Would this eel eat my fish?

[Jaws10]

As yu know i am switching my violet goby to a brackish water tank. well i wuz thinking about getting him another goby when i saw this eel called the white cheeked moray. (can live in fresh, salt, and brackish. best in brackish). it grows up to about 14 inches and eats live and frozen foods. Anyway would this eel eat my violet goby by mistake or think it wuz food, my goby is 8 iches long but skinny.

[flamingo]

OK, first off, it might or it might not.

2. That eel does NOT stop at 14 inches, it can get a few feet.

3. It'll need around 70-90 gallons for life.

4. They do like brackish better. The only reason people say they like saltwater is the fact that they travel into full saltwater conditions when spawning, and return shortly after.

If your going to put it in the 20 gallon, forget it for right now, it won't fair well in that small of space for much longer than a few months if that.

[Jaws10]

no this is different than the freshwater moray. yes, the freshwater moray's name is freshwater moray. Anyway i though they were the same too until this site told me that they were different. the fw moray grows to 3 ft. white cheeked moray 14 inches. dont worry he wont be going in a 20 gallon

[Damon]

It would help if you posted the site where you recieve this info from. And as we all know, not all websites are accurate. I do believe you are talking about the species Echidna rhodochilus. IT is a peaceful species that does consider any fish smaller than itself food (what fish doesn't?). Not an easy fish to keep either. Most eels aren't and this one is no exception.

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/encyclopedia-2.html
http://fish.mongabay.net/F/Echidna_rhodochilus.shtml

[OldManOfTheSea]

This thread is a but old already and I guess that you either have your answer or it is that you not kept this eel, for eels in general will prey on smaller fish in what they normally wouldn't prey on at most times. It is just like the snowflake moray that you heard in a home aquarium talking some small fish tank mates. The main reasons behind this is the hobbyists ardent giving their eel a variety in their diet for crab is however the sfe eels main diet and how many hobbyists you know who are feeding their sfe crab?

The other main thing is that the eel is easier to care for then most fish, for the hobbyist only problem would be if refusing to fee and then you any number of fish that would behave with this as well. Also the eel is far more hardier then other fish for if anything happens, they hang on a long time before their ever reach their demise.