Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: koifish on October 28, 2013, 10:50:02 PM
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Although we fish for a hobby any of you guys keep fish as pets? If so what kind? And how big of a tank or pond?
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50 and 30 gallon tanks. Both with Convict Ciclids and a few bottom dwellers. ;D
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Had a 60 and 90 gallon tanks.mostly predator fishes.
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I have a 30 gallon tank with a few koi fish. Would love to be able to get hold of some mini tiger trout - their stripes are awesome!
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use to have a 110 gallon when i was a kid with 2 12" red bellied piranhas. now only a 6 gallon with a few tetra lol.
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I got a planted tank with fish and shrimp and also 2 planted bowls one with fish and the other one contains a breeding colony of shrimp.
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I'm a student at SFU and they have a big koi pond with like 200 fish... I pay student fees so that's partially mine right? Lol
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I have a 160g tank preadetor fish and a 1600g koi pond lol
Ya I guess it's urs lol
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This thread is kind of pointless without pictures lol.
I haven't had a tank for a number of years now but have been looking lately at maybe getting a 120 G
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well here is my koi a pic from when it bought it share yours now! lol
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I do wholesale and some retail of tropical fish... here is some photos of my own of some of the fish I have imported...
http://www.canadianaquatics.com/photo/photo.htm
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I have a Fluval Edge which houses a couple Neon Tetras, as well as a Peppered Cory. Nothing special but a nice piece of living art all the same!
(http://s1178.photobucket.com/user/danieljsams/media/photo2.jpg.html?filters[user]=116955530&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=1)
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I have a 30 Gallon with some African cichlids. Jewels, Yellow labs, Kenyis
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my wife has a 20g tank with a couple tetras, 1 molly, 4 Kuhli loaches and a bottom feeder they told us only grew to 2" and is now close to 6" in size
I want to buy a few medium sized Cichlids and toss them in the tank and watch the carnage ;D
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I have a 1600G pond I get tempted to go to the hatchery and buy some trout haha I can test my flies in the pond and catch and release haha!
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Used to have a salt water reef tank with lots of different tropical fish and coral.
I dont have the time for them now. I got rid of all the fish but i still have a few soft corals and a bunch of live rock to get rid of. Sigh.
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10 gallons with a bunch of common fish nothing great but i do have a blue lobster in the tank my kid just loves it
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I used to have a reef tank to saltwater is very hard for me someone post some pics of ur fishes! Lol
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I used to be an aquarium nut about 10+ years ago. At the peak, I had a 240G, two 90G, one 50G, and three 20G tanks in 2 rooms. Had all kinds of fish, from the common pleco, all the way up to a $2500 red Asian arowana. Loved every minute of it, but then we moved, and didn't have space for any sizable tanks anymore :( I'll probably get back into it one day.
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i want an asian arowana to but i have a 160 g tho
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Best to have tank with 24" front to back for Asian arawana.
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I used to own a tropical saltwater aquarium back in the late 90's to early 2000's, and I've raised over 30 different species of tropical saltwater fish in the tank, including coral and live sea anemones.
I came to realize that some fish are extremely smart, and they recognize their owners like pet dogs and cats, especially the lemon peel fish and picasso triggerfish. They also are very sensitive and they have feelings like humans do like being sad and happy. I also found out that certain fish are extremely freaked out by certain colours such as the blue damselfish would completely freak out if it sees anything that is hot pink in colour. Freak out meaning if would hide behind coral if it sees that colour.
There was one time we bought a bunch new smallish sized fish - I can't remember the name - in the aquarium, and the next morning they were all gone since they were all eaten up by one little fish called an orchid dottyback which sported a huge stomach.
If anyone is planning to own an aquarium, I recommend going for a saltwater aquarium because the colours of the fish and sea anemones under artificial lighting is absolutely amazing. I haven't been inside a saltwater fish aquarium store for more than a decade, so I don't know about the prices, but the hobby is very rewarding and relaxing. You will have much more compassion and appreciation to all fish in general.
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I used to own a tropical saltwater aquarium back in the late 90's to early 2000's, and I've raised over 30 different species of tropical saltwater fish in the tank, including coral and live sea anemones.
I came to realize that some fish are extremely smart, and they recognize their owners like pet dogs and cats, especially the lemon peel fish and picasso triggerfish. They also are very sensitive and they have feelings like humans do like being sad and happy. I also found out that certain fish are extremely freaked out by certain colours such as the blue damselfish would completely freak out if it sees anything that is hot pink in colour. Freak out meaning if would hide behind coral if it sees that colour.
There was one time we bought a bunch new smallish sized fish - I can't remember the name - in the aquarium, and the next morning they were all gone since they were all eaten up by one little fish called an orchid dottyback which sported a huge stomach.
If anyone is planning to own an aquarium, I recommend going for a saltwater aquarium because the colours of the fish and sea anemones under artificial lighting is absolutely amazing. I haven't been inside a saltwater fish aquarium store for more than a decade, so I don't know about the prices, but the hobby is very rewarding and relaxing. You will have much more compassion and appreciation to all fish in general.
Ya I regret that I did freshwater I did freshwater because of an arowana but I need a bigger tank in width 6inchns more
I should of done saltwater
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Ya I regret that I did freshwater I did freshwater because of an arowana but I need a bigger tank in width 6inchns more
I should of done saltwater
At first, I thought I made a mistake for doing a saltwater tank because there was so much more work, but the extra work keeping a saltwater tank was worth it. I used to go the fish pet store once a month just to see the fish they were selling. A lot of the fish sold were quite exotic in a sense that I've never seen them at the Vancouver Aquarium or any National Geographic TV type show.
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Ya saltwater is hard I used to have one it does cost a lot of money for the lights if you get the wrong lights you will get lot of algae
My fav is te clown trigger
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Had a 60 gal tank with 4 red Tiger Oscars, they were fed with feeder gold fish. The cost of feeding 3 Gfish a day was cut down to feeding them chicken hearts, that were stored in the fridge & no extra tank to upkeep for the feeder Gfish
Once in a while when fishing was not favorable but I was tweek'n to straight line a fish. I would buy 2 feeders & live bait my tiger Oscars that could not resist a live Gfish..............barb less of course !!
Quite surprised how much of a leaper my Oscars were when hooked in the Yap, kinda wished I had a larger tank, so the Oscars had a fighting chance
Kh
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I do wholesale and some retail of tropical fish... here is some photos of my own of some of the fish I have imported...
http://www.canadianaquatics.com/photo/photo.htm
Let's do some business! I'm looking for a tank and unique fish! ;D ;D
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Working for J&L aquatics check us out if your looking for all things saltwater aquarium related .
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Let's do some business! I'm looking for a tank and unique fish! ;D ;D
Sure. my phone number and my email address is on the site.
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I've got an 18" black pirahna in a 180gal. And a large shoal of red bellies, terns, and caribe piranhas in a 320gal.
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I used to have a pet crayfish I snagged while fishing & brought home from the Fraser. He was awesome. I also had a blue lobster (yabby/australian crayfish) and the differences between the two were amazing. The fraser crayfish was like a dinosaur, poop brown, fully armored and somehow primitive looking compared to the delicate and more slender blue yabby. They would eat everything in my 30 gal tank they could get their claws on. Alas, I came home one day to find the yabby eating the brains of the fraser crayfish, a common end when crayfish fight. Circle of life, awesome stuff.
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2000 gallon pond 6 X 12" koi....kept marines for years, not now tho
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Ya saltwater is hard I used to have one it does cost a lot of money for the lights if you get the wrong lights you will get lot of algae
My fav is te clown trigger
I really liked my tomato clown fish, very hardy and tough!
However, I used to have a school of orange "Finding Nemo" clownfish, and they were the most boring fish I've ever raised, like swimming slugs. They have very poor vision and tiny brains, a fish poops and they will swim towards the poop and eat it. I've purchased these orange clownfish at various stores and they all have the same personality - they must be farmed raised clownfish!
Note: tomato clownfish and orange "Finding Nemo" clownfish are not compatible, so they will fight till one dies, as it almost happened to me, till I had to remove the orange clownfish from the tank!