Pets/collection

animal_expert01

Just ate wondering what animals/pets you have right now (including fish).
I have a...
Thick tailed gecko/barking gecko
Two cockatiels
One spotted python
A community tank with...
Two long armed freshwater crayfish (wild caught)
One red tailed shark/rainbow shark
Two silver sharks
Two neon tetras
One albino corydora
One pleco
and...
Two male bettas
These animals are spread over two different houses my mums and my dads.
So what pets do you guys have?

animal_expert01

Oops! Don't know how the word "ate" got in there

Frayk

Wild caught? Not good ever to remove anything from the wild, your messing with local biodiversity, species recruitment, long term ecological sustainability of the species, etc....etc....

animal_expert01

I grow them for a little while then release them

animal_expert01

Got a new fish yesterday. Don't know what species but I caught him from the local creek.(was going to release him straight away but his head got caught in the net and it rubbed away his scales
around his head so I am healing him back up).

Mooo

You will learn, talking from the wild (unless for conservation attempts) is frowned upon by most aquarists Leave the wild out there There's a balance we shouldn't upset taking away one thing can do lasting harm

TallTree01

I agree, why take animals from the wild when you can cause less harm and get a more adaptable specimen captive bred?

animal_expert01

None of the fish have ever died in my care and I am trying to breed them to release into the wild.

Rainbows

By doing that you put wild animals at risk of diseases that aquarium fish resist or are immune too which could decimate wild populations who have never been exposed.

animal_expert01

Ok forget about that and back to the meaning of this forum what pets do you have?

Heintz.G

Present.



Past.

animal_expert01

I was surprised you didn't have any fish (I mean this is a fish forum) how long ago did you have the cat, husky and carpet Python?

Mooo

Heintz DID have fish once .. & he is a valued member of this forum

Heintz.G

animal_expert01 said:

I was surprised you didn't have any fish (I mean this is a fish forum)

LMAO, how about you start a thread of the fish you have and a few pics?

The snake went with my son when he moved out and is still alive. Not a Husky he was a Malamute. As for the cat my mum fell in love him and is still kicking.

Edit: and put up some pics of your other pets.

animal_expert01

Well sorry i can't post pics because I access this forum from an ipod

Rainbows

Pet wise I have:
Fish
Boeseman's Rainbowfish
Turquoise Rainbowfish
Banded Rainbowfish (Goyder)
Western Rainbowfish (Drysdale)
MacCulloch's Rainbowfish
Chequered Rainbowfish (Mary)
Peppermint Bristlenose
SAE's
Rummynose
Kuhli's
Royal Whiptail Catfish
Psychotic male bristlenose

Birds
Several breeding pairs of Crimson-bellied Conures

I also have 4 dogs

Used to have Bearded Dragons but they went when the male passed away. Ill try put up some pictures later.

Alasse

Nika - German shep
Scamp - Himalayan x
Simvar - Ragdoll
Basil - Rat
Squabbles - Cockatiel

Aquatic
Neon tetra
Cardinal tetra
Ember tetra
Khuli loach
Dwarf loach
Pakistani loach
Albino cories
Common BN
Albino BN
Peppermint BN
Guppy
Endler livebearer
Molly
Gold severum
Tiger long fin oscar
Albino tiger long fin oscar
Ryukin
Oranda
Ranchu
Black moor
Panda moor
Tri-colour moor
Comet
Betta
Yellow cherry shrimp
Red cherry shrimp
Long arm shrimp
Black ghost knife
Platinum gourami

animal_expert01

Sorry to here about your bearded dragon rainbow alasse how many tanks are your fish spread across

animal_expert01

Rainbow is the psychotic bristle nose the one that's turned carnivorous

TallTree01

I find it hard to believe a bristlenose could be carnivorous. There's too much protein and fat in meaty foods for bristlenose. My bristlenose won't touch a fish unless it's already dead and is rotting.
Are you sure it's a bristlenose?

Anyway, my current stock includes
Rummynose and flame tetras,
Blue ram
Kuhli loaches
Otocinclus

Male beta
Shrimps

Axolotls

African Butterfly
Keyhole cichlids
Upside down catfish
Bristlenose

Along with some various dogs and cats that make themselves comfortable in my house.

animal_expert01

can you post pictures

TallTree01

I keep a journal of my fish here:
http://forum.livefish.com.au/discussion/8222/my-shrimp-betta-tank#latest
Plenty of pictures, all potato quality of course.

Rainbows

I'm not 100% sure about the Bristlenose (Robert) but I have had him for several years in which he managed to kill one of the female bristlenose as well as a male peppermint (entirely my fault) and has since then been confined to an 80L where no other bottom dwellers go (for their safety ). Since then several introductions of guppies have failed as they rapidly disappear overnight and the only other fish able to survive in there is a random carp gudgeon.

animal_expert01

Lol

animal_expert01

Ok update both neon tetras have sadly passed away as well as one of the long armed freshwater crayfish. Also I have two new fish that I don't know the species of.

Frayk

Whack up a few photos of the mystery species, someone is bound to know what they are.

animal_expert01

I don't know how to but I will change my profile picture to a picture of one

Rainbows

Pretty sure that's a striped gudgeon (Gobiomorphus australis)

Frayk

Depending on where you live, I reckons ol m8 Rainbows is spot on, do some research, good luck.

animal_expert01

Just did some research and they are striped gundgeons thanks rainbow and frayk

animal_expert01

Are the territorial?

Rainbows

I would think so as most gudgeons are to some degree but I doubt they will seriously harm each other.

Frayk

Where did you get them from - the Striped gudgies that is?

animal_expert01

From the wild there the same fish that I thought were breeding (but never ended up breeding) you have commented on it Frayk. Why?

animal_expert01

Ok my tank is basically ruined several of my fish have died ( check out Tank Catastrophe for the full story ) sadly my long armed freshwater crayfish and my two huge silver sharks have sadly died. But thankfully the rest of my fish are ok.

[Deleted User]

I have
A bearded dragon
Two dogs (Chihuahua and a border collie)
Two pet rocks
Chiclids- red empress, peacocks, catfish, Pleco, Electric yellow, electric blue
Other fish: Endlers, shrimps, bristle noses, danios Colombian tetra, celebs, ren rainbow, New- Guinea rainbow, Cory Dora's, platies, balloon tetras, kribinskies, Gouramis Fighter fish
Just to name a few

animal_expert01

Hazrocki said:

I have
A bearded dragon
Two dogs (Chihuahua and a border collie)
Two pet rocks
Chiclids- red empress, peacocks, catfish, Pleco, Electric yellow, electric blue
Other fish: Endlers, shrimps, bristle noses, danios Colombian tetra, celebs, ren rainbow, New- Guinea rainbow, Cory Dora's, platies, balloon tetras, kribinskies, Gouramis Fighter fish
Just to name a few

What sort of catfish?

[Deleted User]

Not sure exactly I think it's a feather fin

animal_expert01

Nice

[Deleted User]

animal_expert01 said:

Nice

it's really fat too