On a monster fish keeping site 5 inches should be mini and 1 inch should be microscopic lol.
Your favorite mini-monster fish
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Another mini monster I really like is a pike killi fish.
For me Betta -- had these 2 beautiful Butterfly from one of Thailand's best Betta farms a couple of years ago but gave them to one of my staff who breeds them as a hobby.
If I had to pick a favorite, which is near impossible, I would have to say the lowly Rosy Barb. Not the so called neon. Not the long fin variety. Just the regular fish as it comes from the wild. They are always active, never bother anyone and are very durable. At this time I only have six, they are in with my EBA and a couple other barb species. The red and blue together really makes a nice display. Definitely one of my favorites.
adorable little guy- that's one I need to look up as well.Honeycomb catfish. Lazy at day, zooped up at night. Love them! Still growing out, but super cute
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I am not much of a Betta person, but this wild variety has always made me interested in keeping it. An amazing fish.I don't really consider a 5" fish mini, to me, something around 2-3" or less might be mini.
Something like the 2" mouth brooding Betta albimarginatta above from streams in Borneo.
Or the 3" killi, Funulopanchax sjoestedtii
Yeah, your right- 5" isn't particularly "mini." Its funny that you mention this because I had initially typed 3 inches and then I changed it to 5 because I thought it would exclude too many people on this site. Being a place for "Monsterfish" and all. I can change it...
Mini monster huh? I would have to say my favorite little terror would have to be Exodon Paradoxus aka the chainsaw tetra! They are a beautiful silver color with blue to green sheen to them, they may also be one of the boldest fish i have ever encountered having no fear of ripping scales off fish 5x their size.
They really are cute. Just rather expensive, around $10 each. I had to do very well in exams to afford those!
Ive heard of this fish, but I had heard of it commonly called as the "Bucktooth tetra"- the "Chain Saw" tetra is a new one to me- certainly describes it.
