wasp Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Surprised nobody mentioned what they might do in a tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 naaaasty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted March 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Yeah! Worst part is the guy says it's still alive as he writes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 I thought these were supposed to be in a species tank. I wouldnt trust an animal that eats fish and has teeth like that to not eat the tank inhabitants. Check out this cool moray... I think you can train them (well not to bite you) , that would be a cool party trick. That fish in the picture - is it picking food off the rock or just listing? I wonder why the eel didnt finish him off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 i don't think it would be alive just be the nerves having a spasm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0pius Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Thats awesome. that is a classic example of why I love the fowlr/pred tanks. as a guy said on reef central anyone can kill the fish they just bought, but only certain people have fish that can return the favour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Keeping cichlids is cheaper however Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 I thought these were supposed to be in a species tank. I wouldnt trust an animal that eats fish and has teeth like that to not eat the tank inhabitants. Check out this cool moray... I think you can train them (well not to bite you) , that would be a cool party trick. That fish in the picture - is it picking food off the rock or just listing? I wonder why the eel didnt finish him off. Feelers - you can !!! This is a zebra moray. It is one of the morays that has a cartilage 'beak' rather than teeth. thats not to say it couldnt give you a nasty bite, but i had one in a tank i had in the UK. I bought it from 10" long and as thick as my thumb. Over 2 years it grew to 30" and grew 3x in thickness. Within 2 weeks i had trained it to take cooked shrimp from my hand and you could handle it like a well tempered snake. It always came out to say hello when i was in the room and lived happily alongside a yellow tang, bicolor angel, longnose butterfly and a midas blenny. Given the fact a midas blenny looks a similar colour to cooked shrimp and similar size it is incredible that it never ended up as dinner. Truly beautiful fish and i would have one again if the opportunity arose. On another score - the Dragon Moray is probably one of the most beautiful of all but with teeth that put more fear than a great white into most people and a temper to match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Thats cool about the cartilage beak thing - I suppose the ones round here are all bone ones? How much was a zebra moray back in England? I think they are supposed to be pretty smart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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