Tentacle Snake

[greenmonkey51]

I don't know if anyone has ever seen these. I had a chance to get some a while ago but decided against it.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/fo...ead.php?t=3989

[JLC]

Wow....those are super-cool! I saw some once at the National Aquarium (I think that's where it was), but for whatever reason, it didn't dawn on me that they weren't just really neat fish, but true reptiles and snakes.

[recycling goddess]

just read the thread... very very interesting. very cool looking snakes!

[MARCUS ANTONIUS]

That's one crazy looking critter... I always thought having a sea snake would be cool, but I'm no where near experienced with hots and salt water aquarium keeping is beyond me as well for now. But I would like to try keeping a marine tank one day....

[Shelby]

Tentacled snakes are fairly often seen on kingsnake and fauna.. I did some reading on them. The water parameters need to be spot on, as these snakes are prone to fungal infections. Neat animals though.

[Evan Jamison]

That's one crazy looking critter... I always thought having a sea snake would be cool, but I'm no where near experienced with hots and salt water aquarium keeping is beyond me as well for now. But I would like to try keeping a marine tank one day....

Erpeton tentaculatus are non-venomous colubrids, they live in freshwater systems in S.E Asia, so no worries about being a hot or saltwater. From the accounts I've read though, I would say that they are more difficult to keep than maintaining a basic marine tank. That thread states that he is keeping them at a pretty high pH for living in backwater systems ion the wild. Lots of tannins=low pH, I've even heard of keeping the water as low as 4.5-5 with good success. Either way, they are awesome looking. I've debated getting one before, but I maintain enough aquatic systems at work that I don't want to have to do it at home too.

[4theSNAKElady]

Yeah. I didn't know what that guy was talkin about when he said ..."IMO the low ph is wrong, because this is how a lot of fish get acid burns......" I'm not trying to criticize here, but if 5.5 to 6.5 is considered way to low for fish, then how do you explain discus, angels, and cardinal tetras surviving and thriving in water with ph as low as 5?????

[greenmonkey51]

Discus, cardinals, and angels are all black water fish. In the wild that is the ph range for them. I think he means non black water fish that are kept in very acidic conditions. If I were to put a wild caught african cichlid in a black water tank it would start to acid burn.

[4theSNAKElady]

Yeah, I'm pretty familar with the finny friends,,,,,I have a tank of africans and a salt tank.