Golden Dwarf Moray Eating pic :)

[NKT]

Here's a quick snapshot of me feeding one of my golden dwarf morays (gymnothorax melatremus)... sorry about the poor pic quality since i had to shoot with one hand and feed with the other.

 

[reefland]

poor picture quality?? Looks great to me.

 

[Jawsk2]

Cool picture and cool eel. I love mine!

 

[wombat1]

how long is he?? awesome pic!

 

[AbelaJohnB]

Is that store-bought frozen food?

 

[wombat1]

Looks like frozen krill, am I right??

 

[Anonymous]

that looks good enough for me to eat. Can you send some over

 

[Anonymous]

excellent shot!

 

[4angel]

great shot.
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[NKT]

Thanks for the comments. This one's actually one of a mated pair...he(?)'s about 9" long, the other is about 10-11". And yeah, that's frozen krill.

 

[Enzo]

Nice eel. I used to have a snowflake eel. I got it because at the pet store it seemed to be eating fine when it bit off the head of a blue velvet damsel in front of us. Oh, the pet store people got a little mad and was happy to sell it to me after it had eaten almost all of the fish in it's tank. I had to get rid of it two days after I bought it because it was beating up my other fish, which is a very aggresive 4inch sebae clown. That's a great pic. again.
John

 

[ChrisRD]

That's a great pic - especially for a one-hander. :wink:
Nice job!

 

[Anonymous]

Nice eel. I used to have a snowflake eel. I got it because at the pet store it seemed to be eating fine when it bit off the head of a blue velvet damsel in front of us. Oh, the pet store people got a little mad and was happy to sell it to me after it had eaten almost all of the fish in it's tank. I had to get rid of it two days after I bought it because it was beating up my other fish, which is a very aggresive 4inch sebae clown. That's a great pic. again.
John

Interesting. Usually snowflakes are among the more mild-mannered of the eels. Although I did see a 3foot+ specimen go after a 4ft+ tesselata eel when they were put in the same tank.


-John

 

[thebigblue]

NKT and JawsK2

great pic!...

where did you guys get yours?...i see that marine center has them from time to time and a LFS in chicago (old town aquarium) also has them occasionally...but i think they are at least $200 at both places...

thanks

brad

 

[danmhippo]

I believe Marine Center is selling them for $150 per piece. NKT got a mated pair is pure luck, I think..........

 

[tstone]

How big do they get? Are they escape artists? That is a great pic!

 

[Enzo]

they gat 20 to 30 inches in length I got my snowflake at my LFS in Cincinnati for only 24 dollars. Of course it was only 10 to 12 inches but it was still cheap.

 

[danmhippo]

G. melatremus are unlike most moray eels. The longest I've ever seen is no more then 14". I used to have a 12". The last time I browsed fishbase I believe I read 14". I believe this is one of the few moray that is small enough to be categorized 99% reef safe.

 

[clk2609]

looks like a great pic to me!

 

[esmithiii]

Nice picture. Especially nice considering it was taken one-handed! I also feed my corals using chop-sticks. Any way you could snap some video of the thing eating? Many newer digital cameras have video capture.

Ernie