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mike
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:08 am    Post subject: Vampire Tetra. Reply with quote

They’re also called Dracula fish, saber-tooth dogfish, water wolf, tiger characin, and payara. and look pretty harmless when viewed like this.







But when you see their dental work. it's a different story, lol
Anyone ever seen or kept these little barracudas? Smile



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 2:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

'kin 'ell, Shocked thats scarey.

never seen these guys before. how big do they grow and what do they eat?

cant help wondering, do u get Van Helsing tetras too? Laughing

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

These fish get massive in the wild, up to 3' long
but only reach about 15" in the home aquarium,
they feed on live foods,and are apparently very hard
to train to take anything prepared.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

crazy stuff, i imagine they are not too common in LFS's.

i owe u a bit of thanks too, i'm working on a vampire story just now and u gave me a great idea for part of the story that i hadnt thought of already. i'll tell u the details later, but thanks in the meantime. Smile

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100s of baby convicts, 6 harlequins, 6 black neons, 5 zebra danios, 5 kuhli loaches, lots of varying corys, 2 clown loaches, 2 bristlenose plecs, lots of shrimps. 30+ bristlenose babies and lots of baby zebra danios
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks like Bram Stoker is gonna have a bit of competition, Smile
Nice one Nick. Wink
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You take a look at the way the jaw rises way up across the face. It's not unlike some Deep Sea Marine Fish, from way down in the black. You almost expect a little light to be dangling from it's forehead.

And they use the same Dentist!

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