Fun Stuff > CHATTER
Pets.
Naira:
I've only ever had one pet. When I was 6, my family got a Black Labrador puppy that we named Samantha.
She was a pretty awesome dog. There are still memories that I can laugh myself to tears about.
But, alas...as you can tell by the past tense, she passed away. She's been gone about 2 years now, which makes a total of 8 dog-less years in my 24 year existence.
I can honestly say that it's actually been kind of hard, especially since no one in my family is in a position to own pets right now. I really miss having one and I'm looking forward to the day when I can get another dog.
Until then, I live vicariously through my other friends who are pet owners. So, counting the pets that I steal for a time to make myself better...I have a Portuguese Podengo puppy (yes, that's a real breed), and two cats, Samhain--pronounced SUH-vain--and Yule (named by a girl who loves Wicca, as you can guess)
Boro_Bandito:
--- Quote from: Masterbainter on 04 Feb 2009, 06:32 ---Oscars are so ugly though.. I want some fish like a northern pike or muskee.. but I know that's illegal and tanks would need to be huge... I was thinking maybe a pirana(SP?).. but i'm not sure how to get a hold of one.
--- End quote ---
its illegal to keep a pike? I would just think that it would be relatively hard to obtain one and keep it in a tank... but not illegal.
Verergoca:
Pirhanas you can buy at any good fishstore.
The murkyness of the water doesnt matter much. The main bad part about them critters is:
- They are interesting 15 minutes out of a entire week. As in, interesting at feeding time...
The rest of the time, you have a boring tank (cause well, if you put in other fish, theyll get eaten, they just dont eat eachother to much) with some fish lurking somewhere under a rock. No good
Pikewise, we had one at school once. Getting him was just a matter of having classmates who enjoy fishing. The keeping him was more problematic though.
A). Live food, either feederfish, or catching little fish every week
B). Pike hunt out of the shadows, keeping waterlillies (or something like that) in an aquarium = various shades of hells of tricky
C). You need an aquarium that isnt a rectangle. They dart forward to grab their prey, but also kinda need to have space to turn around (very rigid bodies)
For fish that each eachother, chiclids work rather lovely
Masterbainter:
--- Quote from: Boro_Bandito on 04 Feb 2009, 12:41 ---
--- Quote from: Masterbainter on 04 Feb 2009, 06:32 ---Oscars are so ugly though.. I want some fish like a northern pike or muskee.. but I know that's illegal and tanks would need to be huge... I was thinking maybe a pirana(SP?).. but i'm not sure how to get a hold of one.
--- End quote ---
its illegal to keep a pike? I would just think that it would be relatively hard to obtain one and keep it in a tank... but not illegal.
--- End quote ---
Depends on your state laws.. It's considered a game fish here in South Dakota so.
--- Quote from: Verergoca on 04 Feb 2009, 12:57 ---Pirhanas you can buy at any good fishstore.
The murkyness of the water doesnt matter much. The main bad part about them critters is:
- They are interesting 15 minutes out of a entire week. As in, interesting at feeding time...
The rest of the time, you have a boring tank (cause well, if you put in other fish, theyll get eaten, they just dont eat eachother to much) with some fish lurking somewhere under a rock. No good
Pikewise, we had one at school once. Getting him was just a matter of having classmates who enjoy fishing. The keeping him was more problematic though.
A). Live food, either feederfish, or catching little fish every week
B). Pike hunt out of the shadows, keeping waterlillies (or something like that) in an aquarium = various shades of hells of tricky
C). You need an aquarium that isnt a rectangle. They dart forward to grab their prey, but also kinda need to have space to turn around (very rigid bodies)
For fish that each eachother, chiclids work rather lovely
--- End quote ---
Thanks for the Info. is it harder to keep Salt Water fishies?
Verergoca:
As long as you have a big aquarium (500l+), access to fresh, filtered salt water (we got it via the local sea aquarium), and a well designed (and overdimensionated) filtration system, its not really that much harder.
Also, you must a). not mind cleaning up algea on a weekly basis b). have a significant other who doesnt mind saltstains everywhere in the vicinity of the thing
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version