I would just like to say I have seen a giant gourami bigger then two feet.
ron greteman of the colony, TX has a albino one that is 2 1/2 feet long.
ron greteman of the colony, TX has a albino one that is 2 1/2 feet long.
Common Freshwater Fish to Avoid in Home Aquaria
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i think that you should not keep any freshwater NATIVE fish that has not been properly research. it will usually end up being returned to the waters from which it came!
kydsexy;2384968; said:
Um..native fish are very complicated and huge difference between the tropical fish keeping and native fish keeping but im unsure about it.
More fish:
Chocolate gourami (newbies dont know that they are very diffcult)
Bichir and Ropefish
Limia shovelnose (just add it to the tiger shovelnose section)
Sailfin pleco (just add it to the common pleco)
Peter's elephantnose (diffcult big fish)
Scats (brackish big fish)
Monos (another brackish big fish)
Cichlid (midas, red devils, terrors, texas, jack dempsey, "pet store" flowerhorns, "pet store" blood parrots, peacock bass, zebra tilapia, severums, jaguars, jewels and convict cichlids) All are common in pet stores but grow big and become very aggressive, its not uncommon when the cichlids become aggressive they often rehome these cichlids. Sometimes if the owners cannot find another home for the cichlids, the cichlids are often dumped in the waterways. Exotic cichlids in Florida is good example. Convict and jewels are small cichlids and very easy to breed but highly aggressive while breeding as the cichlids will beat up or possibly killing their own tankmates. The newbies can easy overwhelmed with too many convict fry that most LFS wont take them in.
Sorry for the lack of new fish additions lately.
I've been pretty busy with my own fish troubles lately.
Thanks for the new fish MN_Rebel.
They all seem pretty good, but I don't know about the ropefish/bichirs part. They are really easy to take care of.
I've been pretty busy with my own fish troubles lately.
Thanks for the new fish MN_Rebel.
They all seem pretty good, but I don't know about the ropefish/bichirs part. They are really easy to take care of.
Yeah thats why i was unsure about bichirs and ropefish as they are not so actively compared to other species.
Dojo loach (coldwater fish that can reach more than a foot long)
Leporinus
When i got black banded leporinus, i fell for their colors. When I put it in my community tank, the damned leporinus chewed every tankmates and outgrew my 40gal because no one told me that leporinus were highly aggressive monsters. And when the newbies visiting LFS,theres no all information on the tank, all you see is fish, price and its name.
I was forced to destory the leporinus because the lfs refused let me returned the leporinus back, and I tried to rehome it but i lived in small town.
Leporinus
When i got black banded leporinus, i fell for their colors. When I put it in my community tank, the damned leporinus chewed every tankmates and outgrew my 40gal because no one told me that leporinus were highly aggressive monsters. And when the newbies visiting LFS,theres no all information on the tank, all you see is fish, price and its name.
I was forced to destory the leporinus because the lfs refused let me returned the leporinus back, and I tried to rehome it but i lived in small town.
thanks for all the info. i used to work at a petco when i was in high school. learned all i could from all the people that came in to the store, they had a lot of info to offer.
also im new here just wanted to say hi to everyone
also im new here just wanted to say hi to everyone
Dojo loaches are less of a problem than most fish IMO. A 55g should be able to accommodate at least two with no trouble. I don't think these fish should be restricted provided the owner has a spacious tank. Clown loaches and tiger loaches are even worse than the dojos.MN_Rebel;2388209; said:
Lupin;2388636; said:Dojo loaches are less of a problem than most fish IMO. A 55g should be able to accommodate at least two with no trouble. I don't think these fish should be restricted provided the owner has a spacious tank. Clown loaches and tiger loaches are even worse than the dojos.
I respectly disagree with you. Dojo loaches do well in groups and they are cold water fish but did any LFS mentioned that dojo are coldwater fish? Im sure few of them mentioned but many newbies dont know that and they are not suited for tropical fish and they do poorly in heated tank. And dojo produce lots of wastes. Think these dojos as clown loach in coldwater version with goldfish's pooping machine. In fact dojos are good tankmates for goldfish.
One more problematic fish for you:
Asian red tailed mystus catfish.
