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Fire eels natural habitat is slow moving river environments with slow to briskly moving water and soft riverbeds.
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Fire Eel
Veterinary & Aquatic Services Department, Drs. Foster & Smith
Mastacembelus erythrotaenia ...
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The fire eel grows well in the aquarium. These fish are dark grey with red and yellow horizontal stripes extending down the body. The anal, caudal, and dorsal fins are all one continuous fin that are edged in red.
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Fire Eel [Pictures] Mastacembelus erythrotaenia SYN: Macrognathus erythrotaenia PD: An elongated fish with a pointed snout. The body is dark brown, while the belly is light gray-brown. The pattern varies from fish to fish.
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Fire eelMastacembelus erythrotaenia HABITS These fish grow rather large so they are not realistically suited to an average sized aquarium. They prey on small fish.
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Fire Eels - Information about keeping and breeding fire eels Minnows - An article about the group of fish called Minnows My Experiences with Swordtail Characins - Corynopoma riisei. And how to breed them.
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They live with 2 very large fire eels, lots to neon tetras, cat fish, bushnose plecostamus, reproductive guppies, 2 siamese alge eaters, a couple of african water frogs, and more. The cool thing is that they started to reproduce too.
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Oscars are of course one of the most popular fish that frequently outgrows its tankmates. Other "wonders" include most cichlids, arawanas, clown knife fish, tire track and fire eels, and Columbian cats (see "night gobblers").
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 See also: Fish, Aquarium, Water, Eel, Species
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