Snowflake Eal
My snowflake eel in my 90 gallon mixed reef.
Snowflake eal. Snowflake eels are egg scatterers that produce eggs often in midwater mating rituals. These eels can get very large 24 inches 61 cm and are very good at escaping from the tank. Unless already acclimated to frozen foods the moray eel will likely need to be fed with live ghost shrimp when first acquired.
Because of their size they shouldn t be placed in a tank less than 50 gallons in capacity. Weaning can be accomplished over time. The snowflake eel has been known to live to 4 years and older in captivity.
Its serpentine shaped body has a light white yellow coloured background color covered with a series of black and yellow mottled markings that can resemble snowflakes stars or flowers giving it a series of physically descriptive common names. A large tank 75 gallons or more with a tight fitting hood with no possible escape points is a necessity. Echidna nebulosa not to be confused with the freshwater snowflake eel or the indian mud moray gymnothorax tile is a saltwater fish extensively distributed across the tropical waters within its habitat.
Lifespan behavior care breeding. In the wild snowflake eels can grow to upwards of 3 feet but in captivity tend to top out at just over 2 feet. The snowflake moray eel grows up to 90 cm in length.
A fascinating eel that many saltwater aquarist desire the snowflake moray eel is not recommended for everyone. These are nocturnal creatures with a predatory instinct and hence need to be kept only with compatible tank mates. In the wild they can grow as large as 40 102cm.
They are carnivores readily accepting just about any meaty foods including krill shrimp silversides and octopus meat. They like most eels are adept at the art of escape. Their eggs and larvae drift with plankton in the water column and settle back onto a reef at about the time of hatching.
They tend to reside in rocky crevices and reefs where they wait to ambush fish and other small sea creatures. They feature an intricate black and white ornamental pattern that resembles many different snowflakes across its body. Snowflake eel care in a saltwater aquarium.
Snowflake moray eels are true eels that are native to indo pacific baja mexico costa rica colombia and hawaii. The snowflake eel scientific name. They belong to the muraenidae family which includes about 120 species of marine eels that live in shallow tropical and subtropical waters.
The snowflake eel echidna nebulosa also known as the snowflake moray and clouded moray. Snowflake eels are native to the indo pacific ocean all the way to hawaii as well as baja california and mexico.
