snowflake eel

[Tori]

hey all, my snowflake eel ate my two clown fish, can anyone tell me what species of clown fish do i have to have in order for the eel to leave them alone. i have anemone as well but the type of clown i had, they say dont host anemone to well. please help!!!

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Errr, it would be hard to tell you what kind of clownfish you have without any description or picture of them.

Truthfully i am willing to bet there is no clownfish the eel will leave alone.

 

[FishGeek]

If your eel is eating live fish then the chance of you being able to keep anything besides large fish in your tank. What size tank do you have him in???

 

[Tori]

i have him in a 55 gallon and if im not mistaken the type of clowns i had were sebae clowns. he left them alone for a while but one by one he ate them which concerns me because i feed him raw shrimp about twice a week. should i change his eating habits..the people at my LFS said he might just be hungry but i dont want to keep losing fish either...so any suggestions

 

[FishGeek]

I would say that he has eaten live fish once and the chance of him doing it again is very high. When I had mine I used to feed him Silversides and Squid. (the frozen fish) It might give him a little bit more in his belly. But like I said hes probably gonna do it again. I got lucky with mine and he never bothered my fish, but not all are like that.