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Ogre812
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Got Fish?
#8911199 - 09/11/08 07:27 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Let's see them!
I'm curious as to how many of you out there have aquariums at home.
I have a bunch of them, but these are my favorite.
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-------------------- Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither, and will lose both. ~ Benjamin Franklin ~ "Let me tell you about a Porcupine's balls. They're small, and they don't give a SHIT!" ~Danny~
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rugergirl79
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: Ogre812]
#8911203 - 09/11/08 07:28 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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i only have a 20 gal tank at the moment with balloon fish and glo fish....i will take pics and post later tonight when i get off work........very nice tank and fish by the way!!!
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Kada
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: Ogre812]
#8911205 - 09/11/08 07:29 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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-------------------- ~The Cultivators Motherload~ "I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do." -Robert A. Heinlein "There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness."-Dalai Lama Live long and prosper.
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arn18
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: Kada]
#8911336 - 09/11/08 08:33 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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I just got a new tank, not very big but it makes me happy. At the minute I'm just begging and have got 3 guppys and 2 tetras. Loving yours though dude maybe il work my way up someday.
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Ogre812
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: arn18]
#8911425 - 09/11/08 09:10 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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I just looked in my tank closely and found that those little bastards killed and half ate another one of the little bastards. SHIT!!! Oh well, I just found out that I still have 6 of them left when I thought there were only 5 in the first place.
-------------------- Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither, and will lose both. ~ Benjamin Franklin ~ "Let me tell you about a Porcupine's balls. They're small, and they don't give a SHIT!" ~Danny~
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Ogre812
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: arn18]
#8911442 - 09/11/08 09:15 AM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
arn18 said: I just got a new tank, not very big but it makes me happy. At the minute I'm just begging and have got 3 guppys and 2 tetras. Loving yours though dude maybe il work my way up someday.
Tetras are cool fish. I have a 10 gallon tank also with them in it I used to have a ton of them but they got old and died but I still have like 4 lemon tetras 1 serpae tetra and a bleeding heart tetra left. It is cool to have a lot of different colored ones. They bring a lot of color and activity to the tank. I've been thinking of moving my Africans to my 125 and putting my tetras to the 55 and buying a bunch more of them.
-------------------- Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither, and will lose both. ~ Benjamin Franklin ~ "Let me tell you about a Porcupine's balls. They're small, and they don't give a SHIT!" ~Danny~
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Ogre812
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Quote:
rugergirl79 said: i only have a 20 gal tank at the moment with balloon fish and glo fish....i will take pics and post later tonight when i get off work........very nice tank and fish by the way!!!
What is a balloon fish? Are those like puffer fish?
-------------------- Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither, and will lose both. ~ Benjamin Franklin ~ "Let me tell you about a Porcupine's balls. They're small, and they don't give a SHIT!" ~Danny~
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Gumby
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: Ogre812]
#8912462 - 09/11/08 01:14 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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I used to have 7 aquariums but had to tear them down when I moved out for college.
Is that a calvus in the last picture? How old/big is it?
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Yrat
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: Gumby]
#8912508 - 09/11/08 01:20 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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i have an 80gal freshwater with a couple oscars and other smaller ciclids, and a 30gal salt with lots of cool stuff.
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Gumby
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: Ogre812]
#8912592 - 09/11/08 01:31 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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I used to have 7 aquariums but had to tear them down when I moved out for college.
Is that a calvus in the last picture? How old/big is it?
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rick0909
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: Yrat]
#8912625 - 09/11/08 01:36 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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I've got some pics from my bro's 150 gal saltwater tank. I have a lot more but don't feel like resizing and uploading them all. Couple of tangs. Yellow and Purple. These two fight, and eat the occasional new-comer.
One of the many corals.
Another coral.
Not sure what kind of fish this is, but he's cool to watch.
One of my favorites. Dude is freakin fast. Always the first to eat. Slightly aggressive.
