Dissapointed with a fish?

[redtailfool]

Have you ever wanted a fish so bad only to get dissapointed once you finally
get a chance to have one? Please list and tell us why the fish did not live up
to your expectations..


I know some of you will say Red Belly Ps. I admit i got a bit dissapointed because i expected tons of aggression and so forth but theyre still cool.

 

[Masa_Rov]

Discus. I kept 7 for about a year. Beautiful, too pretty in fact for a fish. Like fancy lapdogs: decadent and boring.

 

[piranha45]

lots of 4th-grade fish foibles; redtail sharks (wtf this isnt voracious), bala sharks(wtf this isnt voracious), pacus(wtf this used to look like a piranha now its ugly)...

 

[redtailfool]

Discus. I kept 7 for about a year. Beautiful, too pretty in fact for a fish. Like fancy lapdogs: decadent and boring.

Masa_Rov - LOL i have kept Discus before.. they were allright. Its probably real interesting if you try to breed them .


P45 - yeah those petsmart variety fish are really for kids. If you probably did a biotope setup ( asian, amazon etc etc ) they would probably be more interesting.

 

[piranha45]

when your 10 yrs old, shark infers one serious thing

 

[Steve_89]

My datnoid is awesome.

But it wont eat feeders until I turn the lights off

I once bought silver dollars for dithers. I never expected them to be cool but **** theyre boring!!!

 

[redtailfool]

I know. Those false paroons .. they were being sold as "hammerhead sharks" when i was growing up. I had delusions of its dorsal fin sticking out of the aquarium looking for prey. What a downer !

 

[Steve_89]

Agreed.

I bought balas once because I thought they would be "sharks"

All they did was run into the sides of the tank and knock themselves out

 

[redtailfool]

My datnoid is awesome.

But it wont eat feeders until I turn the lights off

I once bought silver dollars for dithers. I never expected them to be cool but **** theyre boring!!!

How big is the Dat? Theyre ambush predators and they
will hunt with the lights on. They get interesting when theyre in groups. I know one good sized widebar wont bore me.


Those balas are dumb as they come. LOL Another fish that dissapointed me.

 

[Steve_89]

My dat is 12 inches and its an indo.

Ive been looking for some buddies for a while now.

Its tough living in Australia