Tag: feesh

fishamiright:

I’ve had this fish for like over a month now and this is only the second time he’s been out and about. Meet Steak (we brought him to a steak and shake on the way home from getting him) the newest saltsquad member, he’s a beautiful Court Jester Goby that does a great job keeping the sandbed clean.

Court Jesters are lovely fish! They’re really shy, though. Also, they need a lot of sand to pick through for food, they don’t do well in small tanks despite their small size. Anyone looking to get one should keep that in mind. The Hector’s goby is a similar looking fish with very similar behavior (lots of hovering and picking at things) that can stand having less sand around, and eats hair algae as a bonus, so they’re good for tanks that haven’t been up long enough to have that really active sandbed. The two shouldn’t be kept together as they’ll probably fight. Hector’s gobies need at least a 20 gallon aquarium or a 10g with a refugium, Court Jesters generally need at least a 30g to get enough food.

Congrats on your pointy cutie coming out of hiding! There’s a decent chance he’ll come out more and more as nothing threatens him, though he’s always gonna be shy.

bluecheeseisnotahappycheese:

bettaaddict:

Definitely do not regret buying this silly fish. Previous owner didn’t have room for it and all it did was hide. Its old tank didn’t have any plants in it and I think that may be why it didn’t do anything but hide. It has two caves in this tank that he only uses when I bring out the scary gravel vacuum 😂

WHAT A HANDSOME RIBBON!!!

Black ghost knifefish. Incredibly maneuverable, and they produce tiny pulses of electricity to feel their way around. Awesome fish.

kai-ni:

Things that make me laugh: all orange clownfish

NAKEY

They’re literally called naked clownfish i’m die

Clownfish were one of the first saltwater fish bred in captivity, second only to cardinalfish, so there are a lot of custom varieties that have been selectively bred for. Some of them are nakey.

seatrench:

A Pufferfish inflating itself by rapidly intaking water

(source)

Friendly reminder not to provoke pufferfish into puffing, and NEVER to take one out of the water unless you intend to eat it. If they puff themselves up with air instead of water, they can end up not being able to blow it back out, rendering them helpless. Buckets are your friend with these guys. Really, with all fish, but especially with these guys.

That said, this is both interesting and adorable.

nyquilnap:

kemeeley:

nyquilnap:

my man went for it

hey WHAT THE FUCK ARE THESE THINGS

eels

In response to the comments: 

These aren’t salamanders, they only have two limbs and don’t have fingers on those limbs.

They aren’t sirens because they don’t have external gills.

I don’t think they’re amphiumas because those limbs look like fins, not tiny arms.

Electric eels (not actually eels) are lighter and have pitted skin.

I don’t think they’re lungfish, most lungfish have four limbs and all are solitary. You’d be hard-pressed to find that many lungfish in one section of river. I’m also not sure whether lungfish are quite that vigorous about getting to food.

So, yes, I’d say they’re eels! I’m surprised they didn’t try to eat the duck, freshwater eels can take down impressively large prey.