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  1. Rawdogz

    Rawdogz Torch Coral

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  2. cosmo

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    has anyone kept these guy before ?
     
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  4. IvIountainman

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    Red sea garden eel. (actually they are fish) damit Cosmo beat me.
     
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    your on fire today cosmo lol ;D
     
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    IvIountainman Spaghetti Worm

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    require deep sand beds. I highly doubt they can be kept in a standard home aquarium.
     
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    lol, was just perusing LA and saw them, thought they looked neat, then read up about them. Seems cool, but 6" sanded and low flow is not in my future!;) Would be cool to watch these buggers popping in and out though.
     
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    lol thats what i was thinking, it would keep my niece or nephew busy for hour well i take naps lol ;D
     
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    Lol do it! 100g low flow dt with a 6" sand bed! I'll come over and check it out.
     
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  10. Greg@LionfishLair

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    The fish in question appear to be Spotted Garden Eels (Heteroconger hassi), which isn't just from the Red Sea, but a good deal of the Indo-Pacific, Oz, and Micronesia.

    They do require a 7" sandbed, lots of open substrate, and not so much "low flow", but rather an easy alternating back-and-forth flow pattern as opposed to a laminar flow pattern. This flow pattern is important as it's how the eels feed...they sway in the current snapping up tasty morsels that pass by.

    They can be difficult to establish, but once eating, they do fairly well as long as they are kept in a species setup or at the very least, with VERY mellow tankmates. A species setup is honestly the best bet for keeping these fish long term.

    HTH
     
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