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what kind of fish is this? i bought it today as a juvenile and they told me that is grows to like around 2 feet but I forgot the name of it, can anyone help me? :)
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=572/medium/PICT0053.JPG
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=572/medium/PICT0049.JPG
rayman45
07-03-2005, 6:08 PM
that tank looks salt?
that tank looks salt?
nope ifs FW and thats an "rubber eel" wich i have taken out of the aquarium by now :)
hope anyone can help me :)
Oddball
07-03-2005, 6:23 PM
The fish is a dorado (Salminus maxillosus). These guys get huge and don't normally get along with other fish. Mine kills everything put in with it but Triggeraa has been successful with keeping them in a community setup.
rayman45
07-03-2005, 6:29 PM
yup
haha they are cool :D
how big is your guy and hot many Salminus maxillosus have you got and how big is your tank? do you know if my little fishie can live all alone or does he need some friends of his own? :P
//Daniel
The fish is a dorado (Salminus maxillosus). These guys get huge and don't normally get along with other fish. Mine kills everything put in with it but Triggeraa has been successful with keeping them in a community setup.
hey oddball, i always get dorados and bycrons mixed up.. how do you differentiate the 2?
Oddball
07-03-2005, 10:20 PM
They're easy to mix up. Especially as juveniles. But, Xite provided a good shot of the mouth structures. That's the giveaway. Here's a side by side shot of a dorado (left) and a brycon (right).
piranha45
07-03-2005, 10:29 PM
so dorados have more slender bodies, and much larger jaws.
Oddball
07-03-2005, 11:30 PM
That's an optical illusion. My fault. The dorado in the pic is a juvie and the brycon is a full adult. Both fish have fairly heavy bodies as adults. I was trying to emphasize that a juvie dorado's mouth already portrayed it as a predator and an adult brycon's mouth looks like a more tame omnivore.
guppy
07-03-2005, 11:47 PM
That's an optical illusion. My fault. The dorado in the pic is a juvie and the brycon is a full adult. Both fish have fairly heavy bodies as adults. I was trying to emphasize that a juvie dorado's mouth already portrayed it as a predator and an adult brycon's mouth looks like a more tame omnivore.
Like the difference between a rainbow trout and it's cousin the mountain whitefish.