Been a while so...

What odd or out of the ordinary fish are we all keeping at the moment?

I've got :

4x Reedfish (so fun to watch)
3x Clarias Catfish (boistrous and very tame)
2x Striped Raphael Cats (very shy- nocturnal)
2xSpotted Raphael Cats (very greedy, not as shy as the striped ones)
4x Spotted Climbing Perch (huge mouths, great to watch stalking food)
1x Ornate Bichir (about 14")
1x Lapredi Birchir (about 12")
1x Black Ghost Knifefish (beautiful, about 5-6" at the mo.)
1x Zebra Eel and 1x Half Banded Eel (these two dart around chasing each other and play dead in plants)

sorry indi, just have the boring bog standard community fish.

Any chance of any photo's of these - I havent heard of half of them! (off to look them up online

I'll try, the reed fish is my avatar, lapredi in pics I posted recently.

add 1x 10" Senegal Bichir to the list....

Well you still win hands down for oddball fish, indigoj.

I suppose the only species out of the ordinary that I have are Hatchetfish - I have 4 in my 90L. Oh and I also got a pair of African Dwarf Frogs.

wow great list of oddball stuff indi i have nothing like that - just same as F.F community stuff
and cichlids.




dekker

I had a community fish tank, but have now settled for my oscar ben how i love to bits.

African Butterflyfish are as oddball as it gets

have two talking/humbug cats and a bulldog plec coming to stay on tuesday

The talking cats are lovely, I got my two (the striped raphael) at about 1.5" and they are now about 4.5" They are very shy and nocturnal but do come out once they are settled. They can squeeze into incredibly small holes - 3 of mine squeeze into one cave.

They is an adult one in the public aquarium in Bolton - about 8" long and 8" wide LOL

you've got some wonerful sounding fish indi any chance of some pics plz



dekker

I will try and get some later, they are all a bit camera shy.

ok as and when you can



dekker

Mine are about 4" and 3" even tho i got em at the same time so im hoping i have a pair - mine come out at feeding time, they grab as much food as they can then leg it (or fin it) to a hiddie hole and i dont seem again until dusk - I hear them alot at night tho - and I know what you mean about the cramming into small spaces

If you want to see more of them - its easy - make sure the food they like is put in the same place at the same time everyday - they soon learn the pattern and come out for a feed - mine love the hikari carnivore pellets (not cheap but my fish all thrive on these)

indigoj wrote:

What odd or out of the ordinary fish are we all keeping at the moment?

I've got :

5xReedfish (so fun to watch)
3x Striped Raphael Cats (very shy- nocturnal)
2xSpotted Raphael Cats (very greedy, not as shy as the striped ones)
4x Spotted Climbing Perch (huge mouths, great to watch stalking food)
1x Senegal Bichir (about 10")
1x Lapredi Birchir (about 12")
1x Half Banded Eel
2x Fire Eel (1x 8" and 1xabout 11")
1x Tiretrack Eel (about 11" - thiks he's an Oscar)
4x Parachanna Obscura

I've updated the above list.

I think yous till win hands down in the weird fish stakes indi

indigoj wrote:

I'll try, the reed fish is my avatar, lapredi in pics I posted recently.

Now that;s certainly a weird looking fish