my rant on fw sharks
- Thread starter midnight
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oh no you didnt
they are the same,lil smaller tho
long,skinny,mouthful of teeth,fast,eats other fish,
whats different? lol
ercnan;1001574; said:I agree. I don't think as many folks would buy a bala carp, irridescent catfish, rainbow minnow, etc.
yup!
midnight;1001149; said:ever since i started this hobby,
the one thing that always bugged the crap out of me is,
all the fish they call sharks,but are nothing like a shark.
only thing ive seen fw that is even close is if you look down on a bullhead cat.
they look and swim like a shark,but thats it.
"and dont pull the "well this shark can live in fw"
you know what fish im talking about
ok im done,just wanted to get that off my chest
That is exactly why common names are worthless.
You gotta admit though, nothing beats bragging about your "sharks" to a non-hobbyist. Then saying I've got a school of Bala Sharks come and watch them feed. People usually get excited and expect to see some massive school of sharks in a massive tank. Questions like "I've never heard of bala sharks before" and "you must have a massive tank to keep 4 sharks" (I have four bala sharks) and the like usually follow. Then when they get to your house and (in my case) they see 4 5"-6" Silver fish that aren't sharks and are rather skittish and, the final nail in the coffin, I drop flakes in the tank, they get disappointed, really disappointed. Its the best, I have done it to all my friends .
.Freshwater Sawfish a predatory fish found in Australian waters. A puffer fishes nightmare .
"The Borneo River Shark is the rarest of the very scarce freshwater species of sharks and rays" info liberated from http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/innews/glyphis.htm
Oh, Midnight...don't get any ideas...this is just what we don't need in our ponds. (gonna need a bigger trap 
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Dr Joe
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."The Borneo River Shark is the rarest of the very scarce freshwater species of sharks and rays" info liberated from http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/innews/glyphis.htm
Oh, Midnight...don't get any ideas...this is just what we don't need in our ponds
. (gonna need a bigger trap ).Dr Joe
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