Anybody into fish keeping?

organ
organ Posts: 4,969
edited March 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
Found these "Glass Catfish" at the fish store yesterday. They're so trippy, I had to buy a few. It's hard to see in the pic, but their body is transparent.
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited February 2005
    A clearer shot
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited February 2005
    The entire tank. Pretty hard to get a good pic through glass. But in the tank there are 2 glass catfish, 3 gold tetra, 10 neon tetra and a single angel fish.
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited February 2005
    My 7 year old red belly piranha. 9" of terror. This guy attacks the gravel cleaner I use to clean my tank. Very aggressive. He ate a tank mate about 5 years ago.
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited February 2005
    And finally, my black diamond piranha. He's about 6 years old. Purchased him when he was the size of a dime. He's about 5" in length now. A LOT more aggressive than the red belly. When they mature, their body turns jet black and eyes become blood red. Gotta wait about 10 more years for mine to mature.
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited February 2005
    Let's see pics of your fishies
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited February 2005
    I'm thinking about getting a tank again, but they're just so much work, and I'm just so lazy...

    Nice looking fish there... you feed those piranha mice or what :)

    I had a goldfish and a scum sucker once. The goldfish was around 3.5 years old, then I bought a damn wal-mart fish and it diseased the other two and killed them. Poor Gill :(
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2005
    Originally posted by Zero
    Hmm... my fishie:

    <*,)))><

    LOL awesome fish


    Organ, have you ever stuck your hand down in there with those Piranhas? Bet it didn't happen twice...lol

    Nice lookin' fish.
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited February 2005
    Nadams,
    Sorry to hear about your fish. Those Wal Mart employees just don't know how to take care of them.

    I just lost a fish not too long ago. That angel fish used to have a breeding partner. She was beautiful but for some reason, everytime she got pregnant, she would go all weird. One day she just died. It was very sad. I had her for 4 years.

    I feed them feeder goldfish, beef, shrimp, etc.

    You should get started again. It's only a lot of work when you want to get the tank going. After everything's cycled, you'll only spend a few hours a week max.

    Sean,
    Very nice fish. Bony too:)

    Audiobliss,
    Thanks man. Actually, I have to stick my hand in there everytime I do my 20% water change. For some reason they like to attack the gravel vacuum and not my hand. I have to keep my eyes on them the entire time. I can tell when they're pissed from their body language. They usually tip their head down and bring their tail up before attacking. But they're unpredictable. So I try to stay far away.

    Maurice
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