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Posted	BIG mistake
21-11-2007 17:22 by drewie	has anyone ever bought or been given a fish that they later regret having ?
21-11-2007 17:29 by Jessica	yes, a sydontis. Murderer
21-11-2007 17:32 by drewie	i've heard this a few times and over the years i've probably had a dozen of these and i still have one now and the only one that was difficult was an ocilifer the one iv'e got at the moment is about 9 inches long and really timid
21-11-2007 17:34 by Jessica	mine was just plain aggressive yet sulked when housed alone
21-11-2007 17:37 by drewie	stupidest fish i ever owned was a pacu really dumb choice of a fish i know but in my defence i am a proper div
21-11-2007 18:45 by naiad	Chinese Algae Eater. They kill other fish, and don't live very long.
21-11-2007 18:48 by drewie	never lost a fish to one but i do agree that they dont live very long
21-11-2007 18:49 by drewie	also i've got a chocolate cichlid at the moment that i'm not very keen on and for no paticular reason
21-11-2007 20:46 by Jessica	aww the chocolate cichlid sounds cooote but if you don't like him why dont you just eat him
21-11-2007 20:49 by drewie	cos of all the selmonella scares
21-11-2007 20:56 by Jake Casson	Electric catfish, red tailxshovelnose, severum, 30" silver arowana, diamond sharks, bullhead catfish, pike and a huge 12" royal plec are all fish ive bought that were big mistakes. Just a few ay?
21-11-2007 21:02 by Jessica	why silver arros?
21-11-2007 21:13 by drewie	i'd love a 12 inch royal although i have had several gibbeceps and common plecs all in excess of 18 inches by the time i got rid of them and never again will i keep either of them again
21-11-2007 21:13 by Jake Casson	Was too big, had to anesthetize it when I had to move it to stop it beating its self and my up
21-11-2007 22:31 by telboy	mark bannermans face on im a celebrity when he realised hed been sussed by his missus how funny was that?
21-11-2007 23:25 by tasha	goldfish u just cant trust em *** thoose evil goldfish !
22-11-2007 09:31 by drewie	goldfish are only good for flushing down the loo
22-11-2007 10:10 by perky	A dragon puffer i had used to rip the throats out of the fish.. I got rid of it after that didnt i telboy...
22-11-2007 19:29 by telboy	now he tells me
20-01-2008 23:57 by Margaret	I took on a black pacu from someone who was selling their tank & the buyer didn't want any more fish - BIG mistake. He's outgrown my tank & I can't find anyone to take him. I didn't know what he was & always assumed that fish only grow to the size of the tank they are in. wrong..........
23-01-2008 11:41 by Alan	Jessica what fish did you keep the syno with I have kept many for over a decade with hardly any problems although I would never keep them with anything smaller than 2" just to be on the safe side.
23-01-2008 11:43 by Alan	Incidentally the worst fish I have ever bought is a powder blue surgeon with out fail they always get white spot and cause a reef tank disaster I don't keep any tangs now I can't be bothered with them.
23-01-2008 15:51 by telboy	all synos ive had have started off ok, but end up as bullies!
23-01-2008 16:06 by Alan	They are territorial fish that require careful tank design i.e. plenty of hidey holes I have never had a problem with them and some of my synos are very large. You mustn't underestimate how robust they are when choosing tank mates they are great with big cichlids and other large fish. Put them in a planted tank with neons though and it would be carnage. I keep 8 or so in the same tank and have very few disputes as they all have their own place to hide.

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