What a surprise!
Hopefully your tank plan allows you to keep the little guy.

 

[Caty1113]

Probably can't keep him as I wanted a reef tank with smaller fish. I have a feeling if I kept it I would have no small fish but one very fat eel a friend of mine has a 600ish gallon reef with larger more aggressive fish, I may put it in there. Either way he is one hardy eel, surviving through a huge ammonia and nitrite spike through my cycle

 

[seffieuk]

My goodness, that would have scare the whats-its out of me! and I would want it out soon as

Seffie x