Flounder

[Muuurgh]

I had to pick up a couple flounder at my local oddball fishstore, I love em.
The guy told me that he had no idea what species they were because there are
soo many species. He also had no idea of how large they'd grow, though he
said that he never saw one any bigger than 5".

So, how do I identify these suckers (pun intended)? Or, where is there a
good website where I might read up on these boogers?

-Muuurgh

[Richard Sexton]

In article ws.net>,
Muuurgh > wrote:
>I had to pick up a couple flounder at my local oddball fishstore, I love em.
>The guy told me that he had no idea what species they were because there are
>soo many species. He also had no idea of how large they'd grow, though he
>said that he never saw one any bigger than 5".
>
>So, how do I identify these suckers (pun intended)? Or, where is there a
>good website where I might read up on these boogers?

They're on some old fish books I have. They're nippy and only eat live
foods apparantly. I doubt either are actually true as nearly all the fish
these books say only eat live food will do just fine on say, TetraMin.

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[Mean_Chlorine]

Thusly "Muuurgh" > Spake Unto All:

>I had to pick up a couple flounder at my local oddball fishstore, I love em.
>The guy told me that he had no idea what species they were because there are
>soo many species. He also had no idea of how large they'd grow, though he
>said that he never saw one any bigger than 5".
>
>So, how do I identify these suckers (pun intended)? Or, where is there a
>good website where I might read up on these boogers?

I definitely wont presume to know how to identify them, but you might
find this interesting:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/FWSubWebIndex/fwflattiefaqs.htm

[NetMax]

"Richard Sexton" > wrote in message
...
> In article ws.net>,
> Muuurgh > wrote:
>>I had to pick up a couple flounder at my local oddball fishstore, I
>>love em.
>>The guy told me that he had no idea what species they were because
>>there are
>>soo many species. He also had no idea of how large they'd grow, though
>>he
>>said that he never saw one any bigger than 5".
>>
>>So, how do I identify these suckers (pun intended)? Or, where is there
>>a
>>good website where I might read up on these boogers?
>
> They're on some old fish books I have. They're nippy and only eat live
> foods apparantly. I doubt either are actually true as nearly all the
> fish
> these books say only eat live food will do just fine on say, TetraMin.
>
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> Need Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org
> Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org


I would treat them similarly to stingrays. Fine sand substrate, feed
bloodworms, brine shrimp, small crickets, bottom feeder pellets etc.
Experiment a little. They sound relatively docile, so I would be careful
about the company you give them.

There are freshwater and brackish flounders (sole, flatfish etc). I've
read that the brackish fish have some adaptability to freshwater, but I'm
sure this varies by their age and the species. You might start with
googling images to see if you can determine the species, ie: if North
American:
http://species.fishindex.com/species_3315achirus_lineatus_freshwater_flounder.h tml
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=4256&genusname=Achirus&speciesname=lineatus

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