Sand And Peacock Eel

[tnhowery]

I have recently converted my tank from gravel to sand, and the sand seems to get stuck to the eel around its gills. I have moved it to another tank for the time being but its just a 20 gallon and cannot be a permanent home. Is it ok to have it in with the sand?

I thought that it could be due to stress from the move and new enviroment, that caused this but i am not sure. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

TH

 

[cichlid-mad]

Yes you can have a peacock eel in with sand i have 1 with sand and he loves it .. ur sand is new so it would stick to all the fishes but wont harm them

 

[Gankutsuou]

peacock eels are supposed to have sand. anything else usually ends up scratching them unless you set up something like I did where they enjoy plants and a planted tank to weave into, and then they still ocassionally go diggin.

 

[tnhowery]

Thanks for the help i put him back in my main tank this morning and everything seemed fine tonight when i got home.