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There are quite a few different types available here, a good indication of their potential size is the size of their eye when young. If you look at the difference in eye size between the Zebra spiny and the Half Banded spiny, the zebra spiny has much larger eyes. Then look at the first picture of the fire eel and compare the eye size with the picture underneath, first image he was about the same size as the half banded and zebra spiny. The half banded eels eyes are already in much better proportion, not big ol cute baby eyes.

I think I have enough RC gear to do it lol, motor would be the only issue. There are some nice videos on youtube of RC fish, theres a knife fish thats awesome.

I wish Id seen him on TM would have fought hard for that one he's lovely, 10k stud fee so far out of my price range

Either way he's a real looker, I'd love to have him father Yindi's babies one day :lol:

Haha looks awesome, will look real great with a bloody torn limb hanging out its mouth.

If you have as many as I do one most certainly has to be called Gonzo He's a beast, eats everything and anything. He's a bit nasty to the fire eel and pays no attention to the zebra spiny. Thanks ever so much I really have a soft spot for these guys.

Thought I would throw this on the forums, article I did for out club news letter. Feel free to pick it apart and add to it. Substrate: Make sure you have a fine substrate deep enough for your eels to be able to dig deep enough to cover their whole body. With a great place to dig and hide your eel will feel more secure during the day when they like to rest, it can then take things slowly and learn its new surroundings while feeling safe. When choosing a substrate for your spiny eels, the things you need to look is a fine and smooth substrate, I found silica to be fine enough, but some of the edges are sharp and they stick to the eel’s skin. I use river sand or finer grade Daltons propagating mix with good results. Feeding: Spiny Eel are usually caught wild on a barbless fish hook, they have travelled a long way to get to you and it might take them some time to get used to the different foods now available to them. Bloodworms usually are the staple of any Spiny eel; I also find white worms and guppy fry go down a treat. When they are larger they can be given earth worms, meal worms and larger guppy fry. Spiny eels can be quite fussy, as they have been caught wild they are used to live foods, they use their pronged nose to search through the substrate for insects and crustaceans. Because of this it may pay to have some white worms on standby, just to get your eel comfortable in the first few weeks. Once they are used to things they will take different kinds of foods, ox heart and even flakes and pellets. Sexing: Sexing your spiny eels is almost impossible until they reach adult sizes and then it doesn’t get much easier. The females will be much deeper in the body, though well fed males show little to no difference. Breeding: There have been no known cases of spiny eels breeding in captivity that I am aware of. Tank Decor: Spiny eels like lots of caves and hidey holes. They like a lot of plant cover too but as they are diggers this proves somewhat of a problem. Placing PVC piping under the substrate will work, as they will chose that over digging themselves in most of the time. Some of the eels won’t be as bad for digging as others. Behaviour: These fish in my opinion are one of the smartest; they all have different personalities and habits. They learn to recognise their owners and different people; they usually can be trained to eat from your hand with little effort. They are also good with other fish, as long as they can’t fit in their mouth, but will target any fry that might be in the tank, guarded or not. They are generally nocturnal but will get used to day time feeding after time. Tank Size: Spiny eels vary in size, so make sure when choosing one you don’t get anything that will outgrow your tank, they can be fast growers on a good diet. Half Banded spiny eels only get to around 20cm in captivity, where as the fire eels can get up to 1m in a good tank with good food. Lids: Spiny Eels are escape artists, they can survive for quite some time out of water. Any hole or gap in your lids, or filter systems will probably be investigated in no time and exploited to its fullest. Make sure all lids fit securely and any holes or gaps are covered with something like filter mesh. Tire Track Eel Ian, and Zebra Spiny Eel Gonzo Ignis the Fire Eel Neil the Half Banded Gonzo

More boy pics, lots more girls in the mix so I'll looking for more albino boys for new blood. PM me if you have any spare albino males, I'll trade or buy

Fish was Leptobarbus rubripinna (red finned cigar shark) He was fed a diet of ox heart, prawn, cucumber and courgette. As Mark says very fast fish, so he would eat as much meat as possible before anyone else could get to it, and then still peel back his veges. I guess there was no real way of preventing this from happening in a community tank with predators, but its good to know that behaviour isnt the only thing to consider when putting different species of fish together, some times their feeding requirement might be so different that its detrimental to their health. R.I.P. Havana just hope his last couple of months with me have been good

I got a pretty decent scratch too, the large ornates bite is quite hard. Largest female twists and turns like a croc death roll scraping off a few layers of skin at a time, a bit like carpet burn.

welcome

This is my favourite one.

Ah thank you Hearing things like that really puts a smile on the old dial. Here's a few more pics

I thought it was the Grinch here to steal xmas.

5 weeks old. They are doing very well, sexable and starting to show colours. The Mother gave birth again yesterday but I lost them all apart from 2.

Welcome Have fun :bounce:

Hey, welcome to the forums

Thanks Caryl

I know, its troublesome but I dont think of a 1000 ltr system as being very big at all now. Would love a 10 - 12 foot tank. :roll:

I know there are a few varieties of worms available in this country for worm farms, the most highly recommended are the tiger worms. I have how ever heard that they are very poor in nutrition. What I would like to know is; what kind of worm would be better suited as fish food, but still handle the organic waste and produce compost?. Will it still be no fuss or require extra attention?.

I weighed him last week at 6.8kg He doesnt fit into a 60 ltr fish bin anymore. I'd tend to gut and smoke him. Or perhaps steaks. Me too, one day I would like to school them the same as I have done with the Bala sharks. 10 at that size would look amazing.

Nice fish, very light colour and patterning, Palmas hybrid? Looks like a female from what I can see, I need a female Del :roll:

Yeah raw. I tend to find the ones with the orange flesh are preferred over the purple skinned ones. But what ever is cheap. The key is variety as people have been saying, try all sorts, avoid the obvious ones like avocado.

mine love kumara and pumpkin too.

I have to apologise for Bigbosspants and Myself for not making the meeting. Due to my meatheadedness we were heavily delayed. :roll: