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    Thamnophis inspectus Zephyr's Avatar
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    Aquarists, UNITE!!!

    Any one else out there with fish?


    Just a pic of my 5 year old pride and joy. Had to do a revamp of his tank; getting him out was not fun.

    One of the above's tank mates; 2 year old female bristlenose pleco with "stabbers" exposed. THEY HURT.
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    Awesome fish, Kyle. I've kept smaller fish in the past-- bettas and asst small tropicals-- but right now just have one fancy goldfish named Jeffy. He's just a baby, maybe a year old.

    I've always wanted an oscar but have never had room for a big enough tank.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lori P View Post
    Awesome fish, Kyle. I've kept smaller fish in the past-- bettas and asst small tropicals-- but right now just have one fancy goldfish named Jeffy. He's just a baby, maybe a year old.

    I've always wanted an oscar but have never had room for a big enough tank.
    Yeah, I think if his tank was any bigger (55, all to himself and the plecos) I couldn't do the maintenance.
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    Cool fish Kyle. Oscars are fun fish. They are so friendly to people....I guess they know who feeds them. I have a 5 tanks set up. Mostly stuff you don't find in pet stores. Two crayfish 'rescued' from the fish monger....got 5 that were sitting on ice....two survived the thaw. One Brown Bullhead, my son found him in the mud of a seasonal pond. A Pumpkinseed, it's similar to a Bluegill. Plus a bunch of guppies...raising food. We have a few other assorted critters as well.

    I think we are going to change things up a bit...we need more tanks for our snakes!
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    Quote Originally Posted by ATNGUY View Post
    Cool fish Kyle. Oscars are fun fish. They are so friendly to people....I guess they know who feeds them. I have a 5 tanks set up. Mostly stuff you don't find in pet stores. Two crayfish 'rescued' from the fish monger....got 5 that were sitting on ice....two survived the thaw. One Brown Bullhead, my son found him in the mud of a seasonal pond. A Pumpkinseed, it's similar to a Bluegill. Plus a bunch of guppies...raising food. We have a few other assorted critters as well.

    I think we are going to change things up a bit...we need more tanks for our snakes!
    I used to have a yellow bullhead my dad caught... I kept him for a while; interesting fish. I had to remove an anchor worm from it once; fun stuff. lol
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    Re: Aquarists, UNITE!!!

    Pickerel in a large tank are a blast also

    Have not had one in years, but they just look cool in glass...

    Just have to keep a tank of fatheads to feed it...


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    A pickerel would be cool. A little freshwater barracuda! I can't imaging you hand fed that guy.

    Back in college, some guys had their Oscars and Piranhas...everyone liked watching them destroy goldfish, but my Bluegill and Largemouths were the champion eaters.
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    Re: Aquarists, UNITE!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by dekaybrown View Post
    Pickerel in a large tank are a blast also
    I prefer my pikes wild.

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    we've got a fair amount of tanks that we work with wild type livebearers, north american fish i.e rainbow shiners , least killies, banded topminnows etc and some central american and west african cichlids thrown in for fun. Used to breed oscars, great fish until everything you own that holds water is filled with babies
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    Re: Aquarists, UNITE!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by ATNGUY View Post
    A pickerel would be cool. A little freshwater barracuda! I can't imaging you hand fed that guy.

    Back in college, some guys had their Oscars and Piranhas...everyone liked watching them destroy goldfish, but my Bluegill and Largemouths were the champion eaters.
    Never tried bass; Usually I grab a perch or two and stuff'em full of baitfish. lol
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