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Fish for fish tank ideas

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i0z
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just wonder what strange fish i could put in my fish tank....its not very full (75 gallons) i got like a gar pike some parrot fish...some catfish...mostly chichlids....... anyone hav any ideas for a Strange fish i should get? thats gettable and looks cool?
Jan 29 2007 12:29PM
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=FLO=
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Dempsy's and pike are where it's at for freshwater. I had both and would feed them live goldfish, it was awesome. The pike would try to get as many as he could into his mouth so the Dempsy could'nt get em, he would swim around with like 6 tails hangin out of his mouth.
Jan 29 2007 12:38PM
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MarkieR
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airawana (i think that's how you spell it). they're sick as fuck. eel like, they eat goldfish, and in their native amazon, they grow to like six feet long. you can buy juvenilles that are about six inches long for like seventy dollars. sooooo dope.
Jan 29 2007 12:38PM
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beezey
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butterfly fish are insaine!
Jan 29 2007 12:42PM
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MarkieR
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i guess it's arowana and this is what they look like:

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Jan 29 2007 12:45PM
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MarkieR
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also, alligator gar are straight up gangster. i have a 150 gallon tank and i've had my alligator gar for about 6 years. it's about twenty-six inches long now, and can eat nearly hand sized goldfish. shit is raw.
Jan 29 2007 12:47PM
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beezey
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Jan 29 2007 12:51PM
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i0z
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my friend had a butterfly fish there sick they eat crickets off the top of the water...but it got devowered by his other fish was really funny to watch
Jan 29 2007 12:54PM
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MarkieR
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if you want to feed the neighborhood stray cats to your fish, get an alligator gar:

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Jan 29 2007 12:57PM
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i0z
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holy shit that thing is huge^ its like a super sized one of mine
Jan 29 2007 12:59PM
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i0z
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i dont think it will fit heres my tank

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Jan 29 2007 1:01PM
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whattheshit
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for me right now, it would be a toss up between the alligator gar and piranhas

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Jan 29 2007 1:09PM
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MarkieR
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any fish that can eat an adolescent human being whole definitely wins in my book. even if you won't be able to have one that large, just knowing how burly it can be is awesome.
Jan 29 2007 1:10PM
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Crock360
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i had a bunch of aggressive fish back in the day. Chiclids are pretty cool. I also had a clownknife fish that kicked ass. A few needle-nose gar and a freshwater barracuda. the clownknife was my favorite tho.
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Jan 29 2007 1:11PM
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whattheshit
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yea man.      get a real fish.  a man eater.   i feel the same idea should apply to dogs.  big dogs vs small dogs.  predator fish vs boring fish.
Jan 29 2007 1:15PM
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MarkieR
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well said.
Jan 29 2007 1:16PM
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i0z
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i have a freshwater baracuda a gar a chanel cat and i want that clown knife
Jan 29 2007 2:05PM
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FERREZZ
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one of my friends had aone of those and his hand sized jack dempsey ate it he took the dempsey out and tried to retrieve the baracuda from its mouth it was funny, had the thing for about 15 mins. cost $35
Jan 29 2007 2:15PM
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i0z
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hahah dempseys are beasts even the small ones can rule a tank......im suprised no1 recomended oscars yet
Jan 29 2007 2:37PM
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FERREZZ
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get these
(im bored and in class)
nile perch

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african tiger fish

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peacock bass

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tarpon

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coelacanth

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now the best option


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Nessie!!!
Jan 29 2007 2:50PM
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Ender
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my roomate and I are gonna get a lobster from p chop, but that also means you have to measure out saltwater pH and shit, but its all good cause lobsters as pets are dope
Jan 29 2007 2:54PM
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Shpadoinkle
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gator. good eatin.
Jan 29 2007 2:59PM
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tBatt
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i had a 10 inch lionfish. that thing was fucking col until it started eating my other fish. we had a 250 gallon saltwater tank though
Jan 29 2007 3:01PM
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LostValleyPowMan
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get an eel dude- i had one it was sick... and those little neon fish are cool too- they glow in the dark... but eels where its at- there are some only like 5-8 inches long
Jan 29 2007 3:03PM
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SeanB
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get a marlin those things are hella tight
Jan 29 2007 3:15PM
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Lickmy9
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my brother has a little sting ray in his tank its pretty sweet cause you can hand feed it and pet it.
Jan 29 2007 3:20PM
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i0z
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im deffinatly gettin nesse and i had an eel pretty sweet fish but my mom didnt like it....it was about 2 1/2 ft long then i had to give it away
Jan 29 2007 6:15PM
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Peter.
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get a penguin to put in it that would be sooo baller


