Top 21 - 30 Freshwater Fish 2006
Rated #21: Freshwater Fish - Osteoglossum Bicirrhosum - Silver Arowana Stocking In 125 Gallons Tank
Username: scott
Country: United States
Rank:
#21 out of 268 Freshwater Fish submitted 2006
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Submitted By:
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Ratings:
5.14
Number of votes:
66
Quote:
n/a
Fish Kept:
I like all types of odd/colorful freshwater fish. I have kept many interesting fish including a 1.5 foot long fire eel, a "freshwater moray eel", a clown knife, and a needle nose fish.
Corals/Plants:
My fish eat any plants I try to put in my tank.
Tank Size:
125 gallons
Description:
This is a picture of my 14" Arowana. In the background to the right are two parrot cichlids and on the left is my green terror.
Rated #22: Freshwater Fish - Aulonocara Rubescens - Ruby Red Peacock Stocking In 90 Gallons Tank
Username: Blair Skinner
Country: Canada
Rank:
#22 out of 268 Freshwater Fish submitted 2006
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Submitted By:
Blair Skinner on
Ratings:
5.12
Number of votes:
58
Quote:
a
Fish Kept:
7 Labidochromis Caeruleus (2M/5F)
1 Heros Efasciatus (White/Gold - M)
1 Aulonocara sp. "German Red" (M)
2 Sciaenochromis Fryeri (1M/1F)
3 Cynotilapia Afra "Cobue" (F1 - 1M/2F)
3 Aulonocara OB (3M)
2 Protomelas sp. Steveni "Taiwan Reef" (1M/1F)
1 Heros Efasciatus (Green - M)
1 Metriaclima Callainos (M)
1 Aulonocara sp. Lwanda (M)
Corals/Plants:
Silk, Java Fern, Anubias Nana
Tank Size:
90 gallons
Advice:
30% water change once a week.
Description:
Aulonocara Sp. German Red
Rated #23: Freshwater Fish - Maylandia Callainos - Blue Cobalt Cichlid Stocking In 55 Gallons Tank
Username: forest
Country: United States
Rank:
#23 out of 268 Freshwater Fish submitted 2006
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Submitted By:
forest on
Ratings:
5.1
Number of votes:
42
Quote:
not all who wonder are lost
About Yourself:
x
Fish Kept:
Mostly Cichlids
Corals/Plants:
no live plants with cichlids!
Tank Size:
55 gallons
Advice:
Go slow, let your tank cycle and don't overfeed!
Description:
I belive this is a
Cobalt Blue Zebra Cichlid
Metriaclima callainos
Rated #24: Freshwater Fish - Symphysodon Sp. - Red Marlboro Discus Stocking In 125 Gallons Tank
Username: Dominique
Country: Canada
Rank:
#24 out of 268 Freshwater Fish submitted 2006
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Ratings:
5.08
Number of votes:
62
Quote:
I don't have one
About Yourself:
Hello, I first got into fish keeping when I fishsat my inlaws two 15 year old fish (plain white Goldfish and a very large Pleco). That did it for me...I was hooked. I now mostly keep Discus and I love the way they watch you as much as you watch them.
Happy fish keeping :)
Fish Kept:
Discus, White Clouds, Clown Loaches, Otocinclus Catfish, 4 types of Corycats, Bushynose Pleco and Amano Shrimps.
Corals/Plants:
Crispy Crinums, Onion plants, Dwarf Anubia, Cryptocoryne Siamensis, Cryptocoryne Parva, Cryptocryne Walkeri, Cryptocoryne Wendtii, and Anubias Nana.
Tank Size:
125 gallons
Advice:
Take care of your water and your water will take care of your fish ;)
Description:
This is a 5.5 month old Malboro Red Discus :)
Rated #25: Freshwater Fish - Osteoglossum Bicirrhosum - Silver Arowana Stocking In 125 Gallons Tank
Username: beans
Country: United States
Rank:
#25 out of 268 Freshwater Fish submitted 2006
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Submitted By:
beans on
Ratings:
5.06
Number of votes:
63
Quote:
fish taste good
About Yourself:
My dream is to own a red tail golden arowana.
And a 300 gallon take
maybe in a couple years
Fish Kept:
1 silver arowana, 3 blood parrots, 2 redhook silver dollars, 1 figure 8 puffer, 1 motoro stingray, 1 siamese tiger datnoid, 1 giant albino grouimi, 1 ? eel, 2 clown loaches
Corals/Plants:
none
Tank Size:
125 gallons
Advice:
the bigerr the tank the better to maintane and do you water changes!!!!!
