Rare Fish Owners, Post your rarest fish! |
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 Feb 18 2008, 07:06 PM
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Fish Crazy  Group: Members Posts: 155 Joined: 26-January 08 From: Watching Fish Member No.: 38791  |
Let's see those fish that you own that you have never seen sold, that are too big to fit in the 10G, that can sting, bite, or puff, that are a random awesome color, and are impossible to keep unless you are a true expert aquarist!!!! I'm not sure I have any right now, but feel free to share yours!
Examples: Freshwater Rays Puffers (Giant, Medium, Small, etc.) Eels (Moray, Spiny, etc.) Bichirs Snakeheads Aros Arapaima Gars Whatever you like! |
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Feb 18 2008, 07:16 PM
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 Tough on Dirt, Gentle on Fish  Group: Members Posts: 1287 Joined: 1-October 07 From: Shropshire UK Member No.: 35826 |
QUOTE (groovitudedude @ Feb 18 2008, 07:06 PM)  Arapaima LOL, i'd love to see a tank that could hold one of those |
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Feb 18 2008, 07:29 PM
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 28th-31th August 2008 BOURNEMOUTH AIRSHOW..ITS FREE Group: Members Posts: 2616 Joined: 13-December 05 From: bournemouth england Member No.: 17540 |
QUOTE (Davo86 @ Feb 18 2008, 07:16 PM) QUOTE (groovitudedude @ Feb 18 2008, 07:06 PM) Arapaima LOL, i'd love to see a tank that could hold one of those go to monster fish keepers and look in articles section at top...they got a tank for these guys 
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Feb 18 2008, 08:12 PM
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 Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 1075 Joined: 23-July 07 From: Sheffield Member No.: 34010 |
Theres a webcam of an Aripima tank on MFK, don't know if I should name the member but just do a search and they should come up. Its an amazing tank, its like HUGE if you couldn't guess already.
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Feb 18 2008, 09:32 PM
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Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 1128 Joined: 20-January 07 From: Liverpool , UK Member No.: 28415 |
i own a silver aro below
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Feb 19 2008, 03:31 AM
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Fishaholic  Group: Members Posts: 237 Joined: 10-April 07 Member No.: 31053 |
God.....darn.......Foosorochromis rostratus!!
 The fish I own are all common!!Oh yeah, also Platydoras costatus. But they are only uncommon here in AKorea, much easier to find where you are! Lucky, envious 
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Feb 19 2008, 06:40 AM
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 Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 591 Joined: 31-December 04 From: Westchester Co., NY- USA Member No.: 10841 |
This is what I have that might qualify, but they are not big fish, don't bite or sting:
 and these are not rare, just usually found only from hobbyists and not shops: 
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Feb 19 2008, 11:50 PM
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 Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 697 Joined: 25-August 07 From: Colorado Member No.: 34880 |
Nice pleco! How much did you pay for it and how big was it and how big is it now? Do you have a breeding colony of them?
None of the fish I have are very rare. Strange looking, yes, but unfortunately not rare. This post has been edited by Mr._Fishy: Feb 19 2008, 11:50 PM |
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Feb 20 2008, 03:12 AM
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Fish Crazy Group: Members Posts: 155 Joined: 26-January 08 From: Watching Fish Member No.: 38791 |
Okay, weird looking fish are allowed. Basically, any fish that looks weird or unusual.
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Feb 20 2008, 12:30 PM
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 Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 824 Joined: 24-June 07 From: Smack Dab in the Center of the Good Ol' U.S. of A Member No.: 33177 |
Uhhhhh, I have 1 Oxyeleotris marmorata (A.K.A., Marbled Sand Goby), and 1 Senegal Bichir (A.K.A., Polypterus senegalus), but that's about it right now. . . .
Cheers, GobyMaster |
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Feb 20 2008, 01:06 PM
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 Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 1445 Joined: 15-January 06 Member No.: 18278 |
hahahaha this is my type of thread
 5 x blue base cross back arowana 1 x super red asian arowana 1 x red tail gold asian arowana 1 x 14inch tigrinus cat 1 x 13inch dat pulcher the real siamese tiger fish 1 x 13inch flagtail 1 x 5inch thin bar tiger fish 1 x 3inch dat cambelli 3 x 8inch disk p14 stingrays all in one tank thats about it This post has been edited by T1KARMANN: Feb 20 2008, 01:07 PM |
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Feb 20 2008, 02:11 PM
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 Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 501 Joined: 10-August 07 From: Central NJ Member No.: 34482 |
does an african butterfly count?
