The real full grown monster fish thread... could you house these? didn't think so!-)

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lol, just reading through this and thought it deserves another pass!-)
 
Yeah,this is a good bump...maybe even sticky material.
 
that would be awesome if i got a thread there, would i get royalties!-)
 
Not many pictures of full-grown monsters in member tanks though, huh... ;)

Yes that is something that concerns me about keeping "monster" species in aquaria, but that is another thread....

One thing to remember with these angling pictures is that it is common practice to hold the fish away from the body to make it appear larger;
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Surprised there isn't more aro pics in here. This is one I saved off an old forum years ago, I've long forgotten where it was taken or who the guy is, but the thickness of the big silver compared to his head has always impressed me. It must nearly be a foot tall, good luck keeping that in the "minimum" 8x3x2' tank we so often talk about...

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And here's another random pic from my hard-drive, again source unknown sorry (probably found it on here!), Polypterus bichir bichir, wild caught obviously...

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Speaking of monsters - size doesnt matter, i wouldnt put my hand in a tank with big shoal of dwarf puffers :P

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is the bumble bee grouper a fresh water fish or brackish I always believed the grouper to be a marine fish ??
 
they are marine but survive in fresh apparently and a few lists here in uk have been advertising them as fresh!
 
Some one should start a thread of the biggest fish according to the specie...on MFK.

I would of start a thread but Im not good would putting all the pics into one thread and stuff.. A thread of only fish that mfk keeps and with a pic of them...with a ruler on the outside of the tank.

Just so some members can have bragging rights lmao as I bet I have the biggest orange head geo at a monster 3 inches!!! Lmao jk...anybody think the same?
 
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