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Old 08-27-2011, 04:08 AM   #1
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What is your favorite oddball/rare fish?


Mine is definitely the leopard ctenopoma:
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My shrimp dance about and zoom all over the tank. Then their skins fall off!
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Old 08-27-2011, 05:12 AM   #2
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Pipefish, although sometimes feeding them become pain in the a**
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Old 08-27-2011, 05:24 AM   #3
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That woodcat "tatia". I want some of those.
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That woodcat "tatia". I want some of those.
Woo-hoo!

Tatia musaica is by far my favorite rare fish. Wish I could get ahold of one.
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Old 08-27-2011, 06:56 AM   #5
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freshwater lionfish
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I would have to say Tulip Eel, was fun to watch him gulp a mouthfull of air and then stand on his tail pretending to be a stem plant.
Then Banjo Catfish after that.
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Wasp. Aka butterfly gobie.
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Vaillantella maassi


These guys remind me of Moray Eels and they live side by side with my favorite fish, pangio's, in the wild.
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betta macrostoma
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Various chocolate and licorice gourami species. Too bad the stores around here never have them.
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Hmm, banjos and moth cats are sweet, not very showy though. Belonesox are cool if you consider then as odd as I do.








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Old 08-28-2011, 07:43 AM   #12
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spotted rafaels--almost never see them around here
always see the striped ones
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My second favorite: the South American Leaf Fish. I hope to get some soon (just wondering how many feeders I'm gonna have to give it!)



EDIT: Also, you guys should totally post pics.
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Old 08-28-2011, 08:18 PM   #14
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EDIT: Also, you guys should totally post pics.
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