Description:
my silver arowana showing its colors
Rated #26: Freshwater Fish - Symphysodon Spp. - Snakeskin Discus Stocking In 40 Gallons Tank
Username: David
Country: Bermuda
Rank:
#26 out of 268 Freshwater Fish submitted 2006
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David on
Ratings:
5
Number of votes:
50
Quote:
one shot one kill
About Yourself:
Always loved the hobby. Got serious about it 4 years ago. I mainly keep discus, I have 9 at the moment. 2 are in my planted tank. The others are in a 55-gallon grow out tank and my first and oldest, witch I nicknamed killer is in a 10-gallon tank. He is one very aggressive discus.
I have been keeping plants for about 3 years and injecting co2 for 6 months. I will never go back to plastic plants again.
Fish Kept:
Sailfin Molly,Fancy Guppy,Siamese Fighting Fish, Gourami's,Red-Tailed Black Shark,Siamese Algae Eater,Harlequin Rasbora,Cardinal Tetra,Neon Tetra,
Rummy-Nose Tetra,Ram Cichlid,Bolivian Ram,
Agassiz's Apisto,Discus,Jaguar Cichlid,Adolfo´s Cory,Bristlenose Pleco,Chinese Hillstream Loach,Takashi Amano Shrimp
Corals/Plants:
Vallisneria,Hygrophila ,Hemianthus micranthemoides
Cryptocoryne,Hygrophila difformis,Echinodorus amazonicus,
Tank Size:
40 gallons
Advice:
Gain knowledge from all how are willing to teach
Description:
Pigeon checker board
Rated #27: Freshwater Fish - Maylandia Callainos - Blue Cobalt Cichlid Stocking In 64 Gallons Tank
Username: fergus
Country: United Kingdom
Rank:
#27 out of 268 Freshwater Fish submitted 2006
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Submitted By:
fergus on
Ratings:
5
Number of votes:
50
Quote:
There's something fishy about this!
Fish Kept:
6 Yellow Labs
4 M. callainos
4 Metriaclima Estherae
4 Ps Acei
2 'Hongi'(and fry)
3 M. callainos(Pearl white's)
3 Ps Crabro
Lab Trewavasae
2 Syno Multipunctatus
1 Green Phantom Plec(L200)
Corals/Plants:
River Boulders
Tank Size:
64 gallons
Advice:
Research compatability issues and take your time planning your tank, makes it all worth while in the end.
Description:
Maylandia Callianos 'cobalt Blue'
Rated #28: Freshwater Fish - Gymnogeophagus Surinamensis - Surinamen Geophagus Stocking In 40 Gallons Tank
Username: fredrik
Country: United Kingdom
Rank:
#28 out of 268 Freshwater Fish submitted 2006
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Ratings:
4.98
Number of votes:
56
Quote:
some circumstantial evidence is very strong; as when you find a trout in your milk.
About Yourself:
optional. happily married poet.
Fish Kept:
geophagus juripari
knife fish
golden nugget pleco
Corals/Plants:
-
Tank Size:
40 gallons
Advice:
start big. this is the one hobby it's more tricky to do on a small scale.
Description:
this is typical of my fish - heading fora single species tank of geophagus.
Rated #29: Freshwater Fish - Symphysodon Spp. - Neon Blue Discus Stocking In 100 Gallons Tank
Username: mike
Country: United States
Rank:
#29 out of 268 Freshwater Fish submitted 2006
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Submitted By:
mike on
Ratings:
4.98
Number of votes:
56
Quote:
.
Fish Kept:
6 - discus 3-7"
1- gold nugget pleco ( L18)
1- Rubber Pleco ( L56 )
1- Chaca Chaca Catfish
1- Flying Fox
Corals/Plants:
jungle val
Rotala Indica
Anubias
Hygrophila polysperma
Cryptocoryne
Tank Size:
100 gallons
Advice:
keep on keeping on
Description:
All of my discus
Rated #30: Freshwater Fish - Hemichromis Bimaculatus - Jewel Cichlid Stocking In 150 Gallons Tank
Username: Brian Lineweaver
Country: United States
Rank:
#30 out of 268 Freshwater Fish submitted 2006
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Submitted By:
Brian Lineweaver on
Ratings:
4.9
Number of votes:
51
About Yourself:
Fish Kept:
Red Devil, Jack Dempseys, slavinis, Jewels, Green Terrors, Texas Cichlids, YoYo Loach, Blue red tail Botia, Pictus Catfish, Convicts
Corals/Plants:
Tank Size:
150 gallons
Advice:
Don't give up. Be patient and read, read, read.
Description:
Jewel and fry. About 6 days old.