Wrasse, Anthias, and Other Marine Fish
Garden Eel
Heteroconger hassi
Photo: Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Minimum tank300 l
- Adult size40 cm
- Difficulty★★★★☆
- Lives in a groupof 5 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Family
- Congridae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific and Red Sea
- Size
- 40 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.025
- Difficulty
- ★★★★☆
- Water type
- marine
- Swimming level
- lower (buried)
- Behavior
- Peaceful (very shy)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 5
- Minimum aquarium size
- 300 L (with 20 cm of sand)
- Diet
- carnivore (zooplankton)
- Reproduction
- oviparous
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: It lives with half its body buried in the sand, swaying like plants. It requires a very deep layer of sand and peaceful tankmates.
