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Old June 20th 04, 01:16 PM
Liisa Sarakontu
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"McEve" wrote in :

I found a fish in a LFS that I've never seen before, and unfortunately
they didn't have too much information about them,


I hope you didn't buy them yet. When you see nice but totally unknown fish
in a pet shop, the right way is to look at them (and perhaps reserve them),
go home and get all possible info about them. And after that, IF they prove
to be suitable for your home tank, go back and buy them. But never buy
first, ask questions then.

http://public.questus.dyndns.org/newfish.html


Good pics. This is a threadfin (Iriatherina werneri), although the fins
look weird to me. I haven't seen this kind of fins before, they look too
"thready". Normally the fin rays are more connected to each others like
he
http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/iri-wern.htm

Anyway, a small, nice fish even for a community tank. Rather fragile and
doesn't get along with bullying fish, doesn't like wrong kind (very soft or
dirty) of water

Liisa