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freshwater eel, but don’t know what it is… ?

Posted on November 16, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

i’ve had a freshwater eel for a while but don’t know what it is… It’s dark silver, lighter on the bottom, long 1 piece dorsal fin. head is shaped that of a fish head but flat, it is about 40cm in length. fairly sure that it is not a “rope fish”. It is housed with several african cichlids, a 15cm long albino sucka,1 chinese algae eater, 5 mystery snails, 1 spiny/tyre track eel, 1 small bristle nose pleco and several shrimp (not sure of breed). Environment good condition with lots of live plants, some hiding places, good water condition, etc. Both eels a very active (day and night) all fish are hand fed. The tank is only though 3-4 foot long, but a good start!
Feed: live bloodworms and shrimp, frozen bloodworms, ready to introduce frozen brine shrimp! small and medium floating cichlid pellets, cichlid flake, algae bits, on occation feeder fish.

http://s550.photobucket.com/albums/ii412/tmf81/th_Image017.jpg

it is between 30 and 40cm
Gymnothorax tile is looking like the closest i have seen yet, thanx

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Can guppies and long armed freshwater shrimps stay together ?

Posted on October 6, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

I have a 100 gallon tank with 24 guppies and i also have 3 long armed freshwater shrimps about 4-6 cm long ( head to tail , not including arms)
can they live with each other or will the shrimps eat my guppies.
( this answer is only for b c ) i did not use windex or any chemical , i just cleaned the tank with salt and a sponge ( i learned it at ” How clean is your house” ) it makes the tank extra clean and does not contain any chemicals that harms the fish.