Armatus?

[justink]

get a good pic of it's adipose fin. i'm leaning towards armatus though

the what what what??

 

[xander]

the red and black fin just before the big fin. if it has a clear cut from red to black, it's an armatus. if it bleeds from red to black, it's tat.

 

[xander]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100424

here's a great thread we had last year...

 

[justink]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100424

here's a great thread we had last year...

helped.. thanks is clear cut not bleeding :] everything else matches.. thanks

 

[xander]

sorry i think i got it wrong, quoting jd7.62...

The key to IDing an armatus vs tat is the adipose fin. That is it. The adipose of the armatus is orange. A tats adipose fin can also be orange BUT it will MATCH the color the the tats caudal fin. In other words, if the adipose fin contrasts highly with the color of the caudal fin, it is an armatus.

 

[xander]

oh yes the colour of the fins dont really matter either..i remember seeing this a while back and did some digging....

armatus

from this thread...
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=146042&highlight=armatus

 

[Bsixxx]

that is a ARMATUS

check the adinos fin..and the black mark behind the gill plate..

 

[jlnguyen74]

that is a ARMATUS

check the adinos fin..and the black mark behind the gill plate..

Those are not the sure way to ID Armatus

dont they have darker body color and a browish red fin rather then a goldish yellow?

i still dont see any red

Tat (Redtail) from ECZS Bad tail pic, but pic still doesn't lie. Let him settle a couple of days, or maybe a week, then he'll color up

 

[JD7.62]

I need a better pic and I can tell you for sure, but I am 90% certain that it is a tat.

 

[channarox]

I need a better pic and I can tell you for sure, but I am 90% certain that it is a tat.

so am i.