Club 30's "Kill the Boredom Demon" Jive Pad 146th Edition
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Here's the new pad.
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Hahah was starting when I saw this post
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*cocks leg .....
*squirts ...
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Nope. Expert just confirmed my suspicions that it’s a hybrid.
Apparently there are 2 others who have something similar to it
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if someone catches this critter in one of the reserviors here, he'll toss it back ....
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Originally posted by elindra:
Nope. Expert just confirmed my suspicions that it’s a hybrid.
Apparently there are 2 others who have something similar to it
It looks rather big, so how did you end up with it?
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Ok according to the resident expert, the fugly pike I have:
“They are exported out of Peru under the name manchada pike. A rough translation of manchada is stained or speckled
As far as I know, the only place they have been collected is Peru and curiously I have seen manchada pikes that appear to be johanna type and a saxatalis type (possibly lucius). The source of that unique color pattern is somewhat controversial - many think that it is a parasitic organism that infects the fish slowly over time and will eventually kill it. Because they are rarely collected in the wild, no one has had enough specimens to study and to the best of my knowledge there are no scientific papers on them. But I am sure that there is a facinating story involved and that it will be revealed by someone much smarter than me.
My personal experience with them-
I bought a manchada (johanna type) from Jeff Rapps and had it for almost a year. It was large (about 10") and had a pinkish belly (probably a female) and patches of metallic green. It also looked like someone poured black rubber on parts of it - very cool looking IMHO. I am pretty sure that it's coloration was caused by another organism (virus, parasite?), but I can't be sure. I believe my specimen could have been a female to R1's apparent male. It is known as an "Army Pike" in Japan and Europe. Probably because of the camouflage pattern.” -
Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
It looks rather big, so how did you end up with it?
MPB bought it from the fish shop at Yishun. He sent me a blurry pic and I thought it was a stressed up version of a rare black pike, so I told him to tabao it home to find that it’s very different from what I thought -
when I think of pike I'd always imagine the toothy critters I caught in pluto ....
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some stupid bird woke me up... it just keeps making a lot of noise with its call
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Originally posted by Fatum:
when I think of pike I'd always imagine the toothy critters I caught in pluto ....
Well technically it's not a true pike.
They belong to cichlid family of Crenicichla aka Pike CichlidsI guess they are called that due to their body shape
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another new addition to the tank of horror?
Ok....so what does this one do? -
*yawns*
Still trying to catch up on work....
I'm really quite far behind..... what with 2 1/2 weeks of reservist, followed by the wedding....
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=> Fitness Guru Jack LaLanne passes on
the man was advocating fitness and health way before it was fashionable...
and i'm one of those who are old enough to remember his daily exercise shows
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Reading more about them
Apparently the ugly pike I have has been observed in the wild and in some other aquariums to feign death to hunt
As in clamping up of the fins, lying on their side and floating up to the top where the small fishes are to pounce on them
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Originally posted by SevenEleven:
another new addition to the tank of horror?
Ok....so what does this one do? Nay this addition hv been in my tank for about a month already. So far, it’s just being bullied by the other pikes (maybe because it’s ugly :P)
The latest additional are 2 free Synodontis Ornatipinnis (just got last night)
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back from lunch...
we have carrots cakes for tea time later...
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
back from lunch...
we have carrots cakes for tea time later...
awwww... so nice of your boss to buy carrot cake for the both of you
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Originally posted by the Bear:
awwww... so nice of your boss to buy carrot cake for the both of you
haiii?they are left overs from the morning meeting >___>
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The perfect wallpaper for postgrads....
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Originally posted by fudgester:
The perfect wallpaper for postgrads....
dang, it looks like my desktop... messy it may seems but it's actually in a very systematic order... -
Seriously Acid, she is way too nice to you. Is she as nice to the others in your office?
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Originally posted by elindra:
Reading more about them
Apparently the ugly pike I have has been observed in the wild and in some other aquariums to feign death to hunt
As in clamping up of the fins, lying on their side and floating up to the top where the small fishes are to pounce on them
That's very, very cool.
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Originally posted by elindra:
Seriously Acid, she is way too nice to you. Is she as nice to the others in your office?
Well, she's also close with a few others as well ah...Maybe becoz we're of the same age group... We already click very well since the first day we met...