Below about 9 degrees it will die of cold. Alligator finch eels are best suited to survive in a water environment where the water temperature is between 24-28 degrees Celsius.

The alligator eel is a relatively large and fierce fish. When keeping them, you need to choose a large fish tank to provide them with enough space to move around.

In addition, they will often fight with other fish, and are not suitable for mixing with other sizes of fish. All in all, they do not require a very high level of environment, as long as they can ensure their normal survival, they can live well, so it is relatively easy to keep.

Habitat

The alligator eel is an exceptionally aggressive carnivorous fish that eats almost anything alive in the water, including all kinds of fish, crustaceans, amphibians, reptiles, birds, small and medium-sized mammals, and carrion.

Inhabiting tropical and subtropical rivers, lakes, marshes and other freshwater environments, and occasionally into estuaries or waterfronts and other brackish water activities, living alone, diurnal, usually floating on the surface of the water during the day to bask in the sun, and dive into deeper water to hibernate during the winter season.