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About Race-Track Garden Eel
Heteroconger perissodon is an elongated, snake-like eel with a slender body. It displays variable coloration ranging from pale tan to yellowish-brown with distinctive dark spots or "race-track" markings along the body, which give it its common name. The head is relatively small with large eyes adapted for spotting food in sandy substrates.
Key facts
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Appearance
- Heteroconger perissodon is an elongated, snake-like eel with a slender body. It displays variable coloration ranging from pale tan to yellowish-brown with distinctive dark spots or "race-track" markings along the body, which give it its common name. The head is relatively small with large eyes adapted for spotting food in sandy substrates.
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe with Caution
- Min tank size
- 75 gallons
- Feeding Schedule
- 2-3 times daily
- Family
- Congridae
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.02-1.025
- Difficulty Level
- Care for garden eels is challenging. They require stable conditions, a fine sand substrate for burrowing, excellent water quality, consistent feeding of small live or frozen prey, and social stability (they are colony animals). Failure to provide adequate food or proper substrate often results in starvation.
- Care Requirements
- • 75 gallon tank with fine sand substrate for burrowing • Water: 72-78°F, pH 8.1-8.3, sg 1.023-1.025 • Peaceful, nocturnal; needs stable, established reef with low-flow areas • Feed frozen mysis, copepods; multiple small meals daily • Shy; provide PVC tubes or rockwork for shelter and security
- Care Level
- Hard
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean to the Great Barrier Reef and parts of the western Pacific. Found in shallow reef environments and sandy areas adjacent to coral formations.
- Diet Details
- In captivity, feed small meaty foods including frozen or live copepods, amphipods, small frozen shrimp, and mysis shrimp. Feed 2-3 times daily in small portions to match natural grazing behavior.
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