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About Brown Garden Eel
Heteroconger longissimus is a slender, elongated eel with a brown to tan coloration and a distinctive yellow-gold stripe running along its dorsal surface. The body is cylindrical and can extend to nearly 4 feet in length. Garden eels characteristically inhabit burrows in sandy bottoms and exhibit a unique hovering behavior near their burrow entrance.
Key facts
- Diet Details
- Feed small live or frozen zooplankton such as copepods, mysis shrimp, and brine shrimp. Multiple small feedings daily are preferable to one large feeding, mimicking their natural grazing behavior on plankton drifting past their burrow.
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe
- Difficulty Level
- Brown garden eels are challenging in captivity because they require specific sandy substrate conditions, excellent water quality, and frequent small feedings. They are also prone to jumping and may hide excessively if stressed.
- Care Requirements
- • Tank: 75 gallons minimum, deep sand bed (6-8"), low flow areas • Water: 72-78°F, pH 8.1-8.3, SG 1.023-1.025 • Diet: Small meaty foods (mysis, copepods), frozen preferred • Behavior: Reclusive, burrows in sand, rarely leaves shelter • Notes: Difficult to acclimate; needs calm environment, cannot coexist with aggressive feeders
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- carnivore
- Care Level
- Hard
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, including the Red Sea, East Africa, and across to the Hawaiian Islands and French Polynesia, typically found in coral reef environments at depths of 5-40 meters.
- Common Health Issues
- Marine ich, Fin Rot, Swim Bladder Disorder, White Spot Syndrome, Bacterial Infections
- Min tank size
- 75 gallons
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-80°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.02-1.025
- Family
- Congridae
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