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your help is greatly appreciated. I think you are correct as far as the behavior. I also took a look at your aquarium photos..its ...
your help is greatly appreciated. I think you are correct as far as the behavior. I also took a look at your aquarium photos..its beautiful. Job well done!!
thanks so much. It took me a while to find a aquarium. I bought it for 50 dollars used. It has a few scratches (actually alot) but when your looking at the fish you don't notice them. As far as your fish is concerned i think it will do fine considering it's nocturnal and eats at night. If you rarely see it, it is not dead it's just hiding under a rock or something. At first i thought he was dead because i didn't know he was nocturnal. I research everyone of my fish to research their habits and how to keep them alive. If i were you i would wait until i found out what kind it is and then do some research. Keep looking your fish name is out there... somewhere... i hope.
I dont think its a horseface loach either because there is no dorsal fin and no wiskers. It's mouth doesn't seem to indicate that it's a bottom feeder as most loaches. It's straight out, almost looks like it has lips. Thanks for your reply & suggestion.
SeaS - it's not bad for a used one. I have a 30gal that needs resealing but I think I may just buy a new one and turn that one into a terrerium with maybe a dart frog. That's if I can find room for it.
defiantly a spiny eel of some kind, I'm guessing a colour variation of Macrognathus zebrinus Zebra spiny eel;
although it could be a Mastacembelus vanderwaali
Sorry I haven't replied sooner. Unfortunately my little unknown friend has vanished from my tank. I have no clue where it is. I checked in the waterfall filter and he's not there. Nothing else could have eaten him. I figured he got snatched by one of the cats during or right after an escape from the small opening by the filter. :( I haven't seen anymore like it at Walmart afterwards but I did see the peacock eels for right under $7. I decided to just buy Platy's & a catfish instead. I do believe he was some sort of tire track or zig zag eel. So many different kinds I probably never would have found out for sure.
I want to thank everyone for their kindness & the help y'all have given me. I have learned alot the short time I've been here.
Thanks again!!!!
I'm sorry for the loss ... I have been vary parinoid about my eels. They are clever little guys and if they dont try to get out they like to hide in new places all the time.
Thanks for your reply & suggestion. 
