Rare fish theory

[fugupuff]

On the topic of rare fish,Wes why do you think the African Scat is so hard to come by?

If I told you then I'd have to kill you, do you still want to know? The area where they come from, there are no ornamental tropical fish exporters...and there are 2 populations, brackish ones, and also landlocked ones! If you get the brackish ones, which I have in the past, they live for a year or so and will sometimes die mysteriously. The true landlocked ones stay well in pure fresh.

And back to people who talk all the mess of salt can't be in fresh etc., etc., some of the landlocked fish did not go through millions of years or evolution, but a mere rainstorm and trapped them into freshwater lakes and the population becomes landlocked. Nature's mysterious way is beyond man's mean understanding at times.

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

and you never mentioned in the previous reply to what you would consider as a rare salt water fish, I posted what I thought was were

Not sure what is rare to be honest. I was thinking about going back into salt, its been over 18 years since I had salt.

 

[X-Tank]

And back to people who talk all the mess of salt can't be in fresh etc., etc., some of the landlocked fish did not go through millions of years or evolution, but a mere rainstorm and trapped them into freshwater lakes and the population becomes landlocked. Nature's mysterious way is beyond man's mean understanding at times.

will this help?

Stenohaline vs. Euryhaline species
http://www.ca.uky.edu/wkrec/vertebratefishevolution.pdf

If fish in discussion belongs to euryhaline species, regardless their "natural environment", they are capable to live and adapt in different environment, right?
People in general, always want to categorize things, yes or no, right or left but in real world nothing is absolute.
Read the last paragraph of that article, fish adapted, but not defined by environment.

 

[jlnguyen74]

will this help?

Stenohaline vs. Euryhaline species
http://www.ca.uky.edu/wkrec/vertebratefishevolution.pdf

If fish in discussion belongs to euryhaline species, regardless their "natural environment", they are capable to live and adapt in different environment, right?
People in general, always want to categorize things, yes or no, right or left but in real world nothing is absolute.
Read the last paragraph of that article, fish adapted, but not defined by environment.

Very good information, James!

 

[All-Happy]

I always like collecting things of the same genus or family and getting as many different kinds that I can get my hands on.

Since you like the perches, I'll have something real special coming up soon!

anxiously awaiting your next stock...ticktock ticktock

 

[All-Happy]

maybe a new species of datnoides purches

 

[softturtle]

Siniperca scherzeri <---there are about 10 different species of these fish, and all different in color, shape and size. These are not the more common chinese siniperca chuatsi. Their max size range from 3" to 24" , personality, behavior like a datnoid.

I would just about pay scherzeri money for some chuatsi. I just like the shape more, seems like a more robust fish.

Do these S. scherzeri ever thincken out, or do they stay on the lean/cylindrical side?

 

[fugupuff]

they stay on the slender side, like a stretched out datnoid

 

[krichardson]

Wes do you have any Bambusa left?

 

[Rukusbelow]

Wes do you have any Bambusa left?

Woodysun from Aquamonsters has some, wholesale quantity but i think you can convince him to sell you in smaller numbers.