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Aug 23 '06 by rosewaterecho

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Fishes

I decided to get a fish for my dorm room because my room is very lifeless and boring. Fish are the only pets allowed on campus, so that is what I'll have to do. It has to be interesting though. Anyone have any interesting fish they would recommend? I'm considering

a puffer fish.

Pank on Aug 23 '06 at 10:44am

Blobfish rules

cheekychen on Aug 23 '06 at 10:47am

thats amazing
both of them.
i dont think they're menna be out of water tho?!

rosewaterecho on Aug 23 '06 at 11:04am

I'd have a fishtank of course :)

realslimnatey on Aug 23 '06 at 11:25am

thats awesome! hey, how about a red snapper!?

Westwood on Aug 23 '06 at 11:30am

What size tank are you getting?

amishpowerandlight on Aug 23 '06 at 11:31am

I had goldfish in my dorm, but they were a pain. They need big aquariums and poop a lot. Then I got guppies and they died when there was a power failure on campus. :(

rosewaterecho on Aug 23 '06 at 11:35am

The size tank depends on the fish I'm getting. I'd obviously do a lot of research first; I don't want an unhappy/unhealthy fish friend < 3

rosewaterecho on Aug 23 '06 at 11:36am

And that red snapper is pretty sweet

phones on Aug 23 '06 at 11:39am

Axolotl's RULE!

shirtflirt on Aug 23 '06 at 11:39am

f this guy and his stupid son

exsane on Aug 23 '06 at 11:43am

get a couple pirhanas. feed them crickets. enjoy!

Westwood on Aug 23 '06 at 11:44am

You could do a green spotted or a figure 8 puffer in a 20 gallon tank, but they are brackish so you would have to adjust the salinity of the water slightly.

Petsmart sells true freshwater dwarf puffers. They only get to be about 1.5" max and are super cute. You could do several of those in a 10 gallon.

Keep in mind all puffers need a steady supply of snails or other crustaceans to keep their "teeth" worn down. They also can be picky eaters, and may require frozen or live bloodworms or other similar food if they won't accept flakes or pellets.

I wouldn't recommend going saltwater unless you have a lot of experience keeping aquariums.

rosewaterecho on Aug 23 '06 at 11:55am

Yeah, I was looking up freshwater fish because I haven't had much experience. Dwarf puffers sound adorable! I wonder if they would all puff out at the same times :D

Westwood on Aug 23 '06 at 11:57am

To be honest puffers rarely puff at all, unless you take them out of the water. And that isn't good for them because then they're all full of air instead of water.

Not to be a downer or anything. :P

rosewaterecho on Aug 23 '06 at 11:59am

I don't think I'd ever take them out of the water...that's where they belong :)

Westwood on Aug 23 '06 at 12:02pm

Tetraodon travancoricus

Westwood on Aug 23 '06 at 12:02pm

That's the dwarf puffer.

exsane on Aug 23 '06 at 12:05pm

where's the spikes?

Westwood on Aug 23 '06 at 12:13pm

They only look spikey when they puff up, otherwise they lay flat against their body. The pic in her original post is probably a porcupine puffer or something similar, which is saltwater.

Stevethegreat on Aug 23 '06 at 2:39pm

FISH

Shebly on Aug 23 '06 at 2:40pm

fishyfishyfishyfishy

rosewaterecho on Aug 23 '06 at 2:47pm

Never mind a puffer. I want a Stevefish :)

Stevethegreat on Aug 23 '06 at 2:47pm

hey

Stevethegreat on Aug 23 '06 at 2:47pm

I'd get the puffer

rosewaterecho on Aug 23 '06 at 2:49pm

That's what I'm probably going to go with. Maybe four of them. Then I'll have to think of names... :)

rosewaterecho on Aug 23 '06 at 3:14pm

We need some more crazy-looking fish pictures on here :D

partyrings on Aug 23 '06 at 3:17pm

ahh ahhh ahh uhgg

no!

NO!

margolove on Aug 23 '06 at 3:19pm

Now I want some puffers. I'll have to think about that one..

broken.yoke on Aug 23 '06 at 3:30pm

They don't really puff as pets.

pixel_dust on Aug 23 '06 at 3:53pm

I had a beta and he lasted like..2 years. (R.I.P. Agent X) Anyways, they're pretty neat looking and don't require much maintenance. Unless you ACTUALLY want a puffer fish, I don't know. Salt water fish are hard to care for.

broken.yoke on Aug 23 '06 at 3:54pm

They aren't totally salt water.
They're really easy, actually.

Westwood on Aug 23 '06 at 3:56pm

The dwarf ones are pure freshwater though.

broken.yoke on Aug 23 '06 at 3:56pm

I think it's.... brackish.

Westwood on Aug 23 '06 at 4:00pm

The figure 8s and the green spotted are brackish, but the true dwarf puffer is fresh. The only place I've seen them is petsmart though.

broken.yoke on Aug 23 '06 at 4:00pm

I've had the figure 8's and the green spotted. Some other weird ones too. I forgot to wait a month and they died.

Westwood on Aug 23 '06 at 4:06pm

Oops. :(

I've never kept them myself. My fishies would eat them.

But yeah, if you're going to go with puffers make sure you look up the nitrogen cycle for aquariums. Otherwise you will kill them. :(

broken.yoke on Aug 23 '06 at 4:07pm

What a serious fish conversation.

rosewaterecho on Aug 23 '06 at 4:32pm

This eel is pretty wicked looking...