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  1. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    Sort of a rare eel my LFS owner managed to get in for me. I just mentioned it on a whim and never though he could, or WOULD get such a higher end fish in the store. Anyway, been cycling and my cycle is over. Tested myself and at the LFS just to make sure.

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    ingtar_shinowa, Jan 5, 2013
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  2. PghSteeler

    PghSteeler Tassled File Fish

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    Congrats, what kind of eel is it?
     
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  3. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    Hint, its not a Golden Dwarf Moray, though it looks almost Identical
     
    ingtar_shinowa, Jan 5, 2013
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  4. PghSteeler

    PghSteeler Tassled File Fish

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    I am only on my Iphone and the pic is too small to tell maybe someone else can chime in! Good luck with it!
     
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  5. Nuebie

    Nuebie Peppermint Shrimp

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    Always nice to add a new fish. Congrats!
     
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  6. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Naww need a better image. Is it a young Jeweled Morey?

    Dwarf Albino Eel.
     
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  7. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    congrats on the first predator, I have zero clue though
     
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  8. barbianj

    barbianj Hammer Head Shark

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    Why is the water so cloudy? Ammonia? Maybe you should run some carbon?? :p jk

    I would have guessed GDM too. Have any better shots? What is it eating so far?
     
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  9. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    At the LFS it was scavenging mysis off the sand bed. I just added some rinsed dry sand thats why its a bit cloudy. Its a young Banana Moray, also known as a Golden Tailed, Brazilian Golden, Canary, and Yellow Moray. Its a somewhat rare morph of Gymnothorax miliaris my wife and I saw diving in Bonaire.

    The one we saw was vivid yellow with black spots here and there. This on has a yellow head, and a creamy yellowish body with a few very fine spots. I think he will yellow more as he matures. About 8" right now and they usually get to about 20" in the wild.
    My plans of feeding will be frozen krill I thaw and soak in selcon for hand training. Eventually he will go in my 125g pseudo-carib tank.
     
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  10. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    My wife got a better pic:
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