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> What Are You Most Proud Of?, List rarest/most unusual/hard to find
shaolin_cichlasoma
post Sep 11 2004, 04:25 PM
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Which fish in your collection do you consider to be rare? Which took the longest to find?


For me they are as follows:

4 Mahseers (each a different Tor sp.)
3 Hampala Barbs aka:Jungle Perch (1 Dispar 2 Macrolepidota)
4 Pristolepis marginata aka:Catopra
8 Heterotis niloticus aka: African Arowana
5 Lates Calcarifer aka: Barramundi
1 Hephaestus carbo aka:Coal Grunter
2 Zungaro zungaro aka:Jau Catfish


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flamingonhot
post Sep 11 2004, 04:29 PM
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well its not rare but i like my senegalus biggrin.gif
i also like my hijuta gar and my tsn


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9 foot long tank for gar.
Sound good enough? xD
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tsanhd
post Sep 11 2004, 04:47 PM
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Well nothign rare or unusal, but my 2 yr old silver aro, about 24", been with me for a while, moving him into backyard pond as soon as its done.

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komodobeam
post Sep 11 2004, 10:55 PM
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my fish aren't too rare but i still think they're pimped out:
Halfbeak
Dragongoby
Spiny eel
Weather loach, like i said not too rare...

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post Sep 11 2004, 10:57 PM
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I'm most proud of my melanistic pangasius cat... its fricking awesome.


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post Sep 11 2004, 11:04 PM
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My huge Acanthicus adonis, which is somewhere around 20", I'm not going to haul him up out of there for measurement. As far as I know it's the biggest one owned by a member here.

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post Sep 11 2004, 11:53 PM
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Australian lungfish (N. forsteri)
gilled African lungfish (P. amphibius)
Cuban gar (A. tristoechus)
Polypterus bichir bichir


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post Sep 12 2004, 12:26 AM
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in order of preferance.

all 6 of my ATFs, especially the Goliath
P. Endlicheri
FRT

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post Sep 12 2004, 01:17 AM
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Mine are my Hemisorubim platyrynchos and 3 Semaprochilodus taeniurus, not sure how rare they are but i know they are very rarely seen here in the UK and have taken me around 5 years to find.


slowly finding good fish in the UK

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post Sep 12 2004, 01:18 AM
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iam rather fond of my giraffe cats :wub:not exactly rare,
but not ALL that common.

others/past/present
buffalo suckers,not a rare species but definally rare in aquariums wink.gif
8in chinese algae eater,rather rare at that size.
wild colored tench,it was a quest for these,and NOT a common
find in an aquarium.(i no longer have these.)
small sauger,it was tough to get these(from the wild)
goldfish/carp hybrid,not sought after by many happy.gif
crucian carp,RARE find and from wild american waters.
rudd and roach,rare find in new world aquariums,maybe any aquariums
and last but not least my quail back sucker,very cool imo and RARE
in home aquariums.

iam into weird/trash fish that others wouldnt even think of keeping tongue.gif


BTW-Shaolin,your building yourself a pretty impresive collection.iam a
BIG fan of ALL those fish listed,esspecially any rare cyprinid.
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post Sep 14 2004, 11:09 AM
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i am proud of my asian aro.

i used to be proud of my piraya i had a while back as not many people had them in the UK at the time.
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I have no fish
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post Sep 14 2004, 11:28 AM
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I had 3 Hydrolycus Scombroides. I saw them just that one time, they were all
around 5 inchers. I got them for only 8 bucks a piece. They grew to about 10"
and suddenly died bye2.gif


The rarest fish I have at the moment is a tie between my unidentified Rhom, which is only the size of a quarter but has color like none other that I've seen, and my unidentified sleeper goby. He looks like a marbled sleeper, but his sides are black. When he comes out at night, he's usually totally black. The guy said they came in from India. I'll try and post some pics.
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post Sep 19 2004, 09:43 PM
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shomburks (sp?) pacu

sweet fish


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post Sep 19 2004, 11:04 PM
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Im proud of all the fish in my collection. I am an apartment dweller and
space being such a premium, i really dont have the space for something that would not excite me.

Its nothing special but i have 4 widebar dats , 2 rays ( marbled motoro and humerosa) a 12" black aro, a 15" flowerhorn (purple rose) and a 8" read pearl fh.


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Brent
post Sep 19 2004, 11:22 PM
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not rare to pfish members but to the real world my leos by far are my favorite and my dats not to shabby either smile.gif

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alot of tanks
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post Sep 20 2004, 02:58 AM
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The bay area is filled with rare fishes , so I gotta say my 5" istlanum and 4" syno. multipunctatus are the two best catch for me @ $19 each. Everything else I own are always available around town. My next catch on the list will be one of those large black calvus.


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Liz
post Sep 20 2004, 04:26 AM
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My big, fat black Oranda Goldfish. She's hot.


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post Sep 23 2004, 08:13 PM
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QUOTE (Lizness @ Sep 20 2004, 05:26 AM)
My big, fat black Oranda Goldfish. She's hot.

"Sarcasm Rocks"

LMAO biggrin.gif

Petenia Splendida, was rare til I met Jeff Rapps, although it is still pretty rare in Southern California. Most of the dealers that have them don't want to sell them. About 20 years ago, I also like to collect rare specimens. But now I just want to breed Splendidas and my three bichirs. Also have some P bass, and a bunch of goldfish feeders....
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post Oct 2 2004, 02:50 PM
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post Oct 2 2004, 06:52 PM
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3 true cichla occelaris and a pair of bush leopards..... not much special bcause im waiting for the big ply tank to cyle and get 2 small rays from JR


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