IMO the best eel to have is a zeebra eel, I got one that is around 40" long. and fat as docile as she can be and cool to look at, I feed her a jumbo shrimp every other day, I dont care if she is snacking on snails, I can get pleanty more snails any day
I also had, for well over a month, :( a black ribbon eel until yesterday, she jump :cry :angry the worse thing about it is that I know how finicky they are to eat and mine was eating out of my hand it was soooooo cool to see her swim around and now there is no more, man that sucked

if get another one I'll cover the whole tank.

James, FA has a very nice lookin zeebra in one of their tanks is about a foot long and young, also has your snow flake eaten the goby? :P

Jose