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    "electric eel"

    Anybody else own electric eels, i own a 2 year old 49 inch myself. wondering if theres any other keepers about?uploadfromtaptalk1441876391644.jpg

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    Re: "electric eel"

    Welcome to Fish-keeping.com m8 hope you enjoy our forums.

    Not got one myself ...but have caught a couple of eels in the past fishing, not the electric eel kind.

    I would say not many would own one of these as they can grow to between Six to eight feet long in the right connditions....were do you keep this yourself ? I would say a very large tank in doors or do you have a nice size shallow pool aerated, filtered and heated outside ?

    Let us know

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    Re: "electric eel"

    currently in an 8 x 2 x 2 but moving to a 12 x 6 x 4 heated indoor pond. it is fact not a true eels but the worlds largest species of knifefish thanks for the welcome

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    Re: "electric eel"

    That sounds like a nice new home for it .....do you have any fish at all or is it just the eel.

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    Re: "electric eel"

    yes i also have 5 blue eyd panaques. i am an experienced hobbyist and had my own shop once aswell as 30+ tanks from marine, freshwater brackish to coldwater brackish, coldwater and tropical. i have kept a huge array of various tricky species but my eel is my fav

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    Re: "electric eel"

    welcome to fish keeping mate any pictures

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    Re: "electric eel"

    Quote Originally Posted by bdoak1981 View Post
    yes i also have 5 blue eyd panaques.
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    Another fish that you don't see many of and first appeared around the mid-1970s I think.

    Sounds like you enjoy your unusual fish in this hobby

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    Re: "electric eel"

    yeah i guess i do, i love all manor of fish but only last few years kept oddball of many varieties. what fish do you keep gary?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bdoak1981 View Post
    yeah i guess i do, i love all manor of fish but only last few years kept oddball of many varieties. what fish do you keep gary?

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    You name it he has either kept it or keeps it

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    Re: "electric eel"

    @ lost

    Over the years I have had tropical fish, cichlids, marine tanks loads of and 3 Koi ponds

    nothing as fancy as yours........

    I did have 6 marine tanks going at the same time in each room in the house until the mrs put her foot down and now back to just the one in the back room which is a 6x2x2

    I'm 3/4 the way doing my new koi pond which as been on going for the last 3 months it is just over 2100 gals

    so into my fish in a small way

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