My Moray Eel

I've always wanted a moray eel, but the vast majority of them get to be greater than 2 feet long. Some are real sea monsters and could seriously damage a person let alone other fish. So I researched long and hard and found the only member of the Gymnothorax family that was reef safe. The scientific name is Gymnothorax melatremus, and is more commonly known as the Golden Dwarf Moray. It grows up to 10 inches long and is native to much of the Pacific Ocean.

It is commonly confused with the Gymnothorax miliaris, which is located in the Caribean and grows to 2 feet long. Many people have been able to keep the miliaris species in reef tanks, but many more have had it eat their other inhabitants. The melatremus on the other hand is much smaller in stature and has yet to eat or even strike at any of my fish or inverts.