miketoohey

On 4/8/2021 at 10:11 AM, Micah said:

@miketoohey I don't want to come across rude at all, but this situation is understandably frustrating from our side (the saltwater aquarist), and I hope it's frustrating on your side as well, since the life of a gorgeous wild animal is at stake.   

There are some holes here though that make me question this entire post.  You bought an eel, and it arrived.  You don't have a tank for the one you were supposed to get to live in.  So, regardless, you were expecting to keep an eel in a bucket?    Can you satisfy my curiosity here?  

I'm certain that any LFS that isn't Petco or Petsmart will take your eel and either give you store credit or even just hold it for you while you find a home for it.  The LFS community is mostly great people with big hearts.   I'm confused what the holdup is.  <passion intensifies>Are you trying to get money for this eel?  Surely the money thing isn't worth staring into a bucket with a dead eel in it.  Please don't rob the earth of a creature for something as ridiculous as money.   

Please treat these animals at least as if they are your pets - because they are actually more than that.

If you can't take this fish into an LFS or at least meet somebody half way, then I can only assume this whole post is a scam and should be flagged/removed.   If only because locally, a snowflake moray is 20 bucks and scams usually end up being worth your time.   You'll never get 60 bucks for this eel, if it exists.    Got pictures of this animal/situation?

Here's a great guide to setting up a brackish tank, btw: https://www.joshsfrogs.com/catalog/blog/2019/10/starting-a-brackish-tank/

i'm sorry i came to you group of fish lovers.yes he is real if i new how to down load my pics from my phone i would post it .i have pics of my setting up my new 75gal.fish tank.ive been doing tanks for some time so this isn't my first rodeo.i just got myself into a corner. you know nothing about me so how would you know how i take care of my animals?i love all animals and would never do them any harm.so you judge someone else and quit wasting my time.           thanks for your time,not      squatch

don't talk to me like im a idiot.lazyman.have a happy day

no ive moved him into a 5gallon bucket were ive hooked up a heater and air stone.thanks for your concern.don't critisize help me find him a nice home.lazyman

Just now, miketoohey said:

i would consider a trade for freshwater fish or just the price of the eel minus shipping which was $60.00 for the snowflake eel.the shipping was a another $40.00 This is a 7-10inch snowflake eel saltwater.I would trade a freshwater snowflake eel for my saltwater snowflake.I could really use some help with my dilemma Thanks squatch

i live in Lake Stevens,Wash.

i would consider a trade for freshwater fish or just the price of the eel minus shipping which was $60.00 for the snowflake eel.the shipping was a another $40.00 This is a 7-10inch snowflake eel saltwater.I would trade a freshwater snowflake eel for my saltwater snowflake.I could really use some help with my dilemma Thanks squatch

I'VE BEEN KEEPING MY SALTWATER SNOWFLAKE EEL (7-10 INCH) IN A ISULLATION TANK IN SALTWATER BEAUTIFUL FISH.TO BAD I DIDN'T GET THE FRESHWATER EEL.COULD SOMEONE TRADE A FRESHWATER SNOWFLAKE EEL FOR THIS SALTWATER SNOWFLAKE EEL? I LIVE IN LAKE STEVENS WASH.

my tank is only freshwater i have not made it brackish yet.im still in the process of  cycling my new 75 gallon

he willn't die if i have anything to do with it.thanks for your quick reply.thanks squatch

i live in lake stevens wash.my e-mail is miketoohey62@yahoo.com or phone# is 425-319-3292 thanks please get back to me.thanks squatch

i would consider a trade for freshwater fish or just the price of the eel minus shipping which was $60.00 for the snowflake eel.the shipping was a another $40.00

i don't have a saltwater tank.so i got this snowflake eel thinking it was brackish but it isn't.still in shipping box need a home for him before he dies