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December 2nd, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| ID me!
This is a community tank at work and everyone in the IT dept picked out a fish or two for the tank. One of my co-workers picked out these two orange fish. They are very peaceful but was curious to know exactly what they are...
Sorry for the bad photo, taken with my iphone. I will try to bring in my camera tomorrow if needed. | 
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December 2nd, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| look like platies to me  | |
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December 2nd, 2008
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| | Moderator
| I kind of agree, but the tail fins on the one on the left don't look like the platy fins I've seen. Platies seem to have rounded tails. That one has a sharp "V"
I don't know a lot about platies, though. I just don't really like them. So I could be completely ignorant of their different tail types. | |
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December 2nd, 2008
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| The shape of the body looks tetra to me. But I have not found any tetras that have that solid coloring. But i have seen plenty of platys that do have that coloring. | |
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December 2nd, 2008
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| Yes, the one fish is a Serpae tetra. | |
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December 2nd, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| I think maybe the easiest way to do this is like this:
Sophism, is this what they look like?   | |
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December 2nd, 2008
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| | Fish Master
|  im sticking to platies...the face shape is so a platy face...maybe the tail is hidden  | |
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December 2nd, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Yes they are platies, I love that puppy face! | |
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December 2nd, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Alessa  Yes they are platies, I love that puppy face! | The tails aren't rounded tho  | |
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December 2nd, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Maybe they were in the process of turning, so their tails are turned away slightly? | |
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December 2nd, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by pinkfloydpuffer Maybe they were in the process of turning, so their tails are turned away slightly? | Maybe....need better pix. | |
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December 2nd, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Allie Maybe....need better pix. |
They are not very photogenic but I snagged a couple shots that might help. Still kind of blurry because its with the phone, but the basic shape is there as well...  
here we go, this one was taken with my digicam a few days ago. Was going for the plants but its slightly better  
Last edited by Sophism; December 2nd, 2008 at 12:52 PM.
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December 2nd, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Hum hum...
So, are their tails pointed, or rounded? | |
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December 2nd, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Definitely serpae tetra...
still not sure on the golds. They have platy/mollie face but barb tails...did you check out the link on the albino tiger barb? Do they look similar?
Last edited by Allie; December 2nd, 2008 at 12:59 PM.
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December 2nd, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| That would be my guess too...  | |
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December 2nd, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/wild/i...tripedbass.jpg
The tail looks like that which is considered pointed?
Yeah looks like it might be the barb, although one of them has this really dark spot in its stomach. But I would wager a guess that they are Tiger barbs based off that picture. | |
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December 2nd, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Sophism http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/wild/i...tripedbass.jpg
The tail looks like that which is considered pointed?
Yeah looks like it might be the barb, although one of them has this really dark spot in its stomach. But I would wager a guess that they are Tiger barbs based off that picture. | They are not mollies or platies then. Must be a fancy type of barb. | |
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December 2nd, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Red Glass Barb | |
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December 2nd, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| Nice  Thanks..
Though I think the co-worker in question preferred Mutant Barb. | |
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December 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Sophism Nice Thanks..
Though I think the co-worker in question preferred Mutant Barb. | | |
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