livingart

still had black eyes, i woud expect an albino to have red or blue eyes? just a thought

i think it is when they stop feeding and their eyes get bigger, most of the big ones in the stream have eyes like that phoenix, pwned, i just thought you missed the key

monster fish keeper

yes the odd one about, plus heaps of galaxiads

not albino hans, but a yellow one is in the stream, haven't caught it yet

i think they have never been bred in captivity most of their breeding cycle is still a mystery

probably about 60 years from now

look here for pic posting viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2406 and welcome to the forum

one of the customers today is a keen hunter and eel fisher i had the water level down to try to clear the algae in the water i said i needed a photo to get a relative size of the big girl, so he said he would get in for me while i took the photo, he's about 6 foot 2 he then picked one up and said it's about 12kg i said thats not the one, so he looked some more and found her but couldn't hold her properly he estimates about 20kg and the biggest he has seen some of the others wanting a feed what has no legs and an arm my eel when its happy

don't worry it won't make his eyes water

Latest update:- the lady who purchased the tank recieved a cheque today for a full refund, she is waiting until it clears before ringing and thanking the shop in question many thanks to the shop for finally reolving this situation and also to the people who have maybe worked behind the scenes to help thank you aquafever for your offer so to the power of the forum and all who helped

for your edification caper http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/nat ... facts/eel/

full of jealousy

because of the length the male is unable to achieve breeding properly

the wider the better congrats on the new house to you both

welcome to the forums reptile 30

room looks good david you might be able to get 2 tanks in there once you get rid of the little one on your thread

probably the same things then plastic tight fitting containers will contain them or keep the moths out it is a matter of getting rid of their food source i suppose the lizards, newts and fish love them funny to watch the small newts taking a while to get them down

sorry guys didn't have time for pics will try over the next few days when it settles down will try and weigh it properly too eel pool is about 20,000 litres

wet day today, no customers and a bit of free time so decided to see how many eels are in our stream raided the freezer and stole a lamb forequarter (told Caroline it had bad freezer burn) , tied a rope on it and popped it in one of the pools in the stream waited a 1/2hr and had about 30 smallish eels hanging off it and doing death rolls to tear off chunks so i tied it to a waratah (steel fence stake) left it for an hour and then came back to it when i got back the waratah was bent over at about a 30 degree angle and because of the rain the water was pretty murky, where the rope dissapeared into the water was a mass of writhing eel bodies that looked like medusas head with a bad lice infestation pulling on the rope took a fair bit of effort but as the forequarter emerged a coil of black anaconda rolled around in the boil up and the rope was pulled out of my hand a quick dash back to the office and i was armed with a large round whitebait scoop net and a helper while the helper slowly pulled on the rope i perched on the bank with net fully armed and ready part of a big black head emerged and about 4 feet behind a tail came out of the brown soup of water, so i plungd the net in behind the tail as the head released the meat and turned to go downstream lifting the net resulted in me flat on my back and one gumboot full of water with the net on top of me , a bit heavier than i thought it would be i folded the net over and attempted to scramble up the bank so nice little helper dragged me up by the scruff of my neck and i dragged the mud covered net we stood up and i flipped the net over and out slithered a large length of black drainage tube (best description i can come up with) onto the wet grass and headed back to the stream a mad scramble ensued till it was back in the net, and after another dash back to the office the drainage tube is now cruising in the eel pool the eels head is just on 10 inches long, body about 6 feet long and after consulting my helper weighs in excess of 20kgs it is now the queen of the eel pool we returned to the bait and have caught another 3, close but not as big as arnie the anaconda

so we are talking TOTAL INFESTATION then

yea gemscott cage doesn't have to be huge if bird is getting out on a daily basis take care with the cat, ie: don't leave them alone together as i have heard too many sad stories concerning much loved birds and "safe" cats putting clips on all the doors and wiring base on so if the cat does it again while no-one is there may be a good idea

or attach a heatostat to it

i feel the words leg and pulling should be used in a sentence somewhere here

neurological problems can show as a continual roll when swimming sometimes whereas swimbladder is usually a bit jerkier with a swollen stomach isolation in shallow water is as ryan suggested your best move