Old Man Of The Sea

I had emailed Jeff of fish world and today on the idea that Jeff would get in soon the fixtures for both tanks on the MH. it was suggested at first to me that Jeff get the things needed to do the changing from 175 to 250 watts MH and I would have the new place change it for me and return to Jeff the other ballasts and so on. I for one thing feel nothing great about waiting for Jeff to do this for those who readied it that contact with Jeff was established and I asked for him to complete these tanks before the end of august. I see for the most part on this that it will not be done even by that time. I am not thinking that im screwed as far as Jeff goes and rather then to quit and loose everything I put into this, I will simply go elsewhere. I mean, I giving Jeff (fish world) more then enough rope to hang themselves with not finishing what they took on. Now the ballasts that Aquatic Concepts are pushing, they not been selling them for long and I had gotten no answers to their years in service, as is, I not feel good about something as that when their only looking to push one thing your way for your tanks. http://sunlightsupply.com/product.cfm?sid=...ys%3D%26pgi%3D1 http://sunlightsupply.com/product.cfm?sid=...ys%3D%26pgi%3D1 Now the tanks are a 180 and 240 gal tanks, their will be three 250 MH on the 180 and four 250 watts MH on the 240 making it seven MH lights in all so do take that into account. Now I need highly recommended ballasts for these tanks, and money for these are not an issue> Please if links could be provided for any suggestions, it would be very helpful> I will speak to tong the owner soon on both things, the lighting and sump. I'm also looking at the idea that the new sump with these people will be longer, 5' and that the chiller will be on the outside of the stand right beside the tank stand and I a thought to ask Tong if he could make a box from the same type of wood of the stand to cover the chiller from view> Please, if something isn't well enough understood, please place in quote and ask for further explanations on it. The idea that AC giving me was that Fish World would get in the parts to put in the 250 watts MH and I have AC put them in and I return the other 175 watts MH and ballasts to fish world. I made it known that if I have to dish the cash for this after paying for it that I will look to get this cash back through the courts. The idea was that these tanks be completed soon, I see no end in sight with the waiting part> Thanks

Often eels do tolerate one another for their one most aggressive behavior comes from feeding for as even eels like the goldentail moray, one could house a pair for so many years and one day one took some bites out of the other. That happens even more when house different growth eel species. As it is, you seem to have species which would mostly feeds mainly on crustaceans. Now I cannot see the photos as clearly, but few the eels I think I make out a Sharptail in #1. I see where you say that the biggest eel is 10" or so. Which the eels you had for 3 years and what size were they when you first got them? The enigmatic eel will grow less then 2' and would feed on small fish as well the White ribbon eel will grow more then 3' and from the photos you show, it and the enigmatic eel are your most active from the bunch. The white ribbon likes to burrows itself for its protection and when small size do feed on crustaceans such as shrimps and soft shelled crabs and can be difficult to feed in a home aquarium, especially when too small a juvenile for feeding it only one type of foods is not a good thing. Now is it my eyes that im seeing a yellowish color in your tank? Just how often you do water changes and how many gals? Now understand, I for many eels kept eels and for some 37 years or so, I keep all that time seven eels at any one time, but only my tanks were larger for when the eels become adults, there could be problems being in a tank that is less then 3' long, even three feet for that matter. Eels always show at most their docile appearances and their reasons to bites other eels in the tank happens due to two main reasons such as hungry and their lair. For yes, this can appear to work well for some years, but one day you will remember what I said here for even dwarf eels bite another of their kind due too their normal aggressive behavior. So right now that the eels are so small, you no issues as yet, also your a wide mix and thanks god for one thing that your not other species of eels, which feeds mostly on FO. So yes, its an interesting collection of eels. If you were to add a wolf eel, you see bites taking out of the other eels real quick like> Also, I cannot tell on how much LR you have there, but eels like to hide themselves completely and in total darkness. You might to tell what filtration system your using on these tanks? And how much LR? Also when I housed three or four eels together of a difference species and depending on their types of behavior for the long term, I housed them in much larger tanks in order to keep any aggression to a minimum, but there are no guarantees.