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@majorbruster5916
1 year ago
My friend Rob Travers revised the Mastacembalidae many years ago, erecting Caecomastacebalus for the blind species from the Congo. I didn't even know there were blind species of spiny eels. I kept (what was then) Mastacembalus pancalus, M. armatus and Macrognathus ocellatus back when I was a research technician at the University of London, whilst Rob worked at the BM(NH). I found them quite easy to care for. One thing they do need is a sandy substrate: they love to bury themselves. Important to include live foods in their diet, I fed mine on Tubifex and Limnodrilus, and they used to come out at night and hang off the worm feeder.
Years later, when I moved to Zaire, I collected Afromastacembalus tanganicae, along with others, for export to Europe. These are beautiful spinies, but have a propensity for eating small fishes. They are also escape artists, so every orifice has to be stuffed up to prevent them from getting out. You are right, Oliver, we don't see enough of these 'eels ' in our tanks.
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