I think when people start this hobby they go for those larger, more colorful fish as I also did. I kept French Angels, Lionfish, Moray eels etc.
Through attrition, as things died, I went for smaller, rarer, more interesting fish.
I think SCUBA diving which I also started in the 70s turned my attention to those fish.
Diving you see mostly larger fish like tangs, angels, lionfish and the most common, moray eels but you hardly ever see Perchlets, clingfish, pipefish, anthius etc.
I also feel those more interesting fish are more of a challenge to keep. I know most people will disagree with me but I think tangs and angelfish are very easy to care for and they live forever.
It's mostly parasites that kill those fish in home tanks but we don't have that problem so those fish are no problem. They are just there and except for Hippo tangs, I just find them boring and common.
It's just taste and I don't mean stuffed flounder.
When I see a fish that I never see, I have to get it. A tank full of common fish just doesn't impress me.
I don't have the most expensive fish but I don't buy fish because they are expensive. I can buy a $400.00 Achilles tang but they get to big and I just don't want one.
I may think differently if I had a 1,000 gallon tank and I wanted a school of something for movement because my fish would never be seen in a very large tank.
But in my 125 gallon tank even though I rarely see most of my fish, I know they are there.
How many of these have you seen diving?
}I never saw this one diving. ;Wideyed
Through attrition, as things died, I went for smaller, rarer, more interesting fish.
I think SCUBA diving which I also started in the 70s turned my attention to those fish.
Diving you see mostly larger fish like tangs, angels, lionfish and the most common, moray eels but you hardly ever see Perchlets, clingfish, pipefish, anthius etc.
I also feel those more interesting fish are more of a challenge to keep. I know most people will disagree with me but I think tangs and angelfish are very easy to care for and they live forever.
It's mostly parasites that kill those fish in home tanks but we don't have that problem so those fish are no problem. They are just there and except for Hippo tangs, I just find them boring and common.
It's just taste and I don't mean stuffed flounder.
When I see a fish that I never see, I have to get it. A tank full of common fish just doesn't impress me.
I don't have the most expensive fish but I don't buy fish because they are expensive. I can buy a $400.00 Achilles tang but they get to big and I just don't want one.
I may think differently if I had a 1,000 gallon tank and I wanted a school of something for movement because my fish would never be seen in a very large tank.
But in my 125 gallon tank even though I rarely see most of my fish, I know they are there.
How many of these have you seen diving?
}I never saw this one diving. ;Wideyed