....Doggone it I just looked over the posts here and noticed where you mentioned that the fish has been dead for some time.
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....Doggone it I just looked over the posts here and noticed where you mentioned that the fish has been dead for some time.
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I always thought "Flash Zebras" were a variant of the B.Juruense; depending on their collection points. I dont think water conditions for e.g. tannic would have contributed to their yellow coloration.
Do note ! Flash Zebras are yellow and Juruense is golden copper.
Here's sharing mine which passed away recently and it has been with me for 1.5yrs
What do u make out of mine ?
Brachyplatystoma cf. flash ?
Looks flashy to me!!
do you know the collection point? I have heard this in the past as well. Do you have pics of it when it was smaller to this size? Do you still have it in a freezer and willing to send it to me for comparitive skeletal preparation?
Hmm, sucks that it didn't make the trip was a real looker. Could have learned more from it that way too. I don't know how I missed that as a night pic. I think my brain told me it was an old faded pic. Oh well.
if it's like most of the rivers down there I am sure it's muddy lol. hmmm I have kept many catfish in covered ponds with no lights for months and they were actually quite dark and had nice coloration.
Looks flashy to me!!
Flash zebra usually refers to Brachyplatystoma cf juruense from the Rio Nanay. This was pulled from another thread.
I offered a vague recollection. We need to ask George really to have any confidence.
hmmm I have kept many catfish in covered ponds with no lights for months and they were actually quite dark and had nice coloration.
We may be on different pages here. I stress complete and utter night darkness, not "no lights". And I can only judge by the first moments when I flip the room light on - they look quite pale. Their tank has never had any lights either.
As long as there is even a little bit of light in the room, they do not look pale.
Well it will be permanently out of the water now coz it passed on already
Looks flashy to me!!
Yeah that was what i thought also but looking at the head structure (looks less bulky and stout compared to that of a real Flash) therefore i concluded myself that i have a Juruense but perhaps an sp. with that of a flash zebra. I do not know where this piece was collected from.
Here are a few pics of it being smaller:
In my Fibreglass tank when it was like 8"
In my fren's tank
In a white tank
Wow that fish is gorgeous. I see what people talk about when they say this variety is more stocky than reg jur. If that is an 8" fish it is very thick.
