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tldr what do you think about raising food fish in a tank? not for food, but just because they're so cool looking?

i was cleaning my garage and i found a small fishtank that's about 2ft long. i also have a large one that's about 5ft long. being asian, my sister used it when she was like 12. she's like 25 now and we stopped using these tanks about

whatever fuck the intro

i have a tank and everything needed to support a live fish, except money. but after i get money,

okay nvm

what do you think about raising food fish in a tank? not for food, but just because they're so cool looking?

pic related. it's a porgy scup.
>> Anonymous
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Sounds like a fucking awesome idea. Expensive. But awesome.
That 2ft long one probably wont hold anything like what you have in mind... but that 5ft one will. Might be a good idea to experiement with the smaller tank first and see how you are with fish. But for the 5ft tank, heres some fish you could possibly keep in there.

- Carp : Pretty fish. Messy though, so you'd need a really powerful filter. Shouldn't be terribly hard to find. Lots of different varieties, just make sure you don't find anything too monstrous cause those fuckers can get HUGE. Koi might work, but i'd do some research on their requirements...
- Pacu : Two awesome things about Pacu. One, closely related to the piranha. Two, you can buy them in fish stores. These guys also get huge. I'm talking 30-inches-long huge. They've been known to break tanks.

Also, they arn't exactly "food-fish" but you might want to look into Oscar fish or other big cichlids. Google them. They're big beautiful fish well known for they're developed personalities.

Pic god-damn related PACUMOTHERFUCKER
>> Anonymous
>>268370

i'm glad to see that my idea is a possibility.

you mention a lot of freshwater fish... which i do not have access to. i was thinking along the lines of saltwater fish like porgies, black sea bass, flounder, and maybe striped bass. pretty sure all these fish eat clams.

brb going to get job
>> OP
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It's >268370 again.
Large salt water fish would be more problematic.
For one, the filters and other such systems will cost a lot more. Also, i wouldn't know from experience doing so... but i would assume that fish like that would require MASSIVE tanks for a couple of reasons.

For one, most of those kind of fish are schooling fish, and have to be kept in groups of 3 or more. If they arn't, they wont live very long and will be very sad fishes indeed... But, in order to house that many fish, you'd need one hell of a tank. I'm talking Aquarium status here. Notice how all large saltwater fish are kept in massive tanks in those places? Yeah... could be a problem.

Also, fish like that need a varied diet, and probably a lot of other requirements that would be rather challenging to fulfill... Do some serious research.

I think it'd be a cheaper and equally rewarding idea to keep a marine tank with smaller species...
>> Anonymous
grouper species usually do very well in even shitty aquariums, I've seen a panther grouper grow to 1.5 feet in a 75g tank, living for most of that time on hotdogs, then the owner wanted him to die so he left the tank unattended for several months and the guy was still alive

I'd look into aquaculture/fisheries stuff, but very do-able...We've had many groupers, triggers, tangs, and rabbit fish that we have joked about being too big to pan fry..and I bet they would taste great
>> Anonymous
Don't know how big of a tank you'd need, but if I kept a food/game fish I'd keep a largemouth bass and feed it minnows/mudpuppies from a bait shop. Things are much fun to watch.