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^^ Thats jokes.

Styro Folme wrote:

I was being very serious. Pistol shrimp are very awesome. They come in some pretty fancy colors too.

I don't doubt the seriousness of your post. I actually thought that was very cool. My only question is how would the pistol shrimp fare in a little 20 gallon tank.

octopus or jelly fish

Tank is FAR to small for an octopus... you'd be lucky if it lasted three weeks. (actually... you'd be lucky to get any octopus to last three weeks).

Look into stingrays maybe? I don't know much about them but the pet store here keeps them in relatively small tanks.

Edited by carl_the_sniper - 15 February 2009 at 5:04pm

Tical3.0 wrote:

Styro Folme wrote:

I was being very serious. Pistol shrimp are very awesome. They come in some pretty fancy colors too.

I don't doubt the seriousness of your post. I actually thought that was very cool. My only question is how would the pistol shrimp fare in a little 20 gallon tank.

My question is how they would fare with cocktail sauce.

Pfiesteria.

My shoes of peace have steel toes.

a snake

For fresh water,

vampire plecostomus, or lepard plecostomus, (once you start getting algea buildup)

African ciclids purple, yellow, blue are best. prefer brackish water.

cyprichromis leptosoma kekese are pretty cool too.

Discus are cool too.

But, the major thing you need is good lighting, I'd recommend compact flourescents, with actinic and daylite combined. A good filter is critical too. Wet/Dry sumps are best, but a large canister would work for your size tank.

If it were me, I'd go saltwater. Its way better, although, you need to take your time. A 20 gallon would be fine for saltwater, as long as you had good filtration. And be sure to buy your fish from a reputible source, that uses uv sterilizers on each tank. Many small stores use UV but, on the whole system, and each time they introduce a sick fish, they put the risk of all their fish getting the same disease. I buy all my stuff from drs fosters and smith online, it costs more for shipping, but its worth it.

Great salt water fish include, anything from the red sea, purple tangs are my favorite, but could get a little big in your tank...

Percula clown fish. Flame angel fish (good for small tanks). And a couple of goby's (there are some really cool ones, but keep a lid on the tank as they jump).

I'd do a mini reef tank, get red/gree/blue mushroom corals first, and elephant ear, easy to manage, and reproduce well.

If you want just one fish...

Cool ones include cuddlefish, (super amazing color changing abilities, but VERY hard to keep alive, not a starter fish...

I had a red volitan lionfish, it was fun to watch him eat goldfish... But, they spit, and he almost burned my house down by spitting onto my powerstrip and catching the whole thing on fire...

Light is critical for a reef though. The standard lights won't work.

They tremble at my name...

I trained mine to live with other fish that he would have eaten in the wild... It took some time, but it was worth it.

Here is a pic.

They tremble at my name...