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Apr 29 2008, 07:22 PM
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![]() Fish Crazy Group: Members Posts: 154 Joined: 7-January 08 From: Prince edward Island, canada Member No.: 38202 |
whats your favorite oddball that can fit in a tank of 100g or ess, so that means no aro or rays!
mine would have to be rope fish and sennys! they're just so darn cute |
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Apr 29 2008, 08:12 PM
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![]() Fish Crazy Group: Members Posts: 170 Joined: 22-July 07 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 33984 |
Freshwater Moray (Gymnothorax tile).
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Apr 29 2008, 08:29 PM
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![]() Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 3950 Joined: 26-January 08 From: Perth, WA Member No.: 38786 |
Dumpling Squid
A small species of cephlapod that is not quite a squid but not quite a cuttlefish. They are small and only grow to about the size of a golfball. They hide in the gravel during the day and come out at night to feed. They eat small shrimp and will catch as many as they can. I would put a stack of shrimp in the tank with my little squid and she would suddenly come up out of the gravel and start swatting shrimp with each arm. She would have 4 or 5 shrimp and start eating them one after the other. Sometimes she would shoot her arms out to catch the shrimp but miss and she would be stuck to the glass. Then you could see her pulling each arm away and imagine hearing her suckers popping off one at a time. |
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Apr 29 2008, 08:43 PM
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![]() Fish Crazy Group: Members Posts: 154 Joined: 7-January 08 From: Prince edward Island, canada Member No.: 38202 |
colin Im guessing this is a marine animal and if so whats your fav FW oddball?
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Apr 29 2008, 08:49 PM
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![]() Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 2088 Joined: 20-April 07 From: Andover Member No.: 31363 |
I agree on reedfish!
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Apr 29 2008, 08:51 PM
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![]() Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 3950 Joined: 26-January 08 From: Perth, WA Member No.: 38786 |
favourite FW oddball would be the Salamanderfish from the sw of WA.
The only fish in the world that can move its head seperately from its body. It has a bony ridge on each side of its head for burrowing into the mud and it aestivates for 6 months of the year because the water ways that it occurs in dry up during summer. It's not a very colourful fish, being primarily brown and blotched with darker patches, but it is kind of cool because it is so different. It's also a really old type of fish, been around since the dinosaurs. |
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Apr 29 2008, 08:56 PM
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![]() Fish Crazy Group: Members Posts: 154 Joined: 7-January 08 From: Prince edward Island, canada Member No.: 38202 |
have you ever seen one of these salamanderfish in a lfs
they sound cool! |
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Apr 29 2008, 09:10 PM
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Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 1382 Joined: 15-January 06 Member No.: 18278 |
dat pulcher
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Apr 29 2008, 09:11 PM
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![]() Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 3950 Joined: 26-January 08 From: Perth, WA Member No.: 38786 |
no salamanderfish available in shops. You have to go bush and catch your own. And most people don't want to travel hundreds of kms into the middle of nowhere to collect a tiny little fish during the middle of winter. Walking through snake infested bushland with tics, scorpions and spiders and no mobile phone reception so if you get in trouble you are on your own. It's nice down there tho. Peaceful and clean.
Their scientific name is Lepidogalaxias salamandroides. If you google it you will find a bit of info on it. |
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Apr 30 2008, 01:04 AM
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bichir bichir bichir bichir bichir bichir bichir bichir Group: Members Posts: 1516 Joined: 19-December 05 From: Orlando, FL, USA Member No.: 17678 |
any bichir is good enough for me
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Apr 30 2008, 06:27 AM
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![]() Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 1052 Joined: 23-July 07 From: Sheffield Member No.: 34010 |
erythrinus erythrinus (rainbow wolffish), they certainly don't require a tank of 100 gallons, I would say minimum would be a 36x12 footprint.
Though if I had a 100 gallon tank, and had to stock it with 1 type of oddball fish, it would probably be my indo dat (got them hand feeding now |
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Apr 30 2008, 11:04 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 1434 Joined: 11-March 07 From: Places, Far Far Away Status: Offline Member No.: 30092 |
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Apr 30 2008, 05:57 PM
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Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 742 Joined: 4-May 04 From: wirral Member No.: 5933 |
my reedfish are pretty damn good and fit in a 100g tank
is 100g too small for a fire eel, if not then thats my favourite |
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Apr 30 2008, 06:10 PM
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![]() Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 3950 Joined: 26-January 08 From: Perth, WA Member No.: 38786 |
a fire eel will be fine in a 100g
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Apr 30 2008, 06:16 PM
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![]() Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 1112 Joined: 1-October 07 From: Shropshire UK Member No.: 35826 |
Either Reeds or a BGK
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Apr 30 2008, 06:20 PM
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![]() Fish Fanatic Group: Members Posts: 78 Joined: 29-March 08 Member No.: 40804 |
i would like to point out there is no fresh water moray ( they will do ok but will die prematurely there actually brackish) and i second the spiney eel comment im also fond of the palmbag puffer
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Apr 30 2008, 06:32 PM
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Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 3547 Joined: 4-November 05 From: middx heathrow Member No.: 16779 |
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Apr 30 2008, 06:33 PM
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Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 742 Joined: 4-May 04 From: wirral Member No.: 5933 |
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Apr 30 2008, 10:27 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 |
Senegal Bichirs, Marbled Sand Goby, and Black Ghost Knifefish.
Those guys rule (even though I've never had a BGK, I'll be getting one for my new tank soon). |
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Apr 30 2008, 10:34 PM
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Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 634 Joined: 25-August 07 From: Colorado Member No.: 34880 |
My favorite would be a frogfish or a geryi piranha.
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