Striped Peacock Eel

[RachelMallory]

Well, I decided to start by getting rid of everything in my tank. I have one striped peacock eel right now and he's all alone, I was thinking of putting one or two more. I have seen people have them together, and I see they get along fine at pet stores (yes, i know that's only temp.) but I called petsmart and they said DO NOT, I have a 55 gallon with lots of hiding places, and it's pretty much going to be two or three eels and a couple of amazon puffers. Do you think I can put a couple together?

 

[nmonks]

This is Macrognathus siamensis or something else in the genus Macrognathus, and they are, on the whole, quite sociable. Assuming you have soft silica sand (e.g., pool filter sand) as a substrate and not gravel, sure, go ahead and buy another one. If you have gravel, this specimen will probably be dead soon, so buying another is fairly pointless. I cannot stress this point too strongly.

Cheers, Neale

 

[RachelMallory]

This is Macrognathus siamensis or something else in the genus Macrognathus, and they are, on the whole, quite sociable. Assuming you have soft silica sand (e.g., pool filter sand) as a substrate and not gravel, sure, go ahead and buy another one. If you have gravel, this specimen will probably be dead soon, so buying another is fairly pointless. I cannot stress this point too strongly.

Cheers, Neale

You got it!!! I hate the way gravel looks so I've always used sand anyways :} but for right now I am just planning to have the two of them, and eventually I will add a black ghost, and in a couple months I will add three amazon puffers and that will probably be it for my 55. I'm still getting over the loss of my puffers from a few weeks ago :[ but thank you!!