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« on: November 20, 2009, 10:40:02 AM » |
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Okay, instead of asking what you like best...What kind of fish can you just not get enthusiastic about?
For me it's live bearers....I have had guppies and platies and although i do like the look of the platies,
I've not had sucess with either....Now give me a tetra....(Tetras {all}and pictus cats, tiger barbs favs.)
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« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2009, 11:11:17 AM » |
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I have a least favorite fish, but not fish type, there are fish in each group you listed that I like very much. It's silvertip tetras I detest. Pretty, but they killed one of my favorite ever bettas, shaved his fins off in under 24 hours. I didn't realise it until he was too far gone to save. I tried but he was apparently too traumatized.
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Bichers are highly addictive. Prehistoric looking, full of attitude, what's not to love?
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« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2009, 01:38:16 PM » |
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^ I agree with the dislike of certain fish in all groups so my answer would be I dislike ... Dead fish.
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Get your facts first! Then you can distort them as you please.You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way & the only way, it does not exist.
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« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2009, 09:32:11 AM » |
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You forgot to add the least suitable fish group for the indoor tank and my least favorite - the gold fish. They are messy, often destroy plants, many breeds look too artificial. This doesn't mean though that I don't like gold fish at all. I like them in a pond.
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« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2009, 09:40:07 AM » |
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The only fish I really dislike is Chinese Algae Eeater. I would never purchase this fish, because when it matures it stops eating algae and starts injuring other fish sucking on their slime coat. Hate it.
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« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2009, 05:02:43 PM » |
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The only fish I really dislike is Chinese Algae Eeater. I would never purchase this fish, because when it matures it stops eating algae and starts injuring other fish sucking on their slime coat. Hate it.
Ooooh, I forgot that one 'cuz I haven't had one for decades. |
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« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2009, 09:50:12 PM » |
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I get what you guys are saying, but for the purpose of my wittle poll the chinese algae eater would be "a catfish" although I know it's not a catfish, it kinda goes in that group....I mean overall....I've never dealt with killies, or rainbows, or loaches...I just havnen't had good luck with guppies, which falls under livebearers...And I like tetras and catfish imensly so I voted for livebearers as my least.  You guys are to slick for me  lol |
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« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2009, 03:40:27 AM » |
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I like catfish, I just detest those alleged algae eaters. I like catfish a lot. I think a lot of them fall into the "so ugly they're cute" category. Others are elegant in their own special way.
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« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2009, 09:26:52 AM » |
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Although I like catfish, my Tiger Shovelnose was the most horrible catfish I ever had(great personality though). It was just 2 inches when it ate 7 adult neon tetras overnight.
I disagree about CAE being destructive and bad once it matures. The most likely factors to its aggressiveness are the choice of tankmates and size of the tank. It should be housed with similarly sized or larger tankmates. I housed it with 3 silver dollars with no major problem, just some silver dollars chasing the CAE away when it irritates them.
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« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2009, 09:32:21 AM » |
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Don't tigernose shovels get really big? That's funny, I had a asian bumble bee cat fish that ate several one inchers and a full grown female betta. I moved him to a tank with tiger barbs and he ate a few of those....Finally I pawned that beast off on someone else. I did warn them though.... I saw them in petstores alot around the same time i had mine. I warned everyone the petstore recommended him to as a scavenger. NO NO NO Predator!
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