Death of Snowflake eel

[cdoty]

I lost a fish last night. I know everyone in the hobby has, but I haven't
for a while and I was upset. My snowflake eel stopped hiding in his cave
and appeared to be "hunting" last monday. He would snake through a
shipwreck sculpture I have and snatch at the swordtails when they went
past.
Friday he appeared to be gasping. Sunday night, he appeared to be dead.
He was breathing very shallow and didn't fight being caught in the net.
He lasted an hour more in my hospital tank.
I always keep a couple dozen guppie feeders in the tank for my angels and
him, what could have happened? He was quite large, how old do they grow?

RIP

[Jeremy Carroll]

Did you test your water parameters?

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[Vicki]

"Jeremy Carroll" > wrote in message >...
> Did you test your water parameters?

I am a little confused here. I have a snowflake eel in my marine
tank. What is a freshwater snowflake eel? Is it a moray or spiney
eel???

Vicki

[cdoty]

On Tue, 18 May 2004 17:14:29 -0500, Jeremy Carroll wrote:

> Did you test your water parameters?


Yes, water was fine.

less then 20 Nitrates and no change on my normal water measures. 7 PH, no
ammonia, no nitrites.

[cdoty]

On Wed, 19 May 2004 18:32:41 -0700, Vicki wrote:

> "Jeremy Carroll" > wrote in message >...
>> Did you test your water parameters?
>
> I am a little confused here. I have a snowflake eel in my marine
> tank. What is a freshwater snowflake eel? Is it a moray or spiney
> eel???
>
> Vicki


I was told it was a "freshwater moray" by my LFS. Investigation led me to
find it was a "snowflake eel". I think they are one and the same.

Colin