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Feb 20 2008, 02:57 PM
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 Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 4515 Joined: 26-January 08 From: Perth, WA Member No.: 38786 |
What have I kept, hmm where do I start.
red tail catfish black fin pacu & red belly piranha, they came in together  saratoga jardini & leichardti tiger fish (Datnoides sp) alligator gars blue sharks (pangasius) giant & snakeskin gouramis synodontis angelicus unidentified species of botia corydoras barbatus african freshwater butterflyfish acarichthys heckeli peacock gudgeons glossolepis maculatus & ramuensis cairnsichthys rhombosomoides pseudomugil mellis edelia vitatta, nanatherina balstoni & bostockia porosa galaxias occidentalis, maculatus & truttaceous galaxiella munda & nigrostriata my piece de resistance, Lepidogalaxias salamandroides. The only fish in the world with a neck
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Feb 20 2008, 04:27 PM
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 watching bettas in a blender  Group: Moderators Posts: 11358 Joined: 8-February 03 From: London Member No.: 585 |
Oh we're playing the long list game now are we, ok my turn
2x Liearius pictus Lithodoras dorsalis Brachyplatystoma platynemum Hemisorubim platyrynchos 2x Sorubim lima Ageneiosus polysticus Asterophysus batrachus Micronema bleekeri 2x Hemibagrus punctatus 2x Anaspidoglanis macrostoma Heteropneustes fossilis Malapterus microstoma Cephalosilurus apurensis Chaca chaca Salminus brassiliensis Hydrocynus vittatus 16x Exodon paradoxus Serrasalmus sanchezi Cichla monoculus 2x Hoplarchus psittacus Osteoglossum bicirrhosum Scleropgaes jardini 2x Potamotrygon motoro 2x Potamotrygon yepezi Potamotrygon orbygini Potamotrygon sp "peru"? 2x Channa gachua Parachanna obscura Lepidosiren paradoxa Polypterus delhizi Polypterus ornatipinnis Electrophorus electricus Gymnotus sp "tiger" Oxyeleotris marmoratus Couis microlepis Lates microlepis Chitala blanci 2x Gymnothorax tile Gymnothorax polyuranodon Monopterus albus 3x Allenbatrachus grunniens That covers all my more unusual fish, although some of them are pretty common by oddball keeper standards The rarest ones are the Gymnothorax polyuranodon, Gymnotus sp "tiger", Lithodoras dorsalis and Malapterus microstoma all of which are hardly ever seen in the hobby. |
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Feb 20 2008, 05:45 PM
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Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 4515 Joined: 26-January 08 From: Perth, WA Member No.: 38786 |
I think CFC and I have just ruined it for the rest of you. Sorry
Hey CFC at least i used common names where possible. Its gonna take people months to work out what you kept
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Feb 20 2008, 06:10 PM
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 potatoes Group: Members Posts: 2423 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Harlow, Essex Member No.: 19359 |
QUOTE (Colin_T @ Feb 20 2008, 05:45 PM) I think CFC and I have just ruined it for the rest of you. Sorry Hey CFC at least i used common names where possible. Its gonna take people months to work out what you kept No you have not as most of the fish people have listed they could actually keep the fish you listed you cant anyone can go and buy a gator gar and a pacu but can they home it thats the question. |
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Feb 20 2008, 06:23 PM
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resistance is futile...... Group: Newsletter Team Posts: 2139 Joined: 5-April 06 From: UK Member No.: 20388 |
QUOTE (mark7616 @ Feb 20 2008, 06:10 PM) but can they home it thats the question. I am guessing no. Personally I don't think owning fish like RTCs, alligator gars and pacus is much to be proud of unless you can house them properly in a massive tropical pond. I personally think that T1K and CFC have the most impressive list as they can actually house such large fish, CFC in particular as he is one of very few people that could house his very large fish (such as his silver aro, a fish many people have unfortunately but cannot house) for life. Where's your list though Mark? 
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Feb 20 2008, 06:38 PM
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Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 3580 Joined: 4-November 05 From: middx heathrow Member No.: 16779 |
rtc,pacu and gars are not rare anyway
my list... pearl stingrays 
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Feb 20 2008, 06:58 PM
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potatoes Group: Members Posts: 2423 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Harlow, Essex Member No.: 19359 |
I dont really own anything rare. Well not majorly rare suppose my rareist fish is a tigrinum.
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