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Old 05-08-2008, 04:40 PM   #1 (permalink)
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This is my favorite so far. (Jewel) I recently had a white top afra male that was gorgeous!!! Buuuut I could not find a female so I sold him at the pet store. Funny thing....once the pet store took him, they placed him in a tank with big cichlids and now his color is all gone and hes a lead grey color. (No wonder he is not selling he he he)
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Old 05-09-2008, 08:52 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I like some of the rainbows and African cichlids. Hard to pick a favorite!
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Old 05-10-2008, 10:29 AM   #3 (permalink)
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my favs were my bala sharks. they were 6 in. in length and beign they were old they croked. i only have a silverdollar fish in a 75 gal now.
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I still have to stick with german blue rams. They really brighten up my tank with the blue on them.

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My favorite fish will have to be Oscars. They're like having a dog in water... Cute little ole things...You can teach em tricks too!
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Favorites are so hard for me. I have different favorites on different days. Currently I'm pretty anamored with my pair of German Blue Rams. They are a very young pair, but bonded already. I'm keeping an eye out for egg laying behavior. I have to agree with ntiggr2 about their coloration. The females pink tummy is a plus as well as the beautiful blue and yellow.

I'm also fascinated with my latest arrival, a tiny Peacock Godgen. He's just so cute!

Other than fish, I'd have to say my two small fiddler crabs are wonderful entertainment. It's so comical when they climb different rocks and throw "gang signs" at one another or passing fish.
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tank one is my 8 inch arowana I got at pet supermarket where the lady misidentified as a glass catfish but i tried to correct her but she kept telling me i didnt know what i was talking about

tank 2 is my pair of jack dempseys

and in tank 3 are my dalmation mollies who pop out babies like crazy.
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Other than fish, I'd have to say my two small fiddler crabs are wonderful entertainment. It's so comical when they climb different rocks and throw "gang signs" at one another or passing fish.
that is great! reminds me of san diego in the 80's. LOL!!!
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My favorite freshwater fish are kuhli loaches. They have such cute personalities and because of their eel-like body shape they can do things that a lot of other fish can't do, such as hanging from the plants in the tank like snakes.

I have a cave in my kuhli loach tank where I keep about 8 kuhli loaches. Because they like to congregate together they are usually all in the cave together at one time. When I feed them something they really like, such as mysis shrimp, they all come swimming out of the cave at once and it is really something to watch. It looks like a swarm of small snakes.

Of course there are many other fish that I also like as well, but if I put down ALL of my favorites it would take me about three years to write this post.
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Old 06-21-2008, 09:28 AM   #10 (permalink)
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everytime I had kuhli loaches I thought I lost them until they popped there heads out of the gravel. I know they are better kept with a sandy bottom so they can move around easily.
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I love Discus fishes. They are so beautiful! I could have how many I want if I lived in a palace

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my favorite fish that I own is my Featherfin Synodontis cat Arnold (my only good pic is my avatar). I'll post a new pic soon. he is also slimmer and less active than usual, though I feed him the same amount all the time...... any advice? I'm trying to give him more food, but it's a little tricky in a tank full of african cichlids.......
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problem solved! I did a few tests and discovered my ph was around 7.8 instead of 8.2. My catfish is fine now and eating once again!
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my favorite fish that I own is my Featherfin Synodontis cat Arnold (my only good pic is my avatar). I'll post a new pic soon. he is also slimmer and less active than usual, though I feed him the same amount all the time...... any advice? I'm trying to give him more food, but it's a little tricky in a tank full of african cichlids.......
i have one , it was in my cichlid tank, but i moved him to my goldfish tank, after i redid my cichlid tank. Ta get him some more protien in his diet. He's my personal favorite too. (of the fish that i own)

If you look at my video in the african section, The 1st vid, you can see him hanging out in the left back corner.

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My featherfin is the first catfish I've had that is intelligent enough to recognize his owner. before that, the only catfish i'd had were corys and glass cats. he likes my mom more than me!! and I'm the one who feeds him! By the way, he's my avatar. <---
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I have too Synodontis - but nigriventris. It is very samrt and intresting fish to ceep. Pic on my avatar.
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i cant pick one!! there all my favorite, of the fish in differant tanks i have now..... a large sailfin pleco 12inch, a 7inch tinfoil barb, and my angels (2koi and 2 white) but i love them all.
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my 12 inch arowana... longest i have ever had one , even though my 3 year old thought he was hungry, so she dumped her package of goldfish crackers into the tank turning it a murky mess. I then placed him in the community tank where he picked off 2 of my marble sailfin mollies.
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3 year old thought he was hungry, so she dumped her package of goldfish crackers into the tank turning it a murky mess. I.
ROFL at lest she knows were fishies go.... (in the tank)



My favorite is................ one of my red tail botia's, that are both currently MIA in my tank. funny, i havent seen them for a while, actually.... hopefully theyre humpin or somthin!

My clown loaches will eventually emerge s favorite, but at approx. 1 inch long appeice, they look more like tiger barbs still....
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