New ornates!
- Thread starter David R
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It can vary but at least on smaller species 7-9 inches minimum
midsize and larger species usually 10-12 inches minimum
(yours is a very obvious male)
midsize and larger species usually 10-12 inches minimum
(yours is a very obvious male)
I bought a palmas about two years ago, raised it from a similar size to the small ornates to a fat 10", then sold it to make way for the little ornates. I pucked up the big one around 3-4 months ago, he's put on a few inches and got a lot chunkier since then! [don't even ask what he cost!!!]
I'd love more, but only senegal, ornate, palmas, and delhezi are on the 'allowed to be imported' list. With our dollar so strong against the US I really should be looking to import some!!
I'd love more, but only senegal, ornate, palmas, and delhezi are on the 'allowed to be imported' list. With our dollar so strong against the US I really should be looking to import some!!
Very nice! They must have been pricey, although I have no idea on fish pricing in NZ, just that where I am tiny ornates (sometimes still with their little gills, 3-4") retail at least $40US. Yours seem to be good size, nice pickup. Ornates are by far my favorite poly.
With the NZ dollar hitting a record high against the US today, $40US = $49NZ, less than half that those little guys cost me. Bichirs are still pretty uncommon, they have only been readily available in the last few months, and very sporadicly [and sometimes illegally!] imported before then.
