HI ALL i saw some of these in holly wood the other day they will turn out to be bizzare fish when older just posting this if any body was interested in these

they are quiet cool.LOL :bounce:

they are about 4 cm in length and $14 i mite crab a few my self

lol didnt relise i put (CRAB)

they look cool will drop in this weekend to have a look. thanks

hollywood 3 kings right?

yes thats right and maybe in albany

Duh, I was just going to ask if it was a cichlid till I realized I was in the cichlid forum :-? :-? :-?

It's very pretty. Is the yellow underneath the mouth the actual color or is it a light shining on it???? 8)

Is that its Latin name, does it have a shorter/common name?

does it have a shorter name?

Geophagus balzanii? :lol:

Yes it's latin, common names are over-rated.

there not that nice there quiet skinny but you can all ways bring them back to live i sapose

I had a look at some in our lfs here in Pukekohe. They are very skinny as well. Looks like they had a hard time in quarantine.

I was reading some info on them and it said they require a 3 month month period each year were you need to drop the temp to 20 C .

I can just imagine how many LFSs would tell their customers that :roll:

Yes it's latin, common names are over-rated

Not to me :lol: :lol: :lol: no good at those names :lol: :lol:

You won't get any better by just using common names! It's not actually that hard once you sorta learn the basics of how latin words are pronounced.

Luke I guess the answer to your question is similar to the number of LFS's that sell pacu's, arowanas etc to people who don't have 1000L+ tanks....

amen to that david but i wont get started. if a store stocks pacu it instantly puts me off. ill be walking round thinking 'yeah, neat shop, they seem to know what theyre doing' then BAM baby pacu in a tank and i just think of those poor fishies that are going to grow massive but most likely die/get killed before they even live half their lives

I had a look at some in our lfs here in Pukekohe. They are very skinny as well. Looks like they had a hard time in quarantine.

I was reading some info on them and it said they require a 3 month month period each year were you need to drop the temp to 20 C .

Fresh the ones you were lookingt at were geophagus surinamensis

Have a better look Gannet. They are in the same tank as the geophagus surinamensis.

o ok, i just got back from 5 days in tauranga