Trying To Build A Tank With Odd/interesting Fish

[bae1994]

WELL AT PETS AT HOME THEY HAVE FISH CALLED TANK BUSTERS THEY ARE KEPT WITH THERE SNAKE HEADS ABOUT 2 INCHES LONG

 

[cppeppers90]

i wonder how big that 2"fish grows lol
still looking for suggestions

 

[bae1994]

it all depends how high your lid is or if you have a lid as a high lid or no is no good but hatchet fish are cool they swim around skimming the water surface with there top fin not sure how big tho.

or you might be able to have a chiclid of some sort or a you could have a albino pleco and he would stand out unless you have white sand

it might be to big but you could have a shovel nose catfish there very strange looking as they look like a pike.

if your having sand you may be able to have a fw teacup sting ray but again probably to big and probably gobble your other fish.

 

[bae1994]

any one there lol

 

[cppeppers90]

yeah i like cichlids, i use to have a 5inch flower horn and he was a awesome till he had a seizure...
Although i like cichlids, im trying to stay away from very aggressive fish. The flower horn use to attack the bag holding the fish when i put it in the water to aclimate, he was crazy!

OMG the shovel nose is hilarious looking I want one haha
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stingrays would be cool as long as they dont kill me like crocodile dundee lol

 

[bae1994]

shovel nose it is then lol

 

[Ludwig Venter]

odd/interesting???... I'll get an axelotle or fire newt.....

 

[bae1994]

fire newts need some sort of land to get out of water to be happy and dont fair well with fish

 

[cppeppers90]

that axelotle is so bizarre haha im gonna have to look up what it needs and its compatibility later. its definately an interesting fish.

Im off to the petstore to get some amonium... maybe theyll have something that i want.

 

[Honeythorn]

WELL AT PETS AT HOME THEY HAVE FISH CALLED TANK BUSTERS THEY ARE KEPT WITH THERE SNAKE HEADS ABOUT 2 INCHES LONG

Capital letters are not required , my vision is fine.

Pets at Home are not exactly renowned for their accuracy and knowledge with fish. The term tankbuster is as I have already told you. It is given to species of fish that really shouldn't be kept in your average home tank because they grow so large. Just because the fish you saw were 2 inches long doesn't mean they will stay that small. Fish grow , just like most other living things on the planet.

I am now curious as to what P@H meant by deliberately labelling fish as tankbusters. I find it unlikely they are selling Giant Gouramis and Arowanas ect to the average fool with a 10 gallon tank wanting a goldfish for the kiddies.

 

[bae1994]

well its the ones in corby and they look like bright orange ottos and have big poking out eyes and sorry about the caps pressed caps and didnt realize and about the two inch thing i assumed that with him/her being a expirienced fish keeper they would know that fish grow and that was the size they were being sold at and i did put i dont know how big these get so