just can't decide

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blackghostknife
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just can't decide

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I can't decide between a 55 gallon community with an elephant nose a butterfly fish, and two plecos, or a congo puffer tank :? please help my decide
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Re: just can't decide

Post by xrayjeeper83 »

Hard choice, Ive always loved EN and butterfly, but obviously puffers have a special spot
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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2 Congo "P-Nut"&"Bevo"
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Re: just can't decide

Post by Srkoe »

CONGO!!!!! But I'm partial :)
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Re: just can't decide

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Congos can be very difficult to get off fish & onto dead foods. If you don't have the finances to feed live foods (at minimum, earthworms & blackworms) or an available supply & don't have the patience to be bouncing a shrimp tail on the end of a thread for days (possibly weeks) on end, then this isn't the fish for you.
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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Re: just can't decide

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I would never get a fish that wasn't a puffer, but that's just me! Unless it was something that I could house with a puffer. To me, a tank ain't right without a puffer.
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Re: just can't decide

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well, I have access to all of the earthworms and crickets that I want. Plus I can also pick up some ghost shrimp and other stuff for them. wait, they will eat crickets right?
The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang the best. Use the talents you possess.

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T biocellatus
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C papuan
C lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles
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Re: just can't decide

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Sure will.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Re: just can't decide

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and you can have one in a twenty gallon right?
The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang the best. Use the talents you possess.

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T lineatus
T miurus
A modestus
T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
C lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles
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Re: just can't decide

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20 long.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Re: just can't decide

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on a scale of one to ten, one being the least and ten the best, how intelligent are they and can they recognize you?
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1 Honeycomb Toby "Ashera"
2 Congo "P-Nut"&"Bevo"
1 mystery puffer (turgidus?)"Manson"
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Re: just can't decide

Post by Srkoe »

I have only had my Congo a few days and she only notices me when I drop a fish in her tank...I don't even think that it's that she notices me and much as the fish!!! Lol! My favorite is my Ares, my Fahaka, hands down!!! He is so unbelievably awesome!!! I know that's not an option, but just had to throw it in there. My Gsp's and F8's are tied...the new gsp's are really starting to win me heart! The Congo however is so cool to watch...I love how she looks like she hovers when she swims...and she is in no hurry when she hunts...she's always so chill!!!
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Re: just can't decide

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puffer punk, you have a congo. do you think you could answer my question?
The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang the best. Use the talents you possess.

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My Puffers: Puffers I have kept:
T lineatus
T miurus
A modestus
T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
C lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles
Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
Location: Greenville, SC
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Re: just can't decide

Post by Pufferpunk »

They are different than any other fish. They only interact when hungry, otherwise, pretty much stay buried. I just think they are very cool-,looking fish & interesting to watch when they eat. If I was only to have a single puffer, it would be a GSP.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Re: just can't decide

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aren't those brackish?
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Re: just can't decide

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Yes.
It is absurd to talk of one animal being higher than another. We consider those, when the cerebral structure/intellectual faculties most developed, as highest. A bee doubtless would when the instincts were.
Charles Darwin
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