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Saw a story on FOX News where a Family in Steventon England were cleaning their aquarium and rubbed a pice of coral to clean it so it released a toxic gas that caused flu like symptoms then they couldn't regulate body temperature or breath normally after the dogs also came down with the same symptoms They knew it wasn't flu and went to the Hospital. It slmost killed them .
I always heard everything that comes from the Ocean can be dangerous .
 
Saw a story on FOX News where a Family in Steventon England were cleaning their aquarium and rubbed a pice of coral to clean it so it released a toxic gas that caused flu like symptoms then they couldn't regulate body temperature or breath normally after the dogs also came down with the same symptoms They knew it wasn't flu and went to the Hospital. It slmost killed them .
I always heard everything that comes from the Ocean can be dangerous .

Marine fish can be fickle to keep and enjoy safely, I'll stick with my Comets, Fantails, Shubunkins and Koi
 
I kept My Daughters salt water aquarium while She was in Iraq . That did Me in on aquariums . I was cleaning it out and picked up a pice of live coral and it had grown spines that would cut You . I am thinking about setting up a terrarium with some kind of critters in it .
 
I kept My Daughters salt water aquarium while She was in Iraq . That did Me in on aquariums . I was cleaning it out and picked up a pice of live coral and it had grown spines that would cut You . I am thinking about setting up a terrarium with some kind of critters in it .

Think laterally mon ami, consider pretty fish species you can also eat.
 
I like lower maintenance. Anyone remember the sealed glass with a snail & some algae? My job was just to put it by a window. Whew... done! Oh, and dust it once in a while. If I want to see some fancy critters, go to the dentist or doc's office!
 
What about that thing on the TV comercial . Chinchilla .
They use to be advertised in comic books . Raise Chinchillas and get rich .
Quaility breeding pairs of chinchillas for raising for fur are very expensive. The problem with those old get rich quick ads in the magazine's is they were selling pet quaility chinchillas, no fur value. The same type that you can find at pet shops like Pet Smart.
 
Eventually we are getting a bearded dragon. I'm going to do up a terrarium to look like Dagobah, from Star Wars.
Bearded dragons are great pets for teenagers or lazy pet owners. They are tough and don’t take much maintenance. We have had several. My son wanted a cheamelion (?) but they are pretty fragile and require a lot of care to keep alive.
Just don’t get a monitor, ever.... I had a tagu that was an evil little buggar. When he killed a mouse it was like he was enjoying ripping it to shreds before eating it. I could tell he would have done the same to my fingers if ever given the chance.
 
up to 40 pounds in weight, or if you live in the south grow Tilapia or Catfish??
I will probably stock my pond 5his year with some catfish and brim. The problem is every once in a while we get a big rain storm and most of my fish become my neighbors down stream.... I guess I need to make some kind of screen
 
Theres a creek on each side of My property. I can catch brim , bluegill , bullhead catfish anytime . Im still going to dig a pond . Iv had this place all My life . Going to build a new house near retirement age . I would like to buy part of the farm next to Me or a little Moutain land near by . Im in a valley between Mountains.
 
for the pond Channel Cats easy keepers ,stalk a shitload of minnows one time and put in a few brush piles for cover,throw in some dog food every so often,,,they will grow like weeds
 
Historically in the UK most villages had village ponds on the green maintained by the peasants to provide water for humans, cattle but also to grow Carp in. Vicarages, Nunneries, Monasteries had interconnected Stew ponds for large scale fish keeping, castle nearly always stocked moats with fish as well, huge numbers of subsistence farmers would also dig ponds at the lowest points of their land to create ponds for cattle to drink at and they inevitably had fish in as well. The Land owners all built huge great lakes inevitably stocked with fish. Some hilly areas saw fast flowing streams to breed Crayfish by the locals.
 
Oh I've seen them they are sold as SEMI Tropical ornate fish for aquariums in the UK along with those stunningly beautiful Shiners you loons sell as bait fish :) I have an aquarium with Rosey and Red shiners one of the most under rated fish, they are stunning pets when cared for properly.
 
whats a " Brim" ?
Actually, it's "bream" derived from the Middle English word "breme." It's used colloquially as a catchall term for a variety of panfish usually in the sunfish family, including bluegill. To be called a "bream" it should be very tasty, deep bodied, and relatively short, in other words shaped and sized just right for pan frying in a typical sized skillet whole. In the U.S. they are often caught on bamboo poles using crickets as bait from the shore.

Various type of bream are all over the world. Below are a "Yellowfin Bream" of Australia, a "Common Bream" of Europe (not in the sunfish family), and a "Bluegill" of the United States.
Yellowfin-bream-Acanthopagrus-australis.jpg

bream_abramis_brama_600.gif

BreamFishingBasics1.jpg
 
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Actually, it's "bream" derived from the Middle English word "breme." It's used colloquially as a catchall term for a variety of panfish usually in the sunfish family, including bluegill. To be called a "bream" it should be very tasty, deep bodied, and relatively short, in other words shaped and sized just right for pan frying in a typical sized skillet whole. In the U.S. they are often caught on bamboo poles using crickets as bait from the shore.

Various type of bream are all over the world. Below are a "Yellowfin Bream" of Australia, a "Common Bream" of Europe (not in the sunfish family), and a "Bluegill" of the United States.
Yellowfin-bream-Acanthopagrus-australis.jpg

bream_abramis_brama_600.gif

BreamFishingBasics1.jpg
Yeah, but Tennesseans call them Brim. Lol
 

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