Snowflake moray / Echidna nebulosa

[cyro]

is there anyone here has a Snowflake moray? how is his behavior?in reef, with small fishes (like gobies etc.), hermits and crustaceans?
i bought 1 apr. 12-13cm. length. but i m not sure at this moray.

 

[cindre2000]

Great little moray, gets about 24-32" and pretty thick. Usually they are pretty good around fish- their conical teeth are more adept at crushing crustaceans. However, I would still be wary if you are keeping it with very small bit sized fish. Even so, when the other fish/cleaner shrimp are established in the tank before the moray, you can successfully keep them together (sometimes).

Other than that, make sure you have stable rockwork and some good places for the moray to hide and stick its head out of.

 

[Anonymous]

I agree. I've kept them before. If you can, use a feeding stick to target feed the eel. I used a wooden skewer and would put a piece of krill, squid, silverside, etc.., and hold it close to the eels face (the eyesight is really poor). Feed every 2-3 days. Mine never bothered shrimp, hermits or snails. Crabs like emeralds, sally lighfoots, porcelains, were an eventual meal. The risk to fish would be if they got too clsoe to the eel while feeding and he blindly latched on to them, but I kept juvi clowns and chromis with mine and he didn't bother them. I would, hiowever be cautious with small bottom dwelling species like gobies, jawfish, etc.. Ditto on the secure rock work. These guys can dig like badgers!

 

[Chubosco]

Mine never bothered any fish or shrimp. Fed him well. He only lived for about 1.5 years.

 

[cyro]

they are very hardy and active. they can not see well as the other morays. but he continuously move and looking for food. if he come up to any crab / hermit crab he try to kill. actually he seems to attack if finds any small fish especially while sleeping like sixline wrasse or gobies.
cleaner shrimps like him very much to clean but purple reef lobster attacked him when too close.

i like him very much but he is little subversive and after 2 weeks i send away the snowflake.

Meanwhile he likes to eat bristle worms..