Oddest fish you've ever owned

Hey Guys and Girls

so i was looking at my Bango Catfish today and wanted to know if you guys had something or had something as odd in your tanks?

 

Funny enough I was also going to say my Black Ghost Knife I used to have. But after further thought it has to be my Rope Fish, an escape artist of note, when it first climbed out the tank I was horrified, I put it back (didn't know it could do that, the LFS didn't warn me). The second time I found it on the floor I managed to rescue it before the cat saw it. I hurriedly took it back to the LFS the next day. I must admit I was a bit nervous to put my hand in the tank with it there, it just looked snake like, with a devil's tail..... Now I wouldn't think twice to put my hand in the tank with a rope fish, amazing what you can get used to.

 

The oddest fish that I own is a Wrestling Half Beak as well as 2 x Hara-Hara Catfish.

My BGK I think is the most stunning fish in my tank, with his little white stripe and little puppy-dog eyes, I love him.

 

Gotta Agree with BGK
+1

 

Stonefish and fresh water sole which I once had

 

Yeah rope fish have lungs capable to breathe above water, also called the Houdini fish for its escape capabilities

 

One of the coolest livebearers, have you had the luck of breeding them yet?

 

i love half beaks but with my open top tanks i think they are a no go

 

My oddest fish is also my Black ghost knife,this is my favorite fish i've ever had.

This pic was taken after I had to tear down the tank and I moved him/her to my silver dollar tank.

 

unfortunately mine has to be 2 upside down catfish I had way back when I started in the hobby,not as exotic as the rest of you but very odd indeed.They made a sound like a baby crying when they were netted for tank teardowns or when moving to bigger tanks.

 

Probably my saddle bichir

 

I had a pair of mudskippers a while ago. They burrowed into the gravel and under rocks and all you could see above the water was their eyes. Funny things mudskippers.

 

@Good_Times, You can't really keep more than one in a smallish tank otherwise they terrorize each other and battles start to break out. So alas I only have the one left, but if I can find more in the future I will rather put them into my 3ft and hopefully they will breed for me.

@nicolaas, your BGK is so beautiful, how big is it now? How long have you had it?

My sister actually reminded me of another very strange fish that I've also had the pleasure of keeping, African Butterfly Fish. They are just so amazing to keep and to watch as well. Would definitely get more though.

 

Thanks Skye01 he is about 25cm at the moment, I got him in Kimberly about a 1000k from Tzaneen on november 2011.
He grew very fast up till 15cm and then he started to grow much slower.

 

@nicolaas, I hope you have him in a fairly large tank, as mine is probably about 40cm already and they still grow to 50cm odd, so both of ours still have a little way to go still. I remember when I bought them they were these tiny little things of probably 10cm at a push, now I look at him and marvel at how big, beautiful and tame he is.

 

Ja they get big he is in a 160liter at the time but his real tank is the 250liter that had a big worm out break in my angels. The 160 is also being treated with anti worm for safet.
The 160L is 80cm long,50 cmwide and 40cmhigh. The 250L is 120cm long, 47cmhigh and 45 cm wide.

Does yours also eat out of your hands Skye01?

 

I've had a number of wierd fish. MOst of them have been listed here already. Current wierdness winners are my mudskippers, followed by my whiptail cats and spotted climbing perch. The whiptails just look cool but the perch is always watching me and is forever missioning around the tank looking for little things to eat.
The skippers have started coming to my hands to eat. Gonna have to get some tongs soon though; they have a decent set of teeth.

Oh, and another oddball I had years ago was an African Butterfly. Was a stunning fish; just didn't do much.