Mastacembelus Zebrinus

[dizzied]

Do they really get up to 10" in captivity? I've always thought it was around the 6" area.

 

[n3ont3tra]

Do they really get up to 10" in captivity? I've always thought it was around the 6" area.

CFC says 6 inches... I guess it depends... anybody else?

 

[indigoj]

Mine is about 6" and is in a 30gal (4ft long) tank. I've had it about 5 months and it has grown but slowly and is still very slender. It feeds well and is far more active than I thought it would be. I did have a pair but one jumped so it has hooked up with a young half banded eel (about 5" and definitely broader/rounder) they get along famously.

 

[n3ont3tra]

What do you feed it?

 

[sid.sarah]

Please please please can some one post a picture !!!!!

Sarah!

 

[Straydum]

if you keep it in a small tank, then what'd you expect is a small eel. more room allows better growth. of course it depends on what you feed it with as well. from experience, spiny eels DO NOT take processed food. if yours do then you're really lucky. bloodworms, tubifex, brine shrimp, daphina is very much the staple.

 

[indigoj]

Mine is fed bloodworm, daphnia and pretty much any other frozen food I can find (cockles, mussels, shrimp) it will also eat dried bloodworm and tubiflex. It is quite adventurous, it tried a bit of flake but spat it out in disgust!

 

[KraKen]

Well if zebra spiny eels would be too big for a 20 gal can anyone think of an eel-like fish that would work in one?

 

[n3ont3tra]

Kuhlie loaches sort of look like eels. They're behavior is totally different, though.

Does anybody know where I can find the zebra spiny eels online?

 

[dizzied]

There are quite a number of other serpentine loaches as well.

As for the eel itself, you can find it at franksaquarium.com

 

[n3ont3tra]

Thanks.

Does anybody know if they will eat shrimp like amano shrimp?

 

[Straydum]

if the shrimp's small, then yes. i wouldnt risk feeding amano shrimps to them actually, well at least not live ones. amano shrimps are very hurt able to hurt the delicate skin of the eel

 

[n3ont3tra]

Oh, I didn't mean giving them amano's as food... I meant as tankmates. Sorry, I should've worded that differently.

 

[Straydum]

ah okay likewise i wouldnt risk it, for the same reasons