Re: Identify My Fish! :-)

[Graham Ramsay]

"Ben" wrote
> I know lots of these identify question but I'd appreciate if you'd all
> help me. I went to Petco on Thursday (apparently they get their new
> shipments on Wed). I bought these fish as they only had 4 of them and
> they were extremely pretty.

Looks a bit like Celebes Rainbowfish.
Maybe a close relative.

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[kclmymy]

Hi Ben,

Those are Celebese Rainbow - Telmatherina ladigesi, very nice fish. I have
3M & 5F for a year now, and 2M still in Q-tank, waiting to go to main tank.

Good luck.

kclmymy
Ben > wrote in message
.. .
> I know lots of these identify question but I'd appreciate if you'd all
> help me. I went to Petco on Thursday (apparently they get their new
> shipments on Wed). I bought these fish as they only had 4 of them and
> they were extremely pretty.
>
> http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dragonaqua/lst?.dir=/My+Photos/Fish
>
> (They also had things I'd never seen there before, rope fish, panda
> corries, etc).
>
> I appreciate the identification.
>
> TIA,
> Ben
>

[kclmymy]

BTW, if you like the Celebese than you would kill for Pseudomugil furcatus,
similar size but much more prettier (also cost 3.5x more). I have 9 in
Q-tank, hehe :-)

http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/Contents.htm
http://www.rainbowfishes.org/

kclmmy

kclmymy > wrote in message
...
> Hi Ben,
>
> Those are Celebese Rainbow - Telmatherina ladigesi, very nice fish. I have
> 3M & 5F for a year now, and 2M still in Q-tank, waiting to go to main
tank.
>
> Good luck.
>
> kclmymy

[Eric Schreiber]

"kclmymy" > wrote:

>http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/Contents.htm

Oh, great. I had just about gotten over wanting any new fish, and then
I made the mistake of looking at this site. Now once again visions of
a tank room are running wildly through my head, this time chock full
of rainbows.

Sigh.


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[Cam]

Hello there

I could be mistaken but it looks like a rainbow. Possibly a Pacific Blue
Eye. Chuck Gadd over in the plants group would be able to tell you.

HTH

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"Ben" > wrote in message
.. .
> I know lots of these identify question but I'd appreciate if you'd all
> help me. I went to Petco on Thursday (apparently they get their new
> shipments on Wed). I bought these fish as they only had 4 of them and
> they were extremely pretty.
>
> http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dragonaqua/lst?.dir=/My+Photos/Fish
>
> (They also had things I'd never seen there before, rope fish, panda
> corries, etc).
>
> I appreciate the identification.
>
> TIA,
> Ben
>

[Ben]

kclmymy wrote:
> Those are Celebese Rainbow - Telmatherina ladigesi, very nice fish. I have
> 3M & 5F for a year now, and 2M still in Q-tank, waiting to go to main tank.

Thanks, that's exactly what it is. If the online prices are right, I
got a great deal. Since they didn't know what it was at petco, they
charged me 1.69 for it. (The price of Black Neon tetras). When it was
rung up, apparently black neons were on sale so I saved an additional
2.69 on them making them about $1.00 each.

So far they are doing very well in the tank and seem happy. I wish
there were more for me to buy.

Thanks again everyone!

[Flash Wilson]

On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 22:11:45 -0400, Ben > wrote:
>I know lots of these identify question but I'd appreciate if you'd all
>help me. I went to Petco on Thursday (apparently they get their new
>shipments on Wed). I bought these fish as they only had 4 of them and
>they were extremely pretty.

One thing - if they get their shipment on Wednesday they are putting
the fish out on sale pretty much as soon as they get them. I prefer
to buy from a place that quarantines; when I bought fish from another
store that doesn't I have *always* had problems - usually one fish
that is sick the next day, just in time to contaminate the tank before
dropping dead.

Just a thought for you, if you have an alternative to this shop.


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I've been able to understand Rab C Nesbitt" - A Network Admin

[kclmymy]

I shared the same feeling.

I once walked into a Koi / pond LFS office and can't help myself but just
staring at the 6ft planted tank with a school of 10 - 12 fully growth
Boesebani rainbows, and my jaw gone stiffed for prolong ...... LOL

Let go change some water to kill off the image.....

kclmymy

Eric Schreiber > wrote in message
...
> "kclmymy" > wrote:
>
> >http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/Contents.htm
>
> Oh, great. I had just about gotten over wanting any new fish, and then
> I made the mistake of looking at this site. Now once again visions of
> a tank room are running wildly through my head, this time chock full
> of rainbows.
>
> Sigh.
>
>
> --
> www.ericschreiber.com

[mindmeld]

i want a digital camera... but i keep buying plants, fish, fish food,...
and i don't even have that big of a set-up :)

i obviously need to be independently wealthy before i get the 55G tank =]

AcH

Eric Schreiber wrote:

> "kclmymy" > wrote:
>
> >http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/Contents.htm
>
> Oh, great. I had just about gotten over wanting any new fish, and then
> I made the mistake of looking at this site. Now once again visions of
> a tank room are running wildly through my head, this time chock full
> of rainbows.
>
> Sigh.
>
> --
> www.ericschreiber.com

[Eric Schreiber]

mindmeld > wrote:

>i obviously need to be independently wealthy before i get the 55G tank =]

In my crazed fish-room dreams, I go one of two ways... either a bunch
of smaller tanks so that I can keep all the species that interest me,
or one big honking tanks around 150 gallons, with colorful cichlids.

Fortunately, I can't afford either approach.

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[TYNK 7]

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>Subject: Re: Identify My Fish! :-)
>From: mindmeld
>Date: 8/18/2003 10:46 AM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: >
>
>i want a digital camera... but i keep buying plants, fish, fish food,...

LOL...That's why you ask Santa!

[mindmeld]

I'll have to go the many-smaller-tanks route... i'm pretty sure one of the
newts ate one of my dwarf puffer fish... can we say 'NOT impressed!' geesh...
and i was worried about the newts being harassed.... and don't even get me
started on how the minnows, newts, and loaches reacted to the brine shrimp!!
crickey... i had to put the remaining puffer back in isolation to feed it and
for its own safety :)

AcH

Eric Schreiber wrote:

> mindmeld > wrote:
>
> >i obviously need to be independently wealthy before i get the 55G tank =]
>
> In my crazed fish-room dreams, I go one of two ways... either a bunch
> of smaller tanks so that I can keep all the species that interest me,
> or one big honking tanks around 150 gallons, with colorful cichlids.
>
> Fortunately, I can't afford either approach.
>
> --
> www.ericschreiber.com