Snowflake Eel?

[josh887]

Im starting to put fish in my tank and i wanted to know if i can put a snowflake eel with some 4-Stripe Damsel & some Chromis, Green?????? (I will probably get about 12 of the 4 stripe damsel and 12 of the chromis, green) to put in my tank when im done, any other suggestions? my dad is starting to let me get some fish now but not much at first, probably about 2 or 3 to start off with.

[kaiser]

How big of a tank do you have?

[Gator]

if you do get an eel you have to make sure that you do not have any holes or it will eventually squeeze out and die, it only needs a very little hole to escape

[josh887]

I have a 55 gal.

[josh887]

What kind of fish sould i put with the Snowflake eel?

[Markster]

I had a snowflake in my 29 gallon many years ago and he did well until he decided to starve himself to death. The eel was in with a hawkfish, clown, and wrasse. You do need to plug up any holes as said above as I did have to push him back in after finding he was half way out. I was able to feed him dried krill or small frozen shrimp from a skewer. Good luck.

[kaiser]

Let me see if I got this right. You are going to cramp 24 damsel and chromis and a snowflake eel into a 55gal tank? I hope they are made out of plastic, cause there ain't no way they'll stay alive. The bioload will be so high it will kill them,thats if the snowflake doesn't eat them first.

[josh887]

i was puting a ball park # out cause i didn't know how much to put in there. So how much fish should put in there??

Thank for all the help!! Im just starting out for the fist time, my dad had a saltwater tank a long time ago. and really doesn't know a lot, because he lived next to the ocean and got his stuff from the ocean..

[kaiser]

rule of thumb says about 4" of fish per 10gal of water. There is also a ratio of fish per square inches of surface, but I can't find that info right now. Maybe somebody else here knows that.

[josh887]

thanks for all the info!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAAST HAS GOOD PEOPLE AND GOOD INFO

Thanks again for everything!!!

[DeletedAccount]

I would definitely make sure to put a skimmer on the tank! That will help a little.

[Isis]

Misty is right, you will defintely need a skimmer. In any tank that you have messy eaters like eels, triggers, lions, etc., you are always going to want to have a skimmer due to the high dissolved organics. You are going to need some stable rock work where he can hide.