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Jan 29 2007 6:17PM
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Gonzoskier
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Go with a SNAKEHEAD if you can they are outlawed in the state of michigan. I had a redline snakehead and in 4 months it grew from 2 inches to 18 inches. I had to get rid of it because it was eating $5 (45) goldfish a day. it was the sweetest fish ever. I also had a arrowana and it was ok but it sucked because they are such a tempermental fish but it does look sweet. A snakehead looks like a pike but has the aggressiveness of a parrana... check them out if you can get them. OH yea they also breath air. Their gills are not that defined so they need to take sips of air from the top of the tank and when they eat the goldfish bubbles and scalles go everywhere!!!!!!! i use to have my whole dorm come down to watch my snakehead feed!!!!!!!!
Jan 29 2007 6:36PM
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BeerGoggles
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what kind of water do you have to put sting rays in? thatd be fucking dope...how big is the tank?
Jan 29 2007 6:43PM
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tBatt
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he looked like this...
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Jan 29 2007 7:00PM
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tBatt
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wtf mate
Jan 29 2007 7:01PM
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i0z
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well my parents prefere things that dont eat feeder fish but will let me get them if i have to
Jan 29 2007 7:07PM
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whattheshit
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how did you get rid of it?
Jan 29 2007 7:07PM
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FERREZZ
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dude snakeheads are gnarly, ^ he probably dumped in a lake.....
Jan 29 2007 7:09PM
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Charles^stevens
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200 gold fish
Jan 29 2007 7:10PM
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Shpadoinkle
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shotgun works good lol
Jan 29 2007 7:13PM
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i0z
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he probally sold it for good money
Jan 29 2007 7:23PM
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Peter.
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a penguin is sooo baller though
Jan 29 2007 7:24PM
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T-Wash
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Just buy a bag of those colored gold fish snacks and throw them in the tank no one else has that
Jan 29 2007 7:26PM
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i0z
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^i tryed to feed my fish some goldfish wen i had oscars before they one ate like 1 maby or none
Jan 29 2007 7:40PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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fuckin sturgeon bitch
Jan 29 2007 7:56PM
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Bigwoods
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for some reason i find goldfish awsome fish, throw a few of those in there.. you dont really need to take care of them either.
Jan 29 2007 7:59PM
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FilmingBitch
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DUDE totally get a plecostomus!
I have one and they are super fast growing algae eaters, strange looking and harmless to other fish.
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Jan 29 2007 8:14PM
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gangsteeze101
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dragon fish i had one they can grow to like 2 feet long this is a juvenile [IMG]http://images.google.ca/images?q=tbn:b1BNR8zsfjeTzM:http://www.whozoo.org/fish/teleosts/Gobies/DragonFishFWZ11Nv00A12.JPG[/IMG]they get huge or a stingray (freshwater) are sick or blue lobsters r the shit there freshwater but they eat tons of fish they get huge too[IMG]http://images.google.ca/images?q=tbn:A3w6dYFXxcl-lM:http://www.nicholaus.com/lex/images/Lexington-41%2520TSA%2520blue%2520lobster.jpg[/IMG]
Jan 29 2007 8:15PM
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gangsteeze101
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wtf why didnt that work
Jan 29 2007 8:24PM
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gangsteeze101
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Click for larger image just in case..[IMG]http://www.thejump.net/id/violet-goby.jpg[\IMG] k one of those will work btw they get way bigger than that and here da blue lobster Click for larger image[IMG]http://www.nicholaus.com/lex/images/Lexington-41%20TSA%20blue%20lobster.jpg[\IMG] tiger fish r fuckin sik too black dragon fish r the coolest fish ever but there at the bottom of the ocean you cant buy tthem google it they look fucking awsome
Jan 29 2007 8:30PM
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gangsteeze101
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shit w/e fuck it srry for all da posts just google dem
Jan 29 2007 8:33PM
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Dustin.
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not how you post pics
Jan 29 2007 9:13PM
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i0z
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i think i might have that plecoastamus maby a lil cooler looking
Jan 30 2007 3:43PM
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t_rob
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holy fuck, those are the sketchiest eyes i've ever seen.
Jan 30 2007 5:24PM
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