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pufferpunk
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I don't really consider my GSPs as true BW fish, since they live in SW as adults. My favorite are the F8 puffers. They are colorful, lively & personable.
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AggieMarine
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White cheecked moray
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Crazygar
 
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Monodactilus sabae. The looks, the activity level and general attitude of the fish make it one tough customer. Another is the 4-eyes (Analeps Analeps).

Gary
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JediDragon
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For me, defintely Archer Fish with their water-spittin bug-dazing ability. That's just way cool. If I had to pick another I would go with pratically any kind of a Puffer.
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The only brackish fish I have are bumblebees...really like them a lot

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bracguy81
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I love mudskippers and annebleps, They are my fav. I love all forms of gobies, from the common bumblebee, to the rare Kling-on. I an also quite fond of the siamese tiger fish. I to like white cheek morays.

Awesome post!!!!

bracguy81
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puffer_archer
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I was curious what everyone's favorite brackish fish is and why.

Mine would have to be the Archerfish and the GSP. Archers because it's fun to have a fish that can shoot water at insects. GSPs are awesome simply because they have so much personality.
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johnnylaw1984
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i loved the archer fish
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Gilligan
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My favorite brackish fish has to go to scats they are awsome even though archers come in a close second

Last edited by Jamie at 28-Sep-2004 13:58

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puffer_archer
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Fascinating! I would like to start training mine, I'm just trying to figure out the best way to go about it. Last time I tried just holding the cricket above the water, the archer simply jumped instead of shooting!

I wonder if being captive has an effect on their learning and how they learn in the wild.
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BruceMoomaw
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Speaking of Archerfish, it now turns out that the little buggers have to learn how to shoot straight -- it doesn't come to them instinctively:

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2004/907/1
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TheGoldenDojo
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I like BB gobies best.
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Anableps, Mudskippers, Archers... It's like brackish water tanks are made to be paludariums!:%)

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pufferpunk
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I just love to say the word... anableps!
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Crazygar
 
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Would be nice to setup a large brackish biotope tank. Unusual inhabitants would be the draw.

Gary
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aquatexan
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DEFININTLY archer fish, its no contest, well that and the bumblebee goby. But archer fish rules.
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The coolest thing happened today! I was feeding my archers crickets (gutloaded, now that I know I can for Archers), I had one on my hand and was getting ready to drop it in the tank when one of the archers launched out of the water, grabbed it off my hand then landed back in the water. It was really incredible!

I guess this means they're finally getting comfortable with me around.
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Toirtis
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Damn...I can't pick just one...Anableps anableps, archerfish, mudskippers, gobies....tops of my list.
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puffer_archer
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Keep the responses coming!

Monos are cool. I've never kept them personally though. One store I went in had a large one for sale, it was probably between 6-10 inches.
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probably figure 8's but scats look pretty cool
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