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What do I put into this /an/? It's freshwater.
>> Anonymous
crawfish are cool and if you eventually get bored, make a crawfish boil!!
>> Anonymous
>>289283

I live in Florida and on a state protected cypress dome, so they're not that hard to find. I've actually kept a cray before and I found it hard to care for them. They require foods that can reach the benthos AND they continually shed their exoskeleton thereby requiring the tank to be emptied and cleaned every month or so.
>> Anonymous
turtles!
>> Anonymous
>>289290

I had them too. They're even more of a bitch to care for than the crayfish. As a kid, I had one southern painted turtle, one red eared slider, and one other species. They grow extremely fast and the red eared slider got so large that he took up 5 gallons of that tank. They're great and all as small turtles, but no one without a 1000 gallon tank should ever buy a turtle.
>> Anonymous
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Well, maybe I should have clarified this in the OP.
I'm looking for fish. Easily maintainable fish. Fish that are colorful, and enjoy open water environments. Fish that will not breed excessively in captivity.

I've considered the genetically modified tetras. Pic related.
>> Anonymous
fresh water piranhas, what else is there?
>> Anonymous
>>289311

They're too large. I think I'm sold on the GE fish.
>> Anonymous
get a heater and some sword plants, some neon tetras
>> Anonymous
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Goldfish! They're pretty, come in a variety of colors. They are real easy to take care of, very hardy fish. Only thing you would really need is a good filtration system, and they might devour live aquarium plants.
>> Anonymous
>>289838
only listen to this anon if your tank is bigger than 20 gallons
>> Anonymous
get one of those fish that clean the glass,our a snail our something.
>> AnonymousPrime !/RDa1B/y1o
A Crayfish is perfect for that, and they really aren't hard to care for at all.

I've had them before, the problem is you can't really keep them with other fish. For one, if you keep them with smaller fish, the Crayfish will eventually grab and eat them. If you keep them with anything bigger, or predatory, they'll tear the Crayfish apart if it molts.

Anyway, most Crayfish don't get past 6" at they're very max so a tank like that would be fine for a single Cray, just don't put more than one or they'll fight.
>> Anonymous
>>289850

I second crayfish, you would be surprised how cool a pet crayfish can be.
>> AnonymousPrime !/RDa1B/y1o
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>>289863
Yeah, they can be really fun. This was my old Papav Crayfish.

I used to use a kabob stick to feed him things like silver sides and krill and he'd go nuts for them.
>> Anonymous
>>289276

Sperm whale.
>> Anonymous
>>289863
And when you bore of them, they go wonderful with a spicy butter chaser!
>> Anonymous
Wow I never even thought of keeping a Crayfish. That blue one is pretty cool.
>> Anonymous
When I was like 10 my dad came home from work with a bigass fucking crayfish in a bucket.

It was for real like gigantic. It looked like a fucking lobster.

And get this? He found this motherfucker on the highway.

We named it Krusty and put him in our fish tank and he ate like half of our fish and died like 4 months later.