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Has anyone of u ever kept any unusual species? Or r any of u keeping any unusual ones such as reedfish, polypterus, Pacus, etc…

Also, r there any special care u must take while keeping these fish?

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Nab92

Hmm I have a Honeycomb Tita (Honeycomb Catfish) I've only run into a couple of people who ever seen these things, let alone own them.

I have a polypterus. Imo they really dont have any special needs. They will eat almost anything including tankmates. For more info try pming toirtis the polypterus expert.

i have a 18" blackfin pacu the terrorizes his tank mates plus he is way too big for my 125usg, so im giving him to a local museum. pacus need a very very large tank!

Last edited by BeastKeeper at 06-Dec-2004 14:45

I have a couple:

14 Polypterus senegalus senegalus (Senegal bichir)
2 Polypterus senegalus senegalus (albino)
10 Polypterus ornatipinnis (ornate bichir)
5 Polypterus palmas polli (marbled bichir)
2 Polypterus palmas buettikoferi
4 Polypterus delhezi (armoured bichir)
4 Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri (saddled bichir)
4 Polypterus bichir lapradei
2 Polypterus endlicheri congicus (Congo bichir)
2 Polypterus retropinnis retropinnis
1 Polypterus retropinnis lowei (Lowe's bichir)
6 Erpetoichthys calibaricus (ropefish/reedfish)

1 Protopterus annectans (annectans lungfish)
1 Protopterus dolli

4 Tateurndina ocellicauda (peacock goby)
4 Morgurnda morgurnda (purple spot goby)
4 Oxyeleotris marmorata (marbled sleeper goby, soon hock)

2 Mastacembelus armatus (tyre track eel)
2 Mastacemblus erythrotaenia (fire eel)
2 Macrognathus siamensis (peacock eel)
2 Macrognathus pancalus (barred spiny eel)

4 Ctenopoma acutirostre (Leopard bushfish)
3 Microctenopoma fasciolatum (Banded ctenopoma)
2 Microctenopoma ansorgii (Ornate ctenopoma)
4 Badis badis

4 Xenomystus nigri (African brown knife)
6 Ancistrus ranunculus ('Medusa head'- L034)
12 Bunocephalus coracoideus (common banjo cat)

Oh my God!!!Toirtis

Seems like u really have a taste for the odd ones!!

The odd ones are some of my favorites too, but I don't currently have funds to keep quite a collection. Right now my oddest fish are my Royal Plec and my Mudskipper.:%)

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The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.

Toirtis should get together with Richard Hardwick from Practical Fishkeeping and Sean Evans with a list like that ... they'd enjoy comparing oddballs


Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

Toirtis should get together with Richard Hardwick from Practical Fishkeeping and Sean Evans

Actually, we have chatted on a few occasions.

8 highway catfish Pseudobagrus trilineatus . im trying to breed. ive been told by the planet catfish guys, that its a pretty rare fish.

tortis how is your tank setup for reedfish or freshwater seahorse. i always wanted them. but i heard they were hard to keep. i was thinking of a tall tank with vals or horworth. brackish with lots of adult guppys for the reed fish to hunt and snack on the frys.

Most of the unusual species I've kept are loricariids. Others include peacock eels, banjo cats, and various puffs.

My ropefish tank is fine gravel bottom (natural gravel), heavily planted with some driftwwod and rock structures.

I cannot say that I know what you are refferring to by 'freshwater seahorse'.

Corydoras sodalis
Corydoras duplicareus
Corydoras bilineatus
Corydoras sp. ?? (Even Ian Fuller cannot identify)
Corydoras sp. "orange laser"
Corydoras sp. "C41"
Corydoras cf. kanei
Synodontis sp. "zebrinus"
Betta pugnax
Panaque sp. L169
Ancistrus sp. L182

I think that's all of my oddballs...





Last edited by Cory Addict at 09-Dec-2004 21:05

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