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Gumby
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: rick0909]
#8912665 - 09/11/08 01:44 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'm not surprised the two tangs fight. You're not supposed to mix 2 tangs from the same genus (in this case, Zebrasoma). In a 150 though they should have enough room to establish territories.
I think your unknown fish is a type of lizard fish.
Here are some of the random pictures of stuff that I've kept in the past:
...Damn, didn't realize I had so much uploaded to the shroomery. And the sad part is thats about 1/10th of all of my fish pictures.
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: Gumby]
#8912706 - 09/11/08 01:54 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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rick0909
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: Gumby]
#8912713 - 09/11/08 01:55 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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I like the octopus. Always wanted to get one. Do they harm the corals? He (my brother) has a few huge starfish which are cool to look at but they damage some of the more fragile coral.
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Gumby
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: rick0909]
#8912760 - 09/11/08 02:03 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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They won't EAT the corals, but they may irritate them and possibly move them around. If the octopus doesn't like where something is placed, it will move it where it wants it. They are also AMAZING escape artists. You need a tank that is completely sealed to keep them. Oh yeah, they will also kill and eat every other fish/invert you put in the tank.
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Ogre812
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: Gumby]
#8915106 - 09/11/08 08:51 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Very nice. Are those tea cup stingrays?
-------------------- Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither, and will lose both. ~ Benjamin Franklin ~ "Let me tell you about a Porcupine's balls. They're small, and they don't give a SHIT!" ~Danny~
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: Ogre812]
#8915124 - 09/11/08 08:54 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Awesome. I'd like to start my aquarium back up someday. I had a 50 with Convict Cichlids in it.
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Gumby
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: Ogre812]
#8915135 - 09/11/08 08:58 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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I have no clue. I don't do common names when it comes to fish, they're too ambiguous. Everyone has a different name for a certain fish.
I call those stingrays Potamotrygon reticulatus and Potamotrygon motoro.
I think what most people call a "tea cup stingray" is Potamotrygon hystrix... one of the most fragile, yet cheapest freshwater rays you can get. Not sure where "tea cup" comes from because they all get at least a foot in diameter.
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Ogre812
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: Gumby]
#8915140 - 09/11/08 08:59 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
Gumby said: I used to have 7 aquariums but had to tear them down when I moved out for college.
Is that a calvus in the last picture? How old/big is it?
Yeah, its a Calvus, and I guess he is about about a year or so, and about 1 - 1 1/4 inches. He's grown probably five times as big as he was when I got him.
-------------------- Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither, and will lose both. ~ Benjamin Franklin ~ "Let me tell you about a Porcupine's balls. They're small, and they don't give a SHIT!" ~Danny~
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: Gumby]
#8915143 - 09/11/08 09:00 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Your pictures make me want to get some cool shit.
My friend has a huuuuuuuge aquarium with all sorts of cool shit. I haven't been there in a while, but last time I was he had tons of bright fish and coral and some eels or some shit. Very cool.
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Ogre812
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: Ogre812]
#8915154 - 09/11/08 09:02 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Potamotrygon Reticulata I'm not sure why they call them that either, cuz the markings aren't even close as well.
Its cool to watch them eat though.
-------------------- Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither, and will lose both. ~ Benjamin Franklin ~ "Let me tell you about a Porcupine's balls. They're small, and they don't give a SHIT!" ~Danny~
Edited by Ogre812 (09/11/08 09:03 PM)
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Gumby
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: Ogre812]
#8918478 - 09/12/08 01:17 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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One of my favorite things about rays is that they get to know you and will swim up the glass and stick their disc out of the water when you're near the tank because they think you're going to feed them. I used to hand feed mine all the time. Mofo bit my pinky almost every time thinking it was a worm or piece of shrimp.
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Ogre812
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Re: Got Fish? [Re: Gumby]
#8918648 - 09/12/08 01:49 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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lol..yeah, they are pretty cool.
-------------------- Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither, and will lose both. ~ Benjamin Franklin ~ "Let me tell you about a Porcupine's balls. They're small, and they don't give a SHIT!" ~Danny~
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