Paroons...??? What are these?

[rmkblades]

Not IDs...mouth and belly too big...i think....I was told they were paroons...but not sure? Any thoughts...
[video=youtube;tRRXfdiOhRg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRRXfdiOhRg&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[Chicxulub]

They look for all the world like fat, healthy, happy Pangasianodon hypophthalmus to me.

 

[krichardson]

Belly too big to be ID's lol?....They may not be irridecsents but they are not paroons either.The dorsal and tail pretty much disqualify them as paroons.

 

[I31]

Not paroons, I had iridescent sharks that overstuffed their bellies like these.

 

[krichardson]

That lone fish at the other end of the tank looks like it ate one of the others.

 

[rmkblades]

That lone fish at the other end of the tank looks like it ate one of the others.

Yes, that was one fat little catfish!!!
LOL, ok Krich, that's strike 2 for me...DAMN!!!
I now have 2 ID sharks that I don't want and have to foster, lol. AYYYYYYYYYYY

 

[krichardson]

Ruben if you want some true paroons I can point you in the right direction via pm.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Those are IDS for sure, agreed.

As for paroons, IIRC, they have no stripes ever, at any age.

 

[rmkblades]

I'm having second thoughts. They really don't look like ids in person...especially when they have ids in another tank and they have different eyes and mouth. Maybe Pangasianodon gigas or some hybrid....it's Los Angeles...we get some random fish

 

[Chicxulub]

To me, these look like healthy IDs that haven't been stunted. Most young IDs that we see are already severely stunted and have the big eyes and small mouth. I suspect that these simply haven't been stunted and starved for a year like most we see.

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