I am thinking of going really exotic

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  1. jbraslins

    jbraslins Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    Now I do too :)
     
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  2. shoebox

    shoebox Bubble Tip Anemone

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    Had a 55gallon one Ungulates Trigger, one Snow Flake eel, One Lion fish best of all three. Venomous-Sxxxy attitude-Just down rite mean. Was cool thou. Feed eel with tongs scallops we used to fight with each amazing fish. Just put sign on tank Inhabitants just plain pissed off.
     
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  3. MoJoe

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    (concerning Pirahna)

    Pirahna are FW only & they are not the killers that they are made out to be. I kept a shoal of red bellies for a good while, they were extremely gorgeous fish, but the most skiddish I've ever seen. They grow alarmingly fast and will need a very large tank to keep them happy (at least 4ft long and 100g+). Many morons just get them to watch them tear other fish apart and then they catch parasite/disease from the feeders. They are def one of most misunderstood/misrepresented fish IMO, a shame as they are one of my favorite.
     
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  4. jbraslins

    jbraslins Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    You mean they don't look like this?

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  5. tank1970

    tank1970 Bubble Tip Anemone

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    ++1 and Oscars are great fw too - but very misunderstood

     
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  6. fishyfinder

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    I completely agree! +1 My oscars would flip over so I could scratch their bellies. They would fight over the spot light. ;D
     
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  7. MoJoe

    MoJoe Dragon Wrasse

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    They're like Librarians with teeth, if Oscars had teeth like that that they would be 100x more deadly, imagine!
     
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  8. kstafford003

    kstafford003 Feather Star

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    Then who killed all the spring breakers? In 3D too!
     
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  9. Frogfish

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    My tank is 150 gallons (29 & 1/2" Tall x 18" Wide x 72" Long).

    It is going to be mostly a coral tank... With maybe some (One) of the things you folks are suggesting.

    If I went with them, I would get a school of Piranha's, not just one, or two.

    What is the meanest, most cantankerous thing you, yet not fragile, thing you could put into a coral tank?

    Thanks!

    Frog...
     
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  10. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Piranha's are FW fish, I am a spot confused?
     
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