Fish I wouldn't keep in a 10 (or a 55 )

[wayne]

Types of light, intensity and direction. I will tell you right now I've seen them a damn sight bigger than either of those fish.
The reason they get fat in aquariums is because they're designed for active swimming in big, powerful rivers. Lack of excercise for these piscine couch potatoes

 

[wayne]

I thought I'd gee this up with a quote from another site on a red tail cats comedy growth rate....

"Mondee (as my two year old calls the sea monster) has grown from about 6 inches to a little over a foot in a month and a half. These fish grow incredibly fast!!! I'm amazed, he makes my Oscar look like a guppy!!"

So the old I'll buy another tank next year, when I move house ... looks like b********s here!

 

[victimizati0n]

Originally posted by Gerdie
Here's an irredecent shark that is on another forum, kind of blurry, but you get the point...

Look at the bottom right, you can barely see a large Bala Shark

Where is the bala, I can only see 2 ID sharks???

 

[Fizgig777]

Plecos, too...

The one that bugs me, personally... and it probably is just me... is the sale of common plecos. I remember seeing one in the NY Aquarium which was longer than I was tall (it was latched onto the front of the display and you could stand next to it to get an idea of its length)... The thing was about 6' long! And yet, they're sold as suitable for aquariums... No one mentions that when they get big, they get aggressive and will go after anything of smaller or equal size -- in the case of slow moving Goldfish, size isn't even a factor they just get attacked. The species profile stated that the huge pleco is commonly sold for aquariums of all sizes.

So that's my gripe... *=+P

 

[Mushroomman]

yes i agree, but

the ones sold for tanks get 2 ft max. even when kept in large ponds and in the wild. you must have seen a different species.

where is the NY aquarium? in NYC?

 

[TurbineSurgeon]

Here is another one to add to the list...

 

[TurbineSurgeon]

And another...

 

[jaws101]

What kind of fish is the last one?

 

[TurbineSurgeon]

It's an arowana.

 

[nf9648]

In hawaii they sell clown knives and arowanas all the time, I dont see them much in the mainland though.

 

[RootBeerFan]

Originally posted by wayne
Pictures pinched from other threads, but worth stickying as a reminder of the stupidity of what some shops stock. These fish get this big, and quicker than you think....

WOW. I knew they got big, i didn't know they got THAT big...!!!

 

[bobrob]

Arrowana's arer my favourite fish . It's great when you have a very large tank for them 150+ gallons. My friend keeps one and it is a beast compared to the one in that picture. That's only a baby . These guys actually jump out of the water and pull monkeys out of low tree's, I joke you not. The Amazonian kind though, you don't get monkey's in Austrailia . Or do you :O?

 

[TurbineSurgeon]

That was the best pic I ran across when I was looking. I know they get considerably bigger than that... too big for a 150 gallon tank, even.

 

[dbacksrat]

i saw a full grown pleco at a fish store--i didnt realize a foot long means 12 whole inches...it was so fat too-wow.............the oscars were ginormous too! i saw the fish on the third pic (pangna-something) in a huge square tank and it did not look very happy...sadly pet shops and zoos and public aquariums are turning into dumping grounds for unwanted big fish

 

[LongTime]

Try this for an arowana. I am not sure of the actual species but it ain't gonna fit in no 10!

 

[ashleigh]

Is that an arowana or an arapaima? I bet you could get that in a 10.

 

[LongTime]

Not sure and I can't get a good look at the head, but it came from an arowana site.

I am sure you can get it in a 10 but what are you going to do with the rest of it?

 

[Jackman]

Originally posted by dbacksrat
i saw a full grown pleco at a fish store--i didnt realize a foot long means 12 whole inches...it was so fat too-wow.............the oscars were ginormous too! i saw the fish on the third pic (pangna-something) in a huge square tank and it did not look very happy...sadly pet shops and zoos and public aquariums are turning into dumping grounds for unwanted big fish

what search on the internet do you do to find these pics?

Jackman

 

[colesea]

Fish that big make me think of one thing only....lunch! Some cornflower batter, a deep fryer, keiser roll, and tartar sauce!
~~Cole

 

[jaws2]

hmm, I think colesea has spent some time in amazon, alone, cold, hungry, and looking at big fish. With his/her cornflower