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April 22nd, 2008
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My new fish! + Pleco Id?
Here are my new cichlids.. plus if anyone can Id my new pleco thank you ahead of time... he was a drop of at the fishstore where I shop a lot and I bought him/her for 9.99... they hadn't had time to id it themselves. Hes been eating like a horse the past couple days since I got him! Poor little guy... Im guess whoever had him was someone that he had outgrown the tank, or didn't know how to care for plecos.
Btw, the pink zebra, the gills look really red, but my ammonia/nitrite are -0- and have been for days and nitrates are less than 10.. I don't understand? could that be from its coloration? My mother has an angelfish the same way.
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April 22nd, 2008
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One more pic of the pleco
here it is, I could only load so many at one time
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April 22nd, 2008
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Thanks, he finally got out and about today, he stuck his backfin out and WOW! hes huge w/ it up. His back fin has to be at least 2-3 inches tall. (can you tell Im a pleco lover!) I have to say I nudged him a bit I moved the rock he had been hanging under so I could snap some pics.
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April 22nd, 2008
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Fish Master
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Originally Posted by steveangela1
Thanks, he finally got out and about today, he stuck his backfin out and WOW! hes huge w/ it up. His back fin has to be at least 2-3 inches tall. (can you tell Im a pleco lover!) I have to say I nudged him a bit I moved the rock he had been hanging under so I could snap some pics.
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That looks like a Sailfin pleco. The pink zebra gills are always dark like that. |
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April 22nd, 2008
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Originally Posted by Allie
That looks like a Sailfin pleco. The pink zebra gills are always dark like that.
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Thanks.. I thought it was okay... like my mothers white angelfish its gills are always a pink color (I first jumped her about her water quality thinking she wasn't changing her water, then she said they just did a water change the day before and do one weekly... I said it must be the color of the fish)
I will have to research sailfin plecos now! |
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April 22nd, 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steveangela1
Thanks.. I thought it was okay... like my mothers white angelfish its gills are always a pink color (I first jumped her about her water quality thinking she wasn't changing her water, then she said they just did a water change the day before and do one weekly... I said it must be the color of the fish)
I will have to research sailfin plecos now!
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If it has a big dorsal fin than it's a sail fin if not it's a common pleco |
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April 22nd, 2008
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Its dