Unpopular Opinions (fish related)

[LostBear]

My turn , Cory cats are ugly little humps with mouths

WASH YOUR MOUTH OUT!

They are little armoured DARLINGS!

 

[LostBear]

Angelfish are creepy.

And mean!

They are creepy and mean.

 

[LostBear]

That fits the thread then!
I think I might get it, is it the way they move though the water? I can see someone finding that creepy. Or the wide side profile, very thin straight on thing?

They have the cold, dead eyes of a mass murderer.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

I have never heard of the swallow game, is that where people swallow live fish??

 

[FishFinatic77]

I don't like discus. Sure, they have nice colors, but they have boring, expressionless faces and no personality. Plus they are picky and hard to care for.

 

[PhantomCarp]

I don't like discus. Sure, they have nice colors, but they have boring, expressionless faces and no personality. Plus they are picky and hard to care for.

Agreed.
I would rather have a fish that has personality than a fish that looks good

 

[CassCats]

All catfish are just aquatic vacuum cleaners.

The gulper catfish being the most powerful model.

I have no regrets

 

[LostBear]

I have no regrets
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Take my money!

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Agreed.
I would rather have a fish that has personality than a fish that looks good

Same.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

@NCaquatics I'm starting to wonder whether I agree with you about neons... do you know whether cardinals can be the same way? I added three male guppies to the 55 gallon community tank once, and all of them wound up with splits in their tails. Water was fine, and I hadn't thought it could have been another fish in there. The two loaches, maybe, but they they tend to keep to themselves at the bottom while the guppies stayed at the top. Mollies and platies were okay, couldn't see any other fin problems, except the guppies tails. Moved them back to another tank and the tails healed up fine.

There are six neons and six cardinals in there. I haven't seen them act aggressively, but perhaps they were the culprits?

 

[CassCats]

@NCaquatics I'm starting to wonder whether I agree with you about neons... do you know whether cardinals can be the same way? I added three male guppies to the 55 gallon community tank once, and all of them wound up with splits in their tails. Water was fine, and I hadn't thought it could have been another fish in there. The two loaches, maybe, but they they tend to keep to themselves at the bottom while the guppies stayed at the top. Mollies and platies were okay, couldn't see any other fin problems, except the guppies tails. Moved them back to another tank and the tails healed up fine.

There are six neons and six cardinals in there. I haven't seen them act aggressively, but perhaps they were the culprits?

Zero experience with cardinals, my tanks are all a touch too cool for their temperature preferences, so i never bothered.

But splits and nips were constantly showing up on my cories. Heck, even my Dwarf gourami pair were constantly hiding.
Now theyre out and about again.

 

[Crispii]

Another unpopular opinion: I think domesticated fish (Bettas, angelfish, discus, etc.) are unattractive compared to their wild counterparts.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Zero experience with cardinals, my tanks are all a touch too cool for their temperature preferences, so i never bothered.

But splits and nips were constantly showing up on my cories. Heck, even my Dwarf gourami pair were constantly hiding.
Now theyre out and about again.

I'm eyeballing those neons very suspiciously lately... side eyeing the tank hard...

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Zero experience with cardinals, my tanks are all a touch too cool for their temperature preferences, so i never bothered.

But splits and nips were constantly showing up on my cories. Heck, even my Dwarf gourami pair were constantly hiding.
Now theyre out and about again.

Hmm. I wondered whether it might be the gourami that's in there honestly, but it's a little honey gourami, and it spends nearly all its time hiding in the surface plants too. I used to think he was picking off the fry, but if he is, he's doing a terrible job of it, there's billions (slight hyperbole).

 

[CassCats]

Another unpopular opinion: I think domesticated fish (Bettas, angelfish, discus, etc.) are unattractive compared to their wild counterparts.

Or just the wild phenotypes too.

I miss my wild phenotype splendens. She was just something else, looks wise.

My koi girl now is gorgeous and all, but there was just something so incredibly special about my old wild girl.