whats your favorite fish?

[cocoa_pleco]

lol, if this works, im amazed. im sitting in a taco bell and can get internet with my PSP here.

anywho, whats your current favorite fish? mine has to be my huge silver gourami. he always greets me and is hilarious to watch. hes about 6 inches and he rules the tank. he always pecks at the gravel for food and is just plain funny.

[RobbieG]

I love watching my loaches - they are just too cute!

I dould technically do this on my iPhone - but I ain't ever typing anything longer than LOL on that piece of crap "keyboard"

[Drumachine09]

Gotta be my severum bruce. He lets my hand feed him freeze dried krill now.

[MeganL3985]

Favorite fish or favorite fish that we own? I looooooove parrot cichlids, but dont own any yet :( But if I have to pick what I have, definitely my Betta, he's cute and seems like he has personality.

[cocoa_pleco]

i like my kuhlis too. they always do a excellent clean job.

even though i now got my severum back, he doesnt really pay attention to me. my damsel and gouramis do since theyre pigs and want food.

[RobbieG]

My fire eel eats out of my hand and was my favorite last week - and probably will be again next week - but I'm in a mellower, watch the funny fishes mood lately!

[cocoa_pleco]

i rarely see my peacock eel. he takes up my log in my 55g and i havent seen him since the day i bought him. i hope hes alive. lol

[RobbieG]

My fire eel stays pretty much completely buried and hidden - but can spot the Krill can from 40 paces!

[Rue]

My goldies!!! :19:

[YaYgoldFish]

Currently: my new bichir. My all time favorites are my turtles tho. :)

[salman]

My favorite fish has to be the Discus.

[unleashed]

my would be a volitan lionfish

[cocoa_pleco]

i saw those lions at west edmonton mall today. they have 2 500g salt tanks and 2 500g freshwater ones. the lionfish one is insanely cool

[Drumachine09]

Mature dragon wrasses look fairly simmaler to lion fish as well.

[salman]

I also like my little puffer friends. I love the way they 'puff' lol. They are the only ones in my wish list now. None of the fish stores near me sell them :( Only SW puffers but i dont know if im ready for SW.

[cocoa_pleco]

puffers are really awesome. i want a dog faced one soon.

around here a fish stores are like 2 every block. there are tons of specialty stores too

[salman]

puffers are really awesome. i want a dog faced one soon.

around here a fish stores are like 2 every block. there are tons of specialty stores too

Here, in Kuwait, there is a small street called the fish street, there are a little over 20 fish stores stuck together. The fish are a little cheaper there, but i prefer to go to my LFS which is a little closer to my house and they all know me there.. But, i sometimes go to that place to see what new fish they have.

[cocoa_pleco]

the one store i dont really ever go to anymore is petcetera. they used to have a deal on fish that was buy one get one free with equal or lesser value on any FW or SW fish any price, now they got rid of that. their salt fish are generally well priced but neons are 4 bucks each. i mainly go to aquagiant now. all chinese and the fish are all in top condition, cheap, and they have over 500 stock tanks.

[salman]

the one store i dont really ever go to anymore is petcetera. they used to have a deal on fish that was buy one get one free with equal or lesser value on any FW or SW fish any price, now they got rid of that. their salt fish are generally well priced but neons are 4 bucks each. i mainly go to aquagiant now. all chinese and the fish are all in top condition, cheap, and they have over 500 stock tanks.

Wow 500! But the only fish i didnt/don't have that i like is the FW puffer. When i have an empty tank i'll ask my LFS if they can special order it for me.

[cocoa_pleco]

petsmart here has FW puffers, i used to have them and they were really entertaining. my 33g was really overstocked and had cichlids, goldfish, tropicals, everything, even a baby oscar (i was un-knowleged those few years ago). the african albino clawed frog, tinfoil barb, african butterfly, large comet goldfish, and puffers would fight for crickets. the frog would get it, then the tinfoil barb would rip it out of its mouth, then the african butterfly would go after pieces, then the puffers would steal it and fight. the goldfish used to eat crickets whole

another thing is aquagiant treats the fish like family. the goldfish get a 300g tank to themselves, and the saltfish get a real home with lots of LR and everything, not a bare tank

[salman]

petsmart here has FW puffers, i used to have them and they were really entertaining. my 33g was really overstocked and had cichlids, goldfish, tropicals, everything, even a baby oscar (i was un-knowleged those few years ago). the african albino clawed frog, tinfoil barb, african butterfly, large comet goldfish, and puffers would fight for crickets. the frog would get it, then the tinfoil barb would rip it out of its mouth, then the african butterfly would go after pieces, then the puffers would steal it and fight. the goldfish used to eat crickets whole

Hahaha.. this reminds me of a time when i was stocking a tank i had, between 30-40 gallon, don't have it anymore.. I went to the fish store, and i just picked anything i liked. I thought all fish can live together since they all live in the ocean.. I had oscars, tetras, angel, goldfish, gourami's and i have no idea what the rest were, but a little from everything. Then they started fighting and i got really excited, i thought they were playing haha.. the next day i get up i find some dead, i thought oh well, some have to die.. then each day more and more died. Then a friend came over to my house and he was a little experienced with fish, so he started screaming at me lol. Then i separated them.

[MeganL3985]

Our walmart is the only place i've seen puffers. Until then, I thought all puffers were saltwater.

[cocoa_pleco]

Hahaha.. this reminds me of a time when i was stocking a tank i had, between 30-40 gallon, don't have it anymore.. I went to the fish store, and i just picked anything i liked. I thought all fish can live together since they all live in the ocean.. I had oscars, tetras, angel, goldfish, gourami's and i have no idea what the rest were, but a little from everything. Then they started fighting and i got really excited, i thought they were playing haha.. the next day i get up i find some dead, i thought oh well, some have to die.. then each day more and more died. Then a friend came over to my house and he was a little experienced with fish, so he started screaming at me lol. Then i separated them.

EXACTLY like my old 33g! it had- (LONG LIST!)

1 huge comet goldfish
1 domestic angel
1 wild angel
10 corys
1 electric blue crayfish
1 lobster
1 african butterfly
2 common plecos
1 clown pleco
1 upside down catfish
1 37 year old large goldfish
1 baby oscar
1 fire eel
4 neon tetras
1 tinfoil barb
1 albino clawed frog
1 pea puffer
1 unknown large golfball sized puffer


looking back on that tank i cant believe how they all survived. i had a canister filter on it too. i had cichlids, coldwater fish, and tropicals in the same tank. the 37 year old goldfish died from swimbladder. i was aiming to break the worlds oldest goldfish record. the person i bought the goldfish from had it since 1965 or close to there

[RobbieG]

How did they even fit LOL

I did about the same thing with my first 10 gallon!

[Kuli_Loach]

Wow, that brings back memories of my first tank. All the fish are still alive at my aunts. It is 5 years old and contains, 2 angels, 2 silver dollars, a balla shark, and a female beta. All them are still alive and doing fine. I have told her to get a bigger tank but she says they are fine. I gave her the tank after the second time I had to clean it.:19: O and it is a 10 gallon tank.

[RobbieG]

Maybe you could get her something a bit bigger for Christmas

[cocoa_pleco]

my first tank was a 5g with 3 goldfish, a pleco, otto, shrimp, dwarf frogs, and a loach. it was insanely crowded, and the water always was unclear. i remember my first ever sick fish was in that tank and it was a goldfish with popeye, hazy eye, fin rot, and swim bladder. i feel so guilty for what i put those poor fish through

[Kuli_Loach]

I spend all my money on my fish.:19:

[cocoa_pleco]

I spend all my money on my fish.:19:


actually, me too. probably 97% of it

[YaYgoldFish]

lol i almost got an bank acount at my bank, something similar to savings, but savings for fish:) My mom wouldnt let me..ehh she doesn't get it lol.I get something about 250 a week( cheap summer job_ and put 200 in the bank everytime. The rest i use it to buy me food and fish stuff lol :) Tuesday im getting a dwarf african frog and if i like it ill probly add another.

[Drumachine09]

actually, me too. probably 97% of it



I wish i could spend that much on my fish.

Half goes to insurance on my truck, i save 100 out of every paycheck so i can afford new tires, and a rhinolining in my pickup bed, which leaves me about 100 dollars to spend on myself, but usually on dates or gas. As soon as i get my truck where i want it to be, ill have more money to play around with. Can you say "peacock tank"? lol

[cocoa_pleco]

mainly my parents will pay for everything except my fish. they paid for my motorbikes, quads, car, etc. they wont pay for fish though since i have so many tanks. my dad often will splurge though and get me fish and tanks. he paid for all the stock in my 55g

[RobbieG]

I can't type in what I spend a week on my fish - my wife would kill me!

But its $200.00

[YaYgoldFish]

I can't type in what I spend a week on my fish - my wife would kill me!

But its $200.00


jeesus they must have best of everything lol. I dont spend anything near that ( 20 bucks a week?) but even the employees at my lfs when my payday is lol.

[troy]

My favorite fish is my male Golden Dwarf Cichlid. I was going to breed it, but my mom wouldn't let me.

[YaYgoldFish]

My favorite fish is my male Golden Dwarf Cichlid. I was going to breed it, but my mom wouldn't let me.


Lol that just sounds funny..why wont she let you? You could always sell the fry..

[Kuli_Loach]

I spend roughly about 100$ a week on fish.:bfish:

[squirt_12]

My favourite fish that I like that i don't have would be: Discus and FW & SW Puffers!!!!!!
My favourtie fish that i own are my three striped pencilfish!!!!!! They are so cool of how they don't swim straight that they swim on a 45 degree angle!!!!
I....just love them!!!! I want to breed them but i don't know how to tell the difference betwen male and female!!??

[troy]

She says I've got too many tanks and I wouldn't make much money off it. I've only got 3 smallish tank.

[tropfish]

My favorite fish are blood parrots too. They have so much character

[digger]

my favorites are my jags there tank is never the same two days in a row they move everything around rocks , gravel decorations ,etc its funny to watch its like when they stare at something they are trying to decide the best way to move it.