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I seem to specialize in invisible fish. At one point the wall of tanks had one lurker puffer, 3 crepuscular Synodontid catfish, a bashful school of deaui catfish (too much light for them to be diurnal) and two tanks of Dwarf Neon Rainbows- the only readily visible fish in the system. You had to sit and watch for a while to realize the tanks were fully occupied.

Most folks are so accustomed to confetti tanks that they don't realize that sort of tank is boring and stereotyped, while species tanks are to me are always and endlessly fascinating.

FWIW, YMMV.
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Rtr, not sure if u missed out all the fun.. we were talking bout yesterday where things were quite different.. much of them were hilarious .. yours got the no.1 spot imo!!
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yeah i wish i had taken a screen shot ha, the sig was priceless! wheres the slimy wet thing? XD
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No, I did see the wet thing sequences and enjoyed them. I may well adopt the "slimy wet thing cages"...
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Lol.. So, where's the slimy wet thing??
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Neptune so rtr said
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Fish = slimy wet thing
Tank = cage
Puffer = Lil Piggy Pricklehead

Stop giving Dad ALL the credit around here! :?
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lol, i figured you had something to do with it, pp =P

but i know i saw something with 'shiny' in it...
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Pufferpunk wrote:Fish = slimy wet thing
Tank = cage
Puffer = Lil Piggy Pricklehead

Stop giving Dad ALL the credit around here! :?
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Every year.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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The slimy wet things are in their wet things cage where they belong, of course.
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lol! cages XD
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Funny Observation:

Do you notice when you change the words aquarium or fish tank to cage it kinda makes this hobby sound inhumane to an outsider? :?

Weird how a simple re-wording can make an impact on ones perspective. :shock:
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PETA does consider the hobby unethical. I do not.
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PETA considers any pets unethical. They're rather extreme for my tastes.
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