Whats so good about common fish?
- Thread starter JamisonBWolsh
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umm... if you're in california, you should have tinfoils, albino or not, stacked all over you. Cali has a good selection of fish, whether legal or not.
My friend breeds flowerhorns.. not a pretty fish eithor. Having a PURE white fish swimming through a tank is a very nice site. But then again..your in singapore..dont you guys eat tinfoils for food?
flowerhorns aren't rare either.... they are hybrid mutts which are being passed off as trimacs by 1 too many lfs... they should be eliminated from the hobby.
Yea.. EVERY store has tinfoils........they are REALLY COMMON FISH!!!! however I hardly ever see albinos....
Fishie: pics of what? I already posted my albino tinfoils and dist. affinis
Fishie: pics of what? I already posted my albino tinfoils and dist. affinis
JamisonBWolsh-Nope but i think neighbouring countries do,tinfoils are in the rivers of their countries,here red coloured fishes or gold coloured fishes are lucky,that's why they are very popular here.
Mattimeo-The LFS here don't care about hybrids,they just care how much money the fish can make,they won't advice you,if somebody wants to buy an oscar and put it in a 10 gal,so be it,they still make money,for most lfs here.
something rare would be rare personality in fishes like african cichlid in a community with no problems,if it even exist.
Mattimeo-The LFS here don't care about hybrids,they just care how much money the fish can make,they won't advice you,if somebody wants to buy an oscar and put it in a 10 gal,so be it,they still make money,for most lfs here.
something rare would be rare personality in fishes like african cichlid in a community with no problems,if it even exist.
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This is not about rarity, or expense - it is about quality, and health, and interest, and than rarely seen word, beauty.
My thoughts exactly - and RTR puts it so eliquently
What do my fish mean to me? They are all commonly bought at any(or most) LFS - I have no rare fish - but I enjoy each and every one of them for different reasons. My school of cardinal tetras is flurishing and thier brillant color is eye catching. The little group of Keyhole cichlids(cleithracara maronii) are growing well into adulthood, each with a different "personality" which keeps me amused. There's a betta spl. female living a quiet life alone in a 10gal tank on my livingroom endtable - sausy little thing she is and I love seeing her play in the plants, or give me that cheeky "flare". Although I don't see him often, my bristlenose plec always makes me smile. I've enjoyed watching him grow from 2" to 5" - seems he hasn't stoped growing yet...he loves zuccinni! The Koi - what wonderful fish to have as pets! Each uniquely different, and so friendly(have you pet your fish today?). They are my passion, expensive maybe, but worth it imo...
I have really enjoyed my hobby of fish/aquarium keeping over these past 10-11yrs, and am now just starting to really get interested in aquartic plants. I've always had plants in my tanks but never gave them much thought - now I'm seriously taking hte time to learn about them. Like interior design of a house well done - having a beautifuly scaped tank is a pleasure, something I'm working towards.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - I love my wetpets,common or not, and consider them all wonderfully eye catching in thier own way, after all that's what matters most to me!
Regards, TJ
My thoughts exactly - and RTR puts it so eliquently
What do my fish mean to me? They are all commonly bought at any(or most) LFS - I have no rare fish - but I enjoy each and every one of them for different reasons. My school of cardinal tetras is flurishing and thier brillant color is eye catching. The little group of Keyhole cichlids(cleithracara maronii) are growing well into adulthood, each with a different "personality" which keeps me amused. There's a betta spl. female living a quiet life alone in a 10gal tank on my livingroom endtable - sausy little thing she is and I love seeing her play in the plants, or give me that cheeky "flare". Although I don't see him often, my bristlenose plec always makes me smile. I've enjoyed watching him grow from 2" to 5" - seems he hasn't stoped growing yet...he loves zuccinni! The Koi - what wonderful fish to have as pets! Each uniquely different, and so friendly(have you pet your fish today?). They are my passion, expensive maybe, but worth it imo...
I have really enjoyed my hobby of fish/aquarium keeping over these past 10-11yrs, and am now just starting to really get interested in aquartic plants. I've always had plants in my tanks but never gave them much thought - now I'm seriously taking hte time to learn about them. Like interior design of a house well done - having a beautifuly scaped tank is a pleasure, something I'm working towards.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - I love my wetpets,common or not, and consider them all wonderfully eye catching in thier own way, after all that's what matters most to me!
Regards, TJ
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TheMightyQueenPixie
Best Invention EVER!
Don't worry, they export to us up here in ONTARIO....Unless you have done some shopping here, don't assume...I live about 20 min from an African importer...
TheMightyQueenPixie:
are you talking about rift valley fish breeders???
Oh yeah, ask crenicichla about the deals we can get in canada. oliver lucanus, a famous importer of the rarest and hardest to find fish, lives in montreal a few hours away from me. Brian ma has my order for fish and is going to the US to get them for me. Also, I have a friend who is getting me F0 fish from nigeria and ghana....
As a matter of fact, when pygocentrus cariba, piraiya, and ternetzi were NEVER available just 2 years back, mr. lucanus made them available. We know him personally.... Now, almost everyone in the US who gets their piranhas and rare fish from oliver's store "below water".
I can almost guarantee you that I can get any FW fish if it's not extinct. Name it and I'll find it.
are you talking about rift valley fish breeders???
Oh yeah, ask crenicichla about the deals we can get in canada. oliver lucanus, a famous importer of the rarest and hardest to find fish, lives in montreal a few hours away from me. Brian ma has my order for fish and is going to the US to get them for me. Also, I have a friend who is getting me F0 fish from nigeria and ghana....
As a matter of fact, when pygocentrus cariba, piraiya, and ternetzi were NEVER available just 2 years back, mr. lucanus made them available. We know him personally.... Now, almost everyone in the US who gets their piranhas and rare fish from oliver's store "below water".
I can almost guarantee you that I can get any FW fish if it's not extinct. Name it and I'll find it.
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oliver is the man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he has the rarest fish around! im ordering a Crenicichla Lenticulata from him, if you own a piranha, i GAURANTEE somewhere along the line it has came through HIS establishment!!!!
