Our bichirs - pix of all but one

[Keeper of the Ropes]

ansorgii is not brand new and not extinct. just that for a very long time no live specimens have been seen, at least in the hobby and the scientific community (now it's harder to tell whether it's just that no one has tried to export them, even though the locals might have known about and seen them). anyway, a while ago the japaneses made the effort to try to find it and were successful, although the quantity is still very small. i saw the first pic of it about 7 months ago. and a month or two ago toyin was able to bring in one specimen.

regarding izzy, it might be a volta variant, which has faded stripes. Or it could be the black substrate, which tends to darken the base color and lessen the contrast, and sometimes give them a charcoal look lol

You don't have that pic do you??

 

[Infblue]

Picking up Weeksi and Palmas tonight Have no idea what size they got in... but I'm gettin em anyway.

which palmas subspecies? be sure to post pics
i'll post that pic or find the link when i get the chance.

 

[benzjamin13]

Nice Collection

 

[Infblue]

heres a pic of ansorgii from a japanese website.

 

[Keeper of the Ropes]

That's a gorgeous fish! Me want.... Me want a lot.

 

[unknownuza13]

That's a gorgeous fish! Me want.... Me want a lot.

Be prepared to shell out some major dough... You have an awesome collection of bichir by the way

 

[Keeper of the Ropes]

What kinda major dough r u talkin about??

 

[Infblue]

What kinda major dough r u talkin about??

major major

 

[Keeper of the Ropes]

Like quarterly bonus major or lots of quarterly bonuses major lol

 

[Kenta]

Ansorgiis defintely expensive, but there are only a few in the aquarium trade, its the availability thats the problem.

Put it this way, ansorgii is much less than a RTG arowana