Etroplus Suratensis (Green Chromide)

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I saw one of these at a LFS is a display and instantly fell in love. Obviously can't get any because I don't have a brackish tank, but what information do y'all have on these beauties?
 
Buphy said:
I saw one of these at a LFS is a display and instantly fell in love. Obviously can't get any because I don't have a brackish tank, but what information do y'all have on these beauties?
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they are Asian, eat plants mostly and I have zero clue beyond that lol.
 
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They love to be in groups, they are a delicacy in India. Their closest living relative besdies the orange chromide are the paretroplus in Madagascar.
India and madagascar used to be connected before continental drift gave us the continents we have today, these two groups of fish came from the same ancestors and neither are very closely related to mainland african cichlids.

basically a living breathing proof of evolution for some people who for whatever reason still don't believe in it.

and to top it all off, not very common in the trade... I've never seen one. If I did I would grab it in a heartbeat
 
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Ya, sadly it wasn't for sale =S
 
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They love to be in groups, they are a delicacy in India. Their closest living relative besdies the orange chromide are the paretroplus in Madagascar.
India and madagascar used to be connected before continental drift gave us the continents we have today, these two groups of fish came from the same ancestors and neither are very closely related to mainland african cichlids.

basically a living breathing proof of evolution for some people who for whatever reason still don't believe in it.

and to top it all off, not very common in the trade... I've never seen one. If I did I would grab it in a heartbeat
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Btw, Jeff Rapps has some right now.
 
Buphy said:
Btw, Jeff Rapps has some right now.
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The canadian Dollar right now is at a point where our black friday deals are around the same as what Americans pay full price lol

Thanks for the heads up though. Its nice to know someone has them. especially someone reputable
 
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Does anyone know what salinity these guys do well in? Rapps has some and combined with notho2000 notho2000 's youtube recent videos I might have to get some.
 
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