Dissapointed with a fish?

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redtailfool

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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. :)
 
Discus. I kept 7 for about a year. Beautiful, too pretty in fact for a fish. Like fancy lapdogs: decadent and boring.
 
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)...
 
Masa_Rov said:
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.
 
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!!!
 
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 !
 
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 :(
 
Steve_89 said:
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.
 
My dat is 12 inches and its an indo.

Ive been looking for some buddies for a while now.

Its tough living in Australia :(
 
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