Anyone in the Club ever had one of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon_eel">these</a>? We've been looking @ one that's been at a LFS for several weeks and were considering it, but research is telling me, [I]<span style="color: darkred;">[B]"Because most ribbon eels do not live longer than a month in captivity, some feel that this species should never be purchased. Ribbon eels have been observed in nearly every case to stop eating after being captured."[/B]</span></em>
Just wondered if anyone had any experience with housing one of these. They live to be 20 years old in the wild, but it sounds like not a good survival rate in capativity. LFS originally had 2 of these beautiful eels, but now they have only 1. I wonder now if the one died (even though we were told it had been sold).
Sad that collectors would capture fish that have very little chance of living beyond a few weeks and sell them (at a very high price) to unsuspecting novice reefers. There should be a law. :(
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Just wondered if anyone had any experience with housing one of these. They live to be 20 years old in the wild, but it sounds like not a good survival rate in capativity. LFS originally had 2 of these beautiful eels, but now they have only 1. I wonder now if the one died (even though we were told it had been sold).
Sad that collectors would capture fish that have very little chance of living beyond a few weeks and sell them (at a very high price) to unsuspecting novice reefers. There should be a law. :(
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