Off Topic Fish Tanks

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Milk said:
Awesome- I've seen them on wildlife documentaries but hadn't heard of them in the fish trade... googled them. Brackish water! :( I really have to do a brackish tank one day; between Goby's, many cool puffer species, and mudskippers (not sure compatibility here... puffers can be aggressive), so many odd- and cool brackish fish.
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Ain't tried brackish myself yet apart from mollies which can be freshies or brackish. I used to breed wild caught and sell F1s, (1st generation born from wild caught fish).

Dog-faced puffers are something else, one day I would like to go marine but it's a hell of a financial commitment as well as the time and care commitment a marine tank requires.
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Sisu said:
Ain't tried brackish myself yet apart from mollies which can be freshies or brackish. I used to breed wild caught and sell F1s, (1st generation born from wild caught fish).

Dog-faced puffers are something else, one day I would like to go marine but it's a hell of a financial commitment as well as the time and care commitment a marine tank requires.
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A few years ago GEX came out with some solution that they said you could add to water to enable both fresh and salt water species to be kept together. Haven't heard much about it since. It was a big thing going through the forums at the time though.

I think there is a You tube video somewhere online showing freshwater and saltwater species in the same tank. If I recall- the freshwater species in the tank WERE all species that can live in close to saltwater conditions when acclimatized properly anyway... (Goldfish, Guppies, Mollies, etc) so I'm skeptical it really works- especially since haven't seen it in a long time.

I remember a lot of people made the argument that even the most passive saltwater fish tend to be more aggressive than freshwater fish anyway- so it may not be a wise thing to put them in together.
 
Since my OP was about getting a lid/hood...

I've made one out of wood :)
 
Red Hadron Collider said:
Can't believe this ****'s still going on <doh>
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These buggers [king kong shrimp] 2 or 3 cm long and cost £100's each for a pure black one.

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They're selectively bred from these:

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These are beautiful shrimp:

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But since you like snails... here's another cool snail for you:

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And freshwater river, Geosesarma, crabs for Zingy- since Zingy likes to have crabs.
Vampire Crabs:
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this thread is ace... whats the beef rhc.. i like just looking at the pics as i've never had any aquarium but thought if i built the ideal house one had to be built in.
 
InBiscanWeTrust said:
100 for a shrimp? That best be the best tasting shrimp ever to be worth 100!!
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Hundreds. They can get really expensive. People go wacko over any new colour bred. King Kong shrimp were closer to $1000 when brand new... Looks like they've really come down in price now substantially... I'm out of date- they won't cost you hundreds any more.

But when the next fad colour comes out- the same pattern will repeat... the first few will go for close to $1000- the next generation a couple hundred... until eventually they're selling for $10 or so each.

The very oldest colour patterns like cherry red you can get $1 each now.


Here's a crayfish currently being sold for $100
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwinverts&1401532802

50 Shrimp for over $1500 ... not too bad I suppose... $30 each for a 2cm shrimp! ;)
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwinverts&1401632345
 
How about $100 (~£65) for a pair of (admittedly beautiful) guppies.

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwguppies&1402460620

You can buy regular guppies for under $1 at the regular fish store- they breed like friggin' crazy with no experience.... and guppies take no experience to house/breed/feed.



Or $80 for a single washed out looking Betta: (most colours are about $3)

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwbettashm&1401413278



Plecos constantly go for insane amounts... here is an ugly grey one for $750
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwcatfishp&1401817912




... these are all freshwater fish. I don't know anything (much) about marine fish- except their prices normally dwarf freshwater fish by a huge margain.
 
Milk said:
These buggers [king kong shrimp] 2 or 3 cm long and cost £100's each for a pure black one.

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They're selectively bred from these:

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These are beautiful shrimp:

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But since you like snails... here's another cool snail for you:

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And freshwater river, Geosesarma, crabs for Zingy- since Zingy likes to have crabs.
Vampire Crabs:
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I love shrimp, awesome little buggers. What's the red one with the white spots?
I've only ever kept bee or red crystal shrimp, and Cherry shrimp
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