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I had to reply to this because it actually made my blood boil. I am a part time taxidermist and I have to say, you need to talk to some other guys because apparently they have no clue about fish taxidermy if they "can't keep the color up." ALL fish are repainted after taxidermy work is done on...

Being a taxidermist myself, I am going to be upfront with you. Your idea is not going to work. You can't just embed a dead animal within resin and expect it not to rot. You have two options here: A.) Pickle the fish in a jar of alcohol or formeldahyde. Make sure you use a sharp needle and...

a trick I learned being a taxidermist, is to have tin snips handy whenever you want to do anything that requires the skin removal of a gar. Tough lil buggers!

Hehe, thats from Elmer's aquarium website. That place is located within an hour's drive from me. They never have gator gars there anyway. I have only seen Spotted, FL Spotted, Longnose, and Shortnose. The last time I was there they had a FL and about 20 or so 3-4" Longnose. It is a fairly...

Scotty, the fish is about 2" or so long right now. When I first got him/her its belly was sunken in and it looked pretty bad, but its been eating well and gained a little more color. Can they crossbreed with the other melanochroms like Johanni and Auratus?

Here is the other mystery cichlid I picked up at Petco. I'm guessing its some sort of a peacock? It struck me as being unusual, which is why I bought it. Usually I don't buy fish there. The colors are just amazing! While the photos below don't show it well, he has a beautiful blue...

Thanks for all the responses guys! After doing some research from your thoughts I am also pretty certain this is a male chipokae as well. I just picked up another mystery cichlid at Petco the other day, I will try to get up some pics of it later today and see what you all think.

Here are some more pics, about the best I could muster. They never stop swimming...

Hello all, newbie here, but anyway, I thought I would throw this out there because I picked up this cichlid at the LFS and was wondering what species it is? I believe it to be a male of whatever kind it is...help would be appreciated. The guy at the fish store said it was an auratus but I...