possibly an id?

[perfect_prefect]

That looks like a nice tank but in one of the close up shots it appears to be leaking.

hmmm well the "tank" is a hippo tank at a zoo, somewhere in the neighborhood of 20-30k gallons. nice tank is kind of an understatement. and no it wasnt leaking it had been raining the night before. you can see my wife in the reflection of one of the pics with here furry hood up cause it was only about 40 degrees.

 

[chrislxf]

grass carp?

 

[Cichla dude]

I'd say yellow tail chalceus

 

[perfect_prefect]

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Chalceus_macrolepidotus

this says they can have yellow fins and the green on the sides matches, but why would i be seeing anywhere that they only get to 10" when these fish were around 24"

 

[perfect_prefect]

and the scales near the belly arent smaller.

 

[channarox]

im pretty sure theres one species other than macrolepidotus....will have to look it up...

 

[krichardson]

hmmm well the "tank" is a hippo tank at a zoo, somewhere in the neighborhood of 20-30k gallons. nice tank is kind of an understatement. and no it wasnt leaking it had been raining the night before. you can see my wife in the reflection of one of the pics with here furry hood up cause it was only about 40 degrees.

Ten or ten thousand gallons its still a tank,glad it wasnt a leak though.It reminds me of an African display tank at the Adventure Aquarium in New Jersey it has some of the biggest venustus I have ever seen and a few hippos.

 

[indiana.dutton]

Could be a grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) with yellow fins?

 

[Bottomfeeder]

BIG Yellowtail Chalceus
and a LOT of Buttikoferi...

 

[JD7.62]

This is NOT any kind of carp or chalceus. Being that they are with AFRICAN hippos, and AFRICAN buttikoferi, my guess is that it is some sort of AFRICAN characin. What ever it is I am totally digging it! I want to know more!