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tahneen
post Apr 29 2008, 07:22 PM
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whats your favorite oddball that can fit in a tank of 100g or ess, so that means no aro or rays! nugget.gif
mine would have to be rope fish and sennys!
they're just so darn cute laugh.gif
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post Apr 29 2008, 08:12 PM
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Freshwater Moray (Gymnothorax tile).
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post Apr 29 2008, 08:29 PM
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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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post Apr 29 2008, 08:43 PM
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colin Im guessing this is a marine animal and if so whats your fav FW oddball?
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post Apr 29 2008, 08:49 PM
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I agree on reedfish! w00t.gif
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post Apr 29 2008, 08:51 PM
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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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post Apr 29 2008, 08:56 PM
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have you ever seen one of these salamanderfish in a lfs
they sound cool!
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post Apr 29 2008, 09:10 PM
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dat pulcher
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post Apr 29 2008, 09:11 PM
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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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post Apr 30 2008, 01:04 AM
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bichir bichir bichir bichir bichir bichir bichir bichir
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any bichir is good enough for me biggrin.gif
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post Apr 30 2008, 06:27 AM
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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 smile.gif).
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post Apr 30 2008, 11:04 AM
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QUOTE (invader @ Apr 30 2008, 09:04 AM) *
any bichir is good enough for me biggrin.gif

i second that laugh.gif not to mention the spiney eel species as well
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post Apr 30 2008, 05:57 PM
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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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post Apr 30 2008, 06:10 PM
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a fire eel will be fine in a 100g
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post Apr 30 2008, 06:16 PM
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Either Reeds or a BGK
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post Apr 30 2008, 06:20 PM
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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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post Apr 30 2008, 06:32 PM
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QUOTE (T1KARMANN @ Apr 29 2008, 10:10 PM) *
dat pulcher

i think your pulcher would be a bit cramped in 100gallons

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post Apr 30 2008, 06:33 PM
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QUOTE (jimi priest @ Apr 30 2008, 07:20 PM) *
i would like to point out there is no fresh water moray


luckily Freshwater/Marine knows that
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post Apr 30 2008, 10:27 PM
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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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post Apr 30 2008, 10:34 PM
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My favorite would be a frogfish or a geryi piranha.
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