Hello

[suelr]

:confused:
I own a Peacock eal in a community aquarium. When I bought him I was told that he will eat flake foods and I also bought some freeze dried shrimp.. I have never seen him eat but he must because I have had him for about 5 months now... For the last month now I will see him drapped over a plant leaf or log and he looks dead, when I go to net him he swims away. He does this often? He will even let himself be sucked to the filter, then a little later swim and lay somewhere else. He doesn't look like he has grown much.
Any comments or suggestions??? The other fish in my tank is one Black Moor, four danios, three platys, and eight neon tetras.
Sue :)

[AquaQueen]

Suelr,

I am not the one to help with that problem but I am sure someone here will have some answers for you...Good Luck with that! I do want to welcome you to AC tho...thumbs2:

[suelr]

Thank you much for the welcome...

[jeffs99dime]

hello. welcome to a.c.
here's some info on a spiny/peacock eel i pulled off the net:
Common name/s: Peacock spiny eel

Scientific name: Macrognathus aculeatus

Family: Mastacembelidae

Origin: Common throughout south east asia

Maximum size: 14"

Care: The smallest of the commonly seen spiny eels (tyre track and fire eels being the others) it is more suitable for home aquariums than its giant relatives, a minimum of a 36" tank should be used to house this fish. Offer a sand substrate since the fish likes to burrow, plants are best left out since the eel/s will continually uproot them. Being predators they should only be combined with fish that are over 3", smaller fish will be eaten. They are not fussy of water parameters but the extreems of hardness and pH should be avoided, neutral water is best.

Feeding: Like with all eels feeding can be difficult, most eels will only accept live foods at first so try bloodworms, daphnia, glassworm, brineshrimp and black mosquito larvea, larger specimins should also take river/ghost shrimp. Once the eel is feeding confidently live foods can be swapped for frozen.

Breeding: Difficult but possible, i have witnessed my 3 peacock spiny eels spawning on two occasions but neither time had a breeding tank prepared (also if you have ever tried to catch a spiny eel in a well furnished tank you will know that it is near impossible). The two male eels pursued the female (identified as being the larger more rounded of the trio) around the tank while she dropped many small clear eggs on the substrate and decor, the eggs were immiedietly eaten by other fish in the tank. The spawning triggers each time seem to be linked to large feedings of live foods and large water changes.

Comments: Unlike other spiny eels peacocks appear to like the company of their own kind, if possible keep a small group of them.

[Severus]

Welcome to AC

[suelr]

:19:
Thank you VERY much for the info. It is VERY helpful. We do have hard water so I bet that is the problem. When I found that out the hard way (Can't keep anglefish..oops) the person at the petco store told me I could put some peet moss inbetween my filters and that will soften my water. Maybe I will try that tonight.
Thanks again!
Sue

[kyriele]

The other fish in my tank is one Black Moor, four danios, three platys, and eight neon tetras.

Isn't the Black Moor a goldfish? I'm just kind of wondering what the temp is in the tank. If it's cool enough for the goldfish to flourish, is that kind of making your eel lethargic?

I'm just planning out my new tank so I'm definitely NOT an expert (or even a novice..haha) but from all the research I've been doing, the tank can either be geared to freshwater tropical, marine tropical, goldfish/koi or brackish water.

[jeffs99dime]

The other fish in my tank is one Black Moor, four danios, three platys, and eight neon tetras.

Isn't the Black Moor a goldfish? I'm just kind of wondering what the temp is in the tank. If it's cool enough for the goldfish to flourish, is that kind of making your eel lethargic?

I'm just planning out my new tank so I'm definitely NOT an expert (or even a novice..haha) but from all the research I've been doing, the tank can either be geared to freshwater tropical, marine tropical, goldfish/koi or brackish water.

yes. a black moor is a goldfish

[jman]

welcome to AC good luck to ya mate!

[Abbeys_Mom]

Welcome to the forum :)

[blue fin]

Welcome to AC

Jeff, is your other name " Encyclopedia"?

[Nautilus29]

No I think his name is copy/paste. lol




sorry if you really wrote that jeff.lol.

[blue fin]

LOL! maybe more acurate

[Severus]

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