American Flag Fish

I got a pair of these a couple of says ago. They seem to be surface fish
that lazy around all day and all night. For a fish that is supposed to rival
the SAE, I have not seen them touch any algae yet. The male is a little
short with the female. They change colour tike a chameleon! But otherwise,
not very interesting.

Could be my temp at 79-80 oF. They like cooler temperatures.

"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message
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I thought that it was the Florida Flag Fish, thus FFF.... if you got AFF,
you got the wrong fish my friend....

http://www.floridadriftwood.com/subc...1=230&2=-1&6=1

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They are the same species, check out
http://www.fishprofiles.com/profiles...nella+floridae .

Harry




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I thought that it was the Florida Flag Fish, thus FFF.... if you got AFF,
you got the wrong fish my friend....

http://www.floridadriftwood.com/subc...1=230&2=-1&6=1

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"Nemo" wrote in message
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I got a pair of these a couple of says ago. They seem to be surface fish
that lazy around all day and all night. For a fish that is supposed to
rival
the SAE, I have not seen them touch any algae yet. The male is a little
short with the female. They change colour tike a chameleon! But otherwise,
not very interesting.

Could be my temp at 79-80 oF. They like cooler temperatures.

"Harry Muscle" wrote in message
"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message
I thought that it was the Florida Flag Fish, thus FFF.... if you got
AFF,
you got the wrong fish my friend....

http://www.floridadriftwood.com/subc...1=230&2=-1&6=1

--
RedForeman ©® future fabricator and creator of a ratbike
streetfighter!!!

They are the same species, check out
http://www.fishprofiles.com/profiles...nella+floridae
..

Harry


This I did not know... that's good to know harry... Thanks. I stand duly
corrected...

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"Harry Muscle" wrote in message
"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message
I thought that it was the Florida Flag Fish, thus FFF.... if you got
AFF,
you got the wrong fish my friend....

http://www.floridadriftwood.com/subc...1=230&2=-1&6=1

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streetfighter!!!

They are the same species, check out

http://www.fishprofiles.com/profiles...nella+floridae
.

Harry


This I did not know... that's good to know harry... Thanks. I stand duly
corrected...

Apparently, it is a common mistake. The name of the fish is after its
colouration. The male has the American Flag stripes / colours on the body
and the fins - hince the name. The fish does not look like the Florida Flag
. albeit being native to the everglades.

Cheers

"Nemo" wrote in message
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I got a pair of these a couple of says ago. They seem to be surface
fish
that lazy around all day and all night. For a fish that is supposed to
rival
the SAE, I have not seen them touch any algae yet. The male is a little
short with the female. They change colour tike a chameleon! But
otherwise,
not very interesting.

Could be my temp at 79-80 oF. They like cooler temperatures.

Mine hang around the underbrush like Kribs. I haven't made up my mind on
how effective they are as algae eaters yet. They are hard to buy around
here, and I have a short but loyal waiting list of buyers for them.

The best algae control is in a large tank with a diversity of algae
eaters (SAE, FFF, Otos, plecs, Ramshorns, Mollies, Apples, shrimps etc).
I thought of doing that in a planted 135g, but so far, the algae is
minimal, so I'll hold off. I know as soon as I release something in
there, I'll need to dredge the tank to remove them ;~). Right now, in
there I have a pair of Angelfish corralling about 80 fry between them.
Even algae crews can interfere with newborns, so it's nice to give the
parents some tranquility.

NetMax

I had a pair some time ago that didn't do well in my community tank.
They never ate much algae, the male harrassed the female to death then
died himself. I think the temp was too high for them at 77-80 in the
summer. They are a killifish which will languish at those temps.
It's very important that they have vegetables in their diet. They
don't eat just any algae, it has to be nice green hairy algae.

Cris

On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:26:14 -0500, "Nemo" wrote:

I got a pair of these a couple of says ago. They seem to be surface fish
that lazy around all day and all night. For a fish that is supposed to rival
the SAE, I have not seen them touch any algae yet. The male is a little
short with the female. They change colour tike a chameleon! But otherwise,
not very interesting.

Could be my temp at 79-80 oF. They like cooler temperatures.

"NetMax" wrote in message
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Mine hang around the underbrush like Kribs. I haven't made up my mind on
how effective they are as algae eaters yet. They are hard to buy around
here, and I have a short but loyal waiting list of buyers for them.

They don't move much, do they?! Something tells me they're not happy with
me.
I got mine at Big Al in Kanata centrum .

Cheers

"Nemo" wrote in message
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"NetMax" wrote in message
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Mine hang around the underbrush like Kribs. I haven't made up my
mind on
how effective they are as algae eaters yet. They are hard to buy
around
here, and I have a short but loyal waiting list of buyers for them.

They don't move much, do they?! Something tells me they're not happy
with
me.
I got mine at Big Al in Kanata centrum .

Yes, I know the chap who manages that outlet (very nice fellow). Big
Al's is my competitor now, so when we meet, we still talk fish, but
sharing names of suppliers is off the table ;~)

NetMax

Cheers

NetMax wrote:

Yes, I know the chap who manages that outlet (very nice fellow). Big
Al's is my competitor now, so when we meet, we still talk fish, but
sharing names of suppliers is off the table ;~)

What about people like me, who is in a position to see who EVERYONE gets
their fish, live rock, etc. from?