Tire Track Eel
Tire Track Eel
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The tire track eel (Mastacembelus armatus, and often M. favus under the same trade name) is a spiny eel from rivers across South and Southeast Asia. It is not a true eel but a long-bodied fish with a pointed, flexible snout for probing the substrate. The pattern is a network of dark marbling over a tan body, which gives the fish its common name. Imported fish are sold well short of adult size.
Aquarium care
- This fish gets big, well past a foot in length, so buy for the adult size.
- A deep bed of soft sand. They bury themselves and will scrape their skin on gravel.
- A tight, fully sealed lid. Tire track eels are notorious escapees and will leave through very small gaps.
- Caves, pipes and wood for daytime cover. Activity picks up at dusk and after dark.
- Feed meaty foods such as frozen bloodworm, earthworm, prawn and sinking carnivore pellets. Many refuse dry food at first.
- Sensitive to poor water quality and to copper-based medications.
Keep with fish too large to swallow and calm enough not to harass them: larger barbs, gouramis and robust catfish. Small tetras, rasboras and shrimp will be eaten, and two spiny eels can be territorial.
Stock rotates, and local pickup is available at our Lethbridge store. Browse freshwater fish.
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