what is this thing?

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  1. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    what the fish with the pointed tail(not the ray lol)?
     
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    {Nano}Reefer Dragon Wrasse

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    looks like a type of arowana.
     
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  3. PackLeader

    PackLeader Giant Squid

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    All various types of arowana. Fresh water
     
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    {Nano}Reefer Dragon Wrasse

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    my questions is how many gallons is that beast? they get HUGE!
     
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  5. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    i thought it looked like one but ive never seen one like that
     
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    PackLeader Giant Squid

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    Yeah they do. So do those rays. Look at the cichlids. They must be some big freakin cichlids!
     
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  7. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    atleast a couple hundred gallons, heres another pic of that tank
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    {Nano}Reefer Dragon Wrasse

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    that is a really neat freshwater tank, I never thought I would say that... Hey Pack, how in the heck do you know this stuff about FW???? ::) I thought you started with salt all together?
     
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    No, I had FW since I was a kiddy ;D Was out of aquariums for probably about 7 years then started back up with salt
     
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    {Nano}Reefer Dragon Wrasse

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    Ohh, i see. The only reason I knew that was an arowana was b/c my LFS had one that was almost longer than the tank they had it in, 55 gallons, so they had to donate it to the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison. I don't even want to know how they caught it or even how they originally got that sucker.
     
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