Snowflake Eels For Sale

The snowflake moray eel is a tropical marine fish that is hardy and not extremely fussy about water conditions. As with other eels a tight fitting lid is essential to prevent them from escaping. A 50 gallon or larger aquarium with plenty of live rock and a tightly fit canopy is ideal.

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While saltwater eels have an excellent sense of smell their eyesight is less than spectacular.

Snowflake eels for sale. Typically there are two species commonly sold as the freshwater moray eel echidna rhodochilus and gymnothorax polyurandon. This is a very hardy eel but an escape artist. They feature an intricate black and white ornamental pattern that resembles many different snowflakes across its body.

The snowflake eel also known as the snowflake moray eel is a hardy species of eel. The snowflake eel nbsp echidna nebulosa also known as the snowflake moray and clouded moray. Most of the eels that are lost in an aquarium are due to poorly sealed tanks.

Because of the size to which they can grow they require a minimum tank size of 120 litres. Echidna nebulosa the true snowflake eel is a strictly marine species and actually looks nothing like the eels you have pictured for sale. Eels have a snake like body and vary in color.

The snowflake eel can grow up to 24 inches and should be kept in a tank no less that 50 gallons. The snowflake eel is safe to house with any fish it cannot easily swallow. Eels are known to try to escape from the aquarium and can be challenged to keep.

Despite their poor eyesight snowflake eels manage to be good escape artists so a tightly fitted tank lid is vital.