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I don't like most cichlids because their generally aggressive personalities.

I don't like most livebearers because they breed too much, they are ugly, and they always seem to die for no apparent reason.

I don't like most barbs because they tend to be really boring.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

I do not hate any fish. Each fish has its own unique looks and personality. I hate the way fish are bred or died for their looks but I do not actually hate the fish. I am not very fond of -parrot fish as they are very hybrid and they can't really swim properly. bubble eye goldfish look terrible the way they had to be careful of they silly eyes. to be honest I like all fish and I don't think anyone should hate something.(Especially plecos, why does everyone hate them? they think sailfin plecos are ugly and long finned bristle nose and peppermint catfishes? How can anyone think discus are ugly either? Unvelievable!:%)

All the fish are lovely & surly not hatefull & "bensaf"....... Pleco's aren't ugly.



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You'd find my Pandas not only aesthetically pleasing by massively entertaining

Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

I don't 'hate' any fish in particular, but neither do I find any domesticated strains of goldfish (Carassius auratus) to be aesthetically pleasing - the same goes for Betta splendens (but not others of the genus), gouramies (except the 'chocolate' and true 'giant'), the archetypical small schooling tetra, 'non-whimple' serrasalmids, Corydoras catfish, black ghost knives, 'rams', discus, and most barbs.


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See a full-grown Oscar in a tank that's the proper size for it and it is actually quite handsome ... just be careful putting your fingers near it

Trouble is, with Oscars, a "proper sized" aquarium just for one is at least 6ft long. For several, you're looking at a 12ft behemoth in the living room ... and my living room isn't big enough for a tank that size to physically fit in it


Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

I don't care much for oscars. Saw a "full grown" one at the lfs once and it completely freaked me out. Although that might have had something to do with it being in a tank that was too small for it...

"Fancy" goldfish. They look uncomfortable and just plain ridiculous. It's like someone took an egg, put some fins on it and gave it an incredible poop machine.

I also have a strong dislike for parrot cichlids, for same reasons as the goldfish, and for the whole hybrid reason.

And finally. I don't like neon tetras. Why? Because EVERY TANK HAS A FREAKING NEON SCHOOL! :%)

Oh, and. Veil tail oscars. Honestly, what the crap? It's like putting Bubba the construction worker in a frilly mini skirt...

Last edited by smantzer at 19-Feb-2005 13:25

i don't really hate any fish but i dislike the butterfly fish , polkadot loach and many others that are very expensive. in other words i like tham till i see the price.

I don't actually hate the things I mentioned in that quoted piece of mine, but I certainly lament their having being brought into being by people who should have known better.

Personally, Bristlenoses give me the shudders appearance wise, because they remind me of those Surinam Toads that carry their tadpoles on their backs ... admittedly those creatures have evolved naturally to rear their offspring in that manner, but when the tadpoles have left, the female looks as if she has leprosy. Oh, shudder. Some of the more outlandish Bristlenoses give me the same shudders. I do admit, however, they're superb algae destroyers!

One fish that I'd think twice about keeping is Phago maculatus, the Pike Characin. I wrote a post about this about a year and a half ago, in which I described it as "the nastiest fish in the aquarium". It predates other fishes by biting their fins off to immobilise them, then strips their scales, and finally eats the flayed corpses after they've had a lingering death. It will only eat live fish, and I'd be very wary of subjecting a feeder fish to that kind of ordeal before it met its end. Phago maculatus even has a facial expression that suggests that it obtains some kind of sadistic pleasure from its grisly activities. This is very defiintely a fish I'd steer clear of.

[Edit : here's a link ...]

http://animalia.nexenservices.com/V2/index.php?page=fiche&cat=poissons&id=75

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As for Jelly Cats Pseudopimelodus fowleri (which has been renamed, incidentally - it's now Cephalosilurus fowleri) they have a certain Gargoyle like appeal ... and Richard Hardwick, the oddball keeper from Practical Fishkeeping, has one he's very fond of

One fish that also makes me shudder somewhat is that weird new Glassfish species Shini discovered some time ago with that weird molten glass lump on its head.

Alright, I admit it, I like my fish 'cute and cuddly' to some extent


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Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

Well, In the right habitat all fish can flourish and be very interesting. now a red devil in a tetra setup might seem ugly, and a piranha in an oscar tank might seem mean as hell, and believe you me i've seen both, but every fish is beautiful in its own way. And if you dont think so, try breeding them!

As a general rule, I don't like cyprinids.

I am surprized to see people claim Black Skirt Tetras (or Black Widows) are agressive and kill other fish. They are peaceful community fish and I've never known them do anything more than shoal, swim and eat.

ROSY BARBS they killed off all my neon tetras. Yeah i know it may sound dumb but yes i stuck 2 rosy barbs in a tank with my absaloute favorite fish i wake up and see a barb carrying a neon in his (or her) mouth]]]

I LOVE MY 55GALLON REEF!!!!!

Any Plecos over 4". They just creep me out. And Arowanas, their eyes are SCARY! There is one in my LFS that hasn't been sold (He's been there for months) and he looks at me in a way that says 'I want to eat you!'

***Shudder***

there are no fish species that i hate because i love all the fish but there can be individuals that i hate especially my jewel cichlid because he kills everything

Anything snakey or eel like. They are the stuff nightmares are made of

Black skirt tetras and buines Aries tetras! mainly i hate for their agression. but who could hate cat fish...they are helpful and interesting!!!!!!!!


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I like almost all fish, And I especialy like African cichlids.
But fish I "dislike" are toadfish, carp, stonefish and other fish that really annoy you when fishing.





Last edited by PJ at 19-Feb-2005 01:05

AngelEel, I'm actually quite attracted to that deep sea tube shoulder fish of yours ... I mean, a fish that has luminous squirting bazookas in its shoulders! How can you not be impressed with that kind of evolutionary ingenuity?

In any case, it's a deep water fish, so you won't be seeing it in an aquarium any time soon. Same goes for weird things such as the Black Swallower, Chiasmodon niger. This pic is a farily good illustration of the fish, which can actually swallow something larger than itself ...

http://www.nzine.co.nz/images/articles/chiasmodon_lg.jpg

This is the original article it came from on deep water fishes off the New Zealand coast (so any NZ board members can bask in some glory at how wonderful their oceans are!):

http://www.nzine.co.nz/features/peterbatson_interview.html

While quite a few deep sea fishes may not be 'pretty', they're certainly fascinating.


Oh, and here's what Fishbase has to say about Chiasmodon ...

http://www.fishbase.se/summary/speciessummary.cfm?id=10192

Last edited by Calilasseia at 23-Feb-2005 05:14

Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

1. The question was for the most ugly fish or agressive fish.......

2. I didnt say I wasn't impressed by what it does

3.I do also belive that the fish i mentioned was a FISH there was nothing said about if it can be deep sea or not

Sorry just I don't think alot of what you said was called for sorry =p


Angel Eel
EDIT: I'm not trying to be rude I just think there has to be alot more reading on everyones part

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