#Ropefish

[picturesoffishandotherthings]

Here! Have 2 minutes of my fish enjoying themselves after a big waterchange.

Ill have to cut more plants next time

#aquablr #planted aquarium #planted tank #fishtank #fish #freshwater aquarium #aquarium #bichir #polypterus delhezi #ropefish #reedfish #My 450l tank

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Daily fish fact #561

Reedfish!

Their larvae have external gills, making them resemble salamander larvae. Due to their elongated bodies, their movements are very snakelike as they swim close to the bottom of their habitat.

#fish #fishfact #fish facts #fishblr #biology #zoology #reedfish #snakefish #ropefish

[aqua-dan]

I miss aquarium keeping as a hobby so bad sometimes 😔 As soon as I have the means/shelf space for fishkeeping again, you better believe I'm going to have the funkiest little guys

#I really want a ropefish #He'll need a specific kind of tank but! I'm gonna make it so cozy for him! #My husband wants tetras and tbh I can't blame him!! #Like hey babe multiple tanks yES plz #Dan Says Shit

[laudofthedeep]

4, 14 and 17! :)

Oh my god, apparently I somehow saved this as a draft instead of posting it? Unintentional, but also this is so long I refuse to proofread it before posting. Sorry to the brave anon who sent this. I saw it, I’m just also an idiot.

4. Oh okay no I see what happened, I forgot what this question was and saved as a draft to go get the actual question but then I got distracted. I think the question was like…bucket list aquariums or something?

The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta! It’s one of the biggest in the world, and one of a small number to keep whale sharks! Also the Aquarium of Western Australia in Perth for reasons I’ll explain while answering 14.

Honorable mentions to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which seems neat and heavily involved in conservation, and the Osaka Aquarium, which is both convenient and another of the few places to keep whale sharks but which I’m more cautious about due to Japan’s…lax perspective on animal ethics.

Incidentally, I’m not a particular fan of whale sharks (at least not any more than any other aquatic animal; they’re still neat) but an aquarium being able to keep them for several years indicates both an understanding of and a budget for keeping other aquatic life well.

14. What was an important, defining moment you’ve had with fish/aquatic animals?

I don’t feel like I had a specific important moment; rather, a lot of specific media gradually built together into an abiding passion for aquatic life.

There was something in the water in the early 2010s. There were four things that really stoked my passion for Fish.

The thing that really catalyzed it was Endless Ocean: Blue World, which is pretty much Fish: The Game. It was gorgeous (for its time) and did a good job introducing me to fish that weren’t typical aquarium fish (too bright, too same) or sharks (cool, I guess, but too sensational). As it turns out, there are all kinds of fish and they do all kinds of things. I particularly liked learning about deep sea stuff and still do because I like The Unknown.

Around the same time, I started watching River Monsters. I caught a bit of it on TV and fell in love. It had fish I recognized from Endless Ocean and it was (mostly) about being informational and scientific while still being narratively entertaining. At that time around me, fish were considered a hobby of rednecks (there was a lot of television about fishing that was very redneck, and I lived in an area that was decidedly Not Redneck) or the rich (who would go out on yachts and fish for billfish; these are who I lived around), and it was nice to see a television show that felt like it was for me and my interests.

Not too long after, Animal Crossing: New Leaf came out. Animal Crossing is many things, but to me it is a collector’s game. In that I use it almost exclusively as a fishing simulator, because that game is charming and it has Cool Fish and you can decorate your house with Cool Fish. This is self-explanatory.

But the most important one. The foundation. The godfather. Zoo Tycoon 2. I was just talking about that game with a friend the other night, and it was truly a boon for animal nerds everywhere. That game had a community that simply couldn’t exist these days. Both online and gaming culture have changed too much. Let me explain. Zoo Tycoon 2 was a pretty good game. Nothing groundbreaking. But. It had a format and source code that made it PRIME for modding. And so mod the world did. There were several forums in its glory days, and mods ranged in ability from “I took the base aardvark and made it red” to “I have lovingly rendered the world’s largest sauropod, adding several unique animations and behaviors and several hundred polygons”. And in these days, the internet would support you either way. Or at least the ZT2 community would. I can’t remember seeing a single disparaging post about something someone had created. There was one creator in particular (well, two, they were a team), Zeta Designs, who consistently made great stuff. Although I can’t find it anymore, they at one point embarked on a 1:1 recreation of the Perth Aquarium, creating new designs as necessary to reconstruct it. This right here is why I started getting interested in aquariums, and that’s what led me into the rest.

17. Do you keep an aquarium or an outside pond? If so, what animals (or lack thereof) do you keep?

I no longer do! I had to leave my aquarium behind when I moved to Japan, and that was very sad. I’d keep an aquarium now but my apartment won’t allow anything over five gallons. With that said, the aquarium I had was a 29 gallon with a pair of pearl gourami, a pair of ropefish, and some oto cats. I’d have wanted some more ropefish (they like friends) but I couldn’t afford a bigger tanks, so that was the best I could do. Actually, one of my proudest moments in fishkeeping was when I went to buy a new ropefish (one of them died during a terrible winter storm where my house lost power for a week, but it actually died in the fish daycare I sent it to because they have a nasty habit of jumping out of tanks and disappearing) and the fish store owner was like “I dunno kid, these guys are real hard to take care of and I’d hate to see see you coming back a week from now looking for another. How can I trust that you’ll be able to keep it alive?” And I was like. Uh. Well. I’ve kept a couple of them for three years now so I hope I’m good enough at keeping them alive. And the guy goes “Damn, three years? Arright buddy you’re golden, you’re better at keeping fish than 90% of my customers.” Dude got MUCH more talkative after that, I’m pretty sure I’d have been there for hours if my dad wasn’t waiting in the car.

#that fish store guy lived like an hour away and that the thickest new jersey accent ive ever heard #i got my oto cats at the same place and he was like ‘ill give you seven for the price of three because #it’s gonna take four before your ropefish realize they don’t like eating em’

[mod2amaryllis]

Do you have any fish that you dream about one day getting? For me it’s ropefish, gimme those lil snakes

ROPEFISH 🥺🥺🥺 MY LOVES...

i would die for a ropefish.... in the same vein the only monster fish that I've ever put in a heart shaped locket is a birchir. they're even among the smaller monster fish so they're not THAT unattainable, i say, foolishly, longingly (and before anyone gets irresponsible ideas when i say "smaller" i mean 1-2 feet minimum lol, still a monster)

then ever since having my kribs and seeing how cool and intelligent they are, the dream cichlid is a blood parrot AND I KNOW, THEY'RE ASSHOLES, but looooook at itttt.......wawer puppy.... I'd want one in its own big tank as a wet pet

but those are the highly unlikely gets, the top of my realistic wishlist is pretty stereotypical: pea puffers 🥹

they're a perfect mix of attainable + new challenge + omg omg omg cuuuute!!!!!!! it's honestly puffers in general that i desperately wanna try, large puffers are equally adorable to me... if I'm at an aquarium they're my number 2 after arapaima, i could watch a big puffer toot around for hours. they're so visibly intelligent it's amazing!

#i had to restrain myself for this cuz truthfully every single fish is on my wishlist lmao #expect platys and mollies maybe ....no ty... #i have 2 good lfs that serve a wide range of purpose; 1 is great for nano fish + plants + verts #the other specializes in rare fish. mostly large fish including monsters but also they've occasionally got in wild type bettas 😍😍 #m2a #fish tag #fishblr #m2answers

[orowyrm]

OH! i forgot to post the new friends i got today from the bone guy at the antiques fair :3

a possum and a mink! they also had a gorgeous python skull but it was 300$ and i simply couldn’t swing that, even though i wanted her so badly… someday. someday.

the mink was little enough that he found some space on my oddities shelf! he’s hanging out on top of the ropefish jar. the possum is a bit bigger, so he’s hanging out on a different shelf for now until i find a proper home for all my bones to be in one place.

and for those who were asking - here’s boris! my gigantic baby boy who i am afraid of. he’s an incomplete boar skull that i got for like 20$ on ebay and degreased and bleached myself <3 he’d already seen better days by the time he got here (you should have SEEN how dirty he was) but i really do love him. even though he’s so heavy that he’s broken several shelves by now.

the other skull up there with him is my coyote skull, in her mouth is a random seabird bone i found on the beach years ago and tried my best to clean up. the yote isn’t my find though, she was a gift - i think she was from skullsunlimited? i forgor tbh. she was my first skull. my baby girl

#i keep thinking about the python skull tbh…. if i had the money she would be mine rn

[floridafishkeeper]

A group of my favorite fish, bucktooth tetra, polleni cichlid, ropefish, delhezi bichir

#aquarium #fish keeping #tropical fish #fish #fish tank

[is-the-fish-tank-big-enough]

I'm thinking of getting myself a 90 gallon tank with two bichirs (delhezi and polli) and two ropefish, would it be enough? (It would be my first big tank, so given that it's quite the investment I prefer to be sure)

Hmm yeah I think you'd be ok with a 90g. Care guides for a single bichir say 90g, but I think they're mostly concerned about footprint of the tank rather than filtration and capacity. I do think I personally like the dimensions of a 125g better as it's not as tall as a 90g.

There's someone on YouTube who's had a 120g set up for 7 years or so with 2 bichir and 5 ropefish and the tank looks phenomenal. She uses a bioflow internal filter and a cannister filter and does 2/3 water change every 2 weeks.

#asks #sort of a rating lol

[crow-with-a-knife]

What’s a crow to do when it can’t fit any more fish tanks in its room? Oh the tragedy. Oh the horror. I weep. I cry. I wail in despair. However might I acquire more ropefish? How will I? Terrible day.

#caws of crow

[deepspacedukat]

Hey friend! 😄💙 How are you doing today?😋 Okay I had to share this so I’m on here for a minute…

So this is Nessie my ropefish and (to be named) my midnight mystery snail. (I’ll be adding more aquarium plants I have just never had live ones so I want to see how these two do)

AZORAAAAA 💖❤️✨ Well, now that you’re here, I’m doing great!!! ILYSM FRENNNN 🥺💚💙 I hope you’re doing well and staying hydrated and rested and all that!

Awww, look at the babies!!!! I love how Nessie’s just peeking out like ‘henlo 😄’! 🥺 What an adorable bb! And look at that cute lil snail! I have no idea why, but that second picture reminds me of the orb meme. 😂 Unnamed Snail Bb is adorable though! I love them both! 💙💙 Ooooh, I’m so intrigued to see how the plants do when you add them!

#deepspacedukat asks #azorastarr #I LOVE YOU FRIEND

[picturesoffishandotherthings]

Ha! Today I managed to take some pics and a video of some of the ropefish.

I just love them.

#Ropefish #aquarium #aquablr #freshwater aquarium #fishtank #fishblr #planted tank #planted aquarium #my 450l tank #reedfish

[lxn-es]

POLYPTERUS BICHIR

Painting I did for an awareness/conservation contest a while back.

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#digitalart #digitalpainting #drawing #illustration #myart #art #painting #sketch #lineart #fish #bichir #portrait #wildlife #conservation #marinelife #marinebiology #ropefish #freshwater #fishblr

[hunnybunnysworld]

Didn't entirely know what he was till I got him home. Now I just need to see if I'm able to keep him. Till then, we can watch the serpent of my tank swim.

#plants #aquarium #fish #fishtank #loaches #planted aquarium #betta fish #planted tank #reedfish #ropefish #snakefish

[fishstims]

🐠 angling_anthony on instagram

#stim #stims #stimming #fishstims #fish #yellow #ropefish #stimmin #stimmy #for anon

[bloorf]

Old ropefish, still wiggling onward with pals

RIP 01.2021 at the ripe age of 17 years. Champion, hero, beloved noodle

#bichir #bichirs #ropefish #fishblr #fish #aquarium #aquarium fish

[orowyrm]

going to an antiques fair today :D i hope the guy who’s always got really cool bones and wet specimens and stuff is there this year. i stop by his tent every time i go and he usually gives me discounts bcs i’m so interested in the weirder specimens he has 😇 couple years ago i got a preserved ropefish and a pinned rhino beetle from him