Lets Show Off those Polypterus!

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XRAYZ said:
did u get a bulk discount :)
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Well not really bulk discount. I got them for $13 a piece. Only one of them is patternless. The other two have black stripes but not fully develop yet. I hope they become full stripes when older.

And aquanot that's not a polypterus on your videos. It's a violet goby or dragon goby just like xrayz said. They're brackish water fish so it's best that they live in brackish water and not freshwater.
 
is300zx, those are some nice looking little del, still with external gills, very cool! the color contrast/intensity might change with age, but i don't think partial stripes will turn into full strips. nonetheless very cool in their own rights....i want a patternless del too as well as those with thick black stripes.
 
Loubard, the first few pics of your endli look very very nice against the background!! and your lapradei has nice contrast too
 
XRAYZ said:
aquanut- that is not a bichir in your movies...i believe it is called a violet goby.

nice fish but not in the poly family.


is300zx- nice army of patternless delz you got there. did u get a bulk discount :)
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Thanks for setting me straight, XRAYZ!:WHOA:
The kid at WalMart didn't know what it was or what to charge for it!
LOL!
I checked the biggest lfs in the area (300+ tanks) and asked why the albino bichers they had didn't look anything like what they had listed as "common" bicher (identical to what I have) a couple of tanks away ... the guy there didn't have a clue either! :screwy:

Now that I can finally "see" the pics you all have posted, (guess I'm now "officially" a member! Yay!) the difference is more than clear!
Having found you guys, I gotta ask if a *true* bicher (I'm considering the albino) will cohabitate peacefully with this goby? He's such a cool fish (starting to hand feed) I couldn't consider parting with him! BTW, how big *do* these puppies get in a tank?

Hmmmmm now I'm begining to wonder if that African Knife might *really* be an African Fork! :ROFL:


Thanks again,
Dave
 
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aquanut said:
Thanks for setting me straight, XRAYZ!:WHOA:
The kid at WalMart didn't know what it was or what to charge for it!
LOL!
I checked the biggest lfs in the area (300+ tanks) and asked why the albino bichers they had didn't look anything like what they had listed as "common" bicher (identical to what I have) a couple of tanks away ... the guy there didn't have a clue either! :screwy:

Now that I can finally "see" the pics you all have posted, (guess I'm now "officially" a member! Yay!) the difference is more than clear!
Having found you guys, I gotta ask if a *true* bicher (I'm considering the albino) will cohabitate peacefully with this goby? He's such a cool fish (starting to hand feed) I couldn't consider parting with him! BTW, how big *do* these puppies get in a tank?

Hmmmmm now I'm begining to wonder if that African Knife might *really* be an African Fork! :ROFL:


Thanks again,
Dave
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I don't know for myself, but since is300zx menthioned that the goby prefers brackisch waters, it's clear that the combination goby bichir isn't going to work out.
 
aquanut said:
Thanks for setting me straight, XRAYZ!:WHOA:
The kid at WalMart didn't know what it was or what to charge for it!
LOL!
I checked the biggest lfs in the area (300+ tanks) and asked why the albino bichers they had didn't look anything like what they had listed as "common" bicher (identical to what I have) a couple of tanks away ... the guy there didn't have a clue either! :screwy:

Now that I can finally "see" the pics you all have posted, (guess I'm now "officially" a member! Yay!) the difference is more than clear!
Having found you guys, I gotta ask if a *true* bicher (I'm considering the albino) will cohabitate peacefully with this goby? He's such a cool fish (starting to hand feed) I couldn't consider parting with him! BTW, how big *do* these puppies get in a tank?

Hmmmmm now I'm begining to wonder if that African Knife might *really* be an African Fork! :ROFL:


Thanks again,
Dave
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Yup they are brackish fish. Some people try to keep them on freshwater but I haven't read anyone keeping them successfully for long term in freshwater. From what I read they just slowly deteriorate in freshwater. They can reach up to 24" and they seem to be filter feeders. They can only eat very small size foods and they're not predatory fish like bichirs. Bichirs are freshwater by the way and not brackish. So mixing them together is not recommended unless of course you keep your goby in freshwater which is also not recommended.

Here's a link for more info on your goby http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Oddball, Dragon Goby.htm
 
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