Why do you do aggressive?

[reeferdude]

I was just sitting here thinking about why I have aggressive fish as opposed to a reef or ever a fish only angel tank or something. I do it because I like seeing natures fittest doing what they do best, ripping goldfish apart! Really I just love sharks and this is the closest I could get to one.

 

[grouperhead]

IMO, their personalities are unparalleled with other fishes.
I do it because I like seeing natures fittest doing what they do best, ripping goldfish apart!
Oh jeez, not that again .
I also think aggressives are prettier - compare just about any species of trigger to a non aggressive fish - they just don't compare!
Bo

 

[bdhough]

Yes fish are pets when you spend SEVERAL thousand dollars on them. A good dog or cat costs just as much...
I think some of the larger fish are very cool. A stingray would be nice to have. They look best in that 200 gallon or larger tank.
I personally like the mini fish though since they can swim through the crevices in rocks.

 

[cadbury]

Hey Reeferdude, I use to be in the same boat. But just a bit of advice, I would try to lay off the feeder golfish. They are not good for saltwater fish, I know its cool to watch but goldfish generally carry parasites and deseases in wich can harm your fish in the long run, I found out the hard way. I would try to lean them over to feeding frozen squid!

 

[reeferdude]

Ya I only feed goldfish as a treat and I am trying to "train" my shark to hunt like they would learn to in the wild. Most of the time I feed my shark, triggers and eel frozen squid out of my hand.

 

[eslowfiddy]

I remember the first time I saw a puffer in the LFS. He stared right back at me. His spotted fins fluttered... almost like a butterfly. He followed me around the tank and I was hooked.
I LOVE the personality that most of the puffers have. To me it doesn't matter if they are agressive or not. You have to love a fish with that much personality, that will "beg" for food, and sometimes even to tricks for you!.
-E

 

[splash1914]

For me it has nothing to do with the whole "predator style/aggressive" tank... I love the look of leopard sharks so thats what I got.. its all about personal preference.. not watching fish tear other fish up....

 

[snakes'n'fish]

I like the aggresive tanks. There seem to more activity in my aggressive tank than my passive. I have a 125 with a 6" niger , 4.5" butter hamlet , 6" fuzzy dwarf lion and a 24" snowflake . Peole who see the tank tell me it looks empty , but the trigger is always cruising. He checks the nooks and crannies of the rock and he will even burrow under them some times, till the snowfalke chases him out The hamlet cruises the top and mid section of tank and the lion ... well he is a lionfish, he just likes to lounge around till there is a piece food to chase across the tank that is getting blown by the power head. The snowflake is the baby I feed him hunks of shrimp or clam on a screwer. Though the niger or the hamlet sometimes ends up with it regardless But there always movement ,always fun to sit back and loose myself looking at them swimming around. Though that happens on my passive tank as well. Isn't that why i set them up in the first place ?? heheh