The Ultimate Fish

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Onion01

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This is in no way meant to trample KenyanSandBoa's Dream Fish thread, but what do you believe to be the ultimate fish? Not necessarily the most expensive or your dream fish, but the fish only the most dedicated of MFK's can handle. The fish whose maintanance brings shudders down your spine, whose tank's complexity rivals the amazon, the fish only big dreamers are capable of even imagining?

I always believed it to be the arapaima, but i am shocked to see that fellow MFK's could handle them.
 
I agree Pimas.

But what about SW? I think its really any requiem sharks.
 
Great white shark ;). As far as I know there has never been any long term success with them in captivity. For freshwater the sturgeon has to be considered. 15 foot fish=lots of tank maintenance.
 
cookiemonster;1052263; said:
Great white shark ;). As far as I know there has never been any long term success with them in captivity. For freshwater the sturgeon has to be considered. 15 foot fish=lots of tank maintenance.
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:iagree: Took the words right out my mouth. No doubt, the landlord is the ultimate fish.
 
funny how great whites die in captivity, while 40' whale sharks do just fine in aquariums.
 
im thinking maybe the freshwater paddle fish, and stergys
 
I don't really think "the bigger the fish, the harder it is to keep". Since from what I've seen, it's just the TANK thats hard to get, and keep. The fish themselves are pretty easy when you got it in the tank, and the filters and everything are doing fine.

So granted, the bigger the fish, the tougher the maintanence, but the fish themselves aren't hard to keep. However, I do agree that keeping a Pima or Sturgeon, or Paddlefish in captivity is the "pinnacle" and the apex of fish keeping. It's the highest thing. But there's also little beats that are just ridiculous. No one has ever kept a Candiru that I know of. Some kind of Tetras are just ludicris and make me want to shake them after they died. I find myself admiring people who can keep Cardinal tetras alive, same goes for Tiger Barbs. Shortly after I wanted them all to die, they did.
 
To be keeping a great white in private/home aquaria would be soooo cool. Or what about those things that live miles underwater?
 
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