henward Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Hi guys just wondering. you get such diversity. just wanted to know, us fishkeepers/amphibian/reptile keepers. what makes you tick? i hear people keeping gouramis, killis and mosnters. just wondering, what are your reasons for keeping certain types of fish? what is it bout that type of fish that makes you tick? ill start... i am a MFK/weird oddball fish keeper. i like fish that are predatory, i liek to watch them hunt and eat, even frozen food, if i like how they eat then i like the fish. such as the puffers, reptiles, arowanas, pacus and axolotls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_r Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 I like the killies as i was hooked from the second i walked into tims fishroom in tauranga. There is such a wide range of colours and also the fact that they are so rare makes it that much more enjoyable to keep. But its mainly all the different colours that do it for me. Also on a different note i have a common pleco which i love to bits, as he was the first tropical fish i ever got. ....And also i like a fish that stands out at a fish shop or someones fish room. generally if a fish stands out to me i will buy it and ask questions later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 about 25 to 30 years ago I made a few tank (32) and visited a store with wanting something different that I may be able to breed as well. Killis. I did look at Discus and visited a guy by the name of Don Hanley in Park Re Titirangi and he showed me a a Killi that looked really beautiful with flowing fins and really colourful. Im sure it was an Australi Gold but that hooked me and soon I had 32 spiece and had devided quite a few tanks into twin tanks. After a few years, I wasnt looking after them so it was time to get rid of them and Logan Foe was called (he was the pres of the Killi club) and he was given everything I had. Stands, fish, tanks, heaters and pumps. Show Budgies Raceing pigeons (with has the white doves for weddings now) My daughter came home with some guppys and I showed her some photos of the Killis I had all those years ago. End story is that I now have 42 tanks (most are the twin tanks ) filled with Killis and some with Guppys. Yes, I will make some more tanks and take over the larger side of the garage and my aim is to keep and breed all the spiece that I can with a few exceptions so that they dont die out again. Hardest thing is to find them as a lot of people dont know what they have in the corner of that tanks in the sitting room unless they are Killi people. In setting up, I have had a lot of help from Wok, Alan W, Stuart L, Erling J and Tim and I thank them sincerly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 I seem to be attracted to schools of fast moving fish like the barbs and tetras. I love the way they move in unison - poetry in motion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 I swallowed a clock as a child... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Oddballs..... the bigger the better, hence the Clown Knife, Silver Arrowana and Ornate Bichir :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamestothemax Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 planted tanks gettign a peacefull tank that everything is growing well in and is in a nice balanced state. nice to come home after a long day and watch your peacefull tank and notice you chain sword has two new shoots hahahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markoshark Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Predatory fish. Fish with "character" Also, now, the beauty of symboitics - Pair of clowns in an anenome. tang being cleaned by a shrimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Predatory fish. Fish with "character" +1, I want a pet fish rather than a pretty picture. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolliolli Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Also, now, the beauty of symboitics - Pair of clowns in an anenome. tang being cleaned by a shrimp agreed, funny that those are the two things i probably enjoy most about my tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Went to a friends house one day and decided to buy a 1.2mtr tank that day. One week later i had my first tropical tank. Iv been stuck on ACC for many months and my addiction to fish has grown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 I'm attracted to heaps of different things, maybe thats why i have so many tanks, and am always changing my mind I like schools, planted tanks, marine tanks and their diversity, personality's, colour, behavior etc etc etc. I also think that a nice display tank is quite relaxing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Amazon for me, this also goes for parrots as well. There’s just something about the jungle, animals and people that seem to be from a lost world. If it came down to one or the other I’d have to go with parrots. Hopefully in the next 12-18months I'll be going there for 4 weeks bird watching (does that make me a geek) and the Inca Trail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 I am attracted to Unique fish, Fish that can eat other fish whole, and pretty fish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollergirl Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 I swallowed a clock as a child... :lol: :lol: :lol: I like a bit of both (looks and personality)- that goes for the fish I choose as well, hehehe. :lol: Case in point- my most recent purchase, a bicolour blennie I was initially going to go for looks (there are these new Alleni Damsels at Origins that are really colourful and pretty) But the blennie was making me laugh with his antics (he was peering out behind this little pipe at me and it was so funny watching him dart around so furtively then slowly peek up behind it!), I just fell in love with him. Am watching him now in fact as he snoops around the tank and pops in and out of holes in the rock like a gofer...So cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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henward Posted October 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 i really want to get into marine but i hear its difficult and requires alot of care shame:( maybe one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollergirl Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 i really want to get into marine but i hear its difficult and requires alot of care shame:( maybe one day Yes-requires a lot of care (and a LOT of money!) but difficult...I wouldn't say that. Just a little more involved and time consuming than freshwater? But very rewarding! By the looks of it you have a fair bit of experience caring for different types of animals anyway, so it wouldn't be that difficult for you to try out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted October 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 yeah have been looking at that for a while really keen on saltwater. ill start enquiring on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted October 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 i dont know what fish i have so please let me know for sure from the photo i have sen jardinii before, pet shops, adult photos etc. mine resembles more of the formosus, whcih is unlikely http://www.wetwebmedia.com/FWSubWebInde ... iforms.htm on that website aboe you will see formosus and jardinii. my one is nothing like the jardinii, in fact it looks exactly in colour like that one formous picture above. my arowana is dark dark copper shiny, with a hint of black, not grey or white ish. it has no red spots on the body, but the tail is about 50% red with black veins. jsut curious as all the jardiniis description i have hear is nothing like mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted October 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 the picture of the formosus is LITERALLY like mine. if you put mine beside that photo its exactly alike...... and the jardinii picture is nothing like it at all. even the head shape is different. check out my pics above that i posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 I doubt it'll be a S. formosus/Asian Aro, I'd say its definately an australian aro of some description (I'm not very clued up on the finer points of identifying which one), either S. jardini or S. leichardti. Maybe post a couple of pics of it here and someone will be able to ID it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted October 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 just a thought though cos its rather dark and bronze ish.... but i doubt someonewoud make a mistake importing a more expensive aro in and seling it for a cheaper species:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Plecos because they are the Dinosaur fish and so the coolest for me. Chances are, if you like what you see swimming around then you'll love what you dont see underneath. Still plentyof species to try yet, maybe marine when I win lotto- cause if I do marine it has to be huge( so when I get bored of it I't'll be a huge pleco tank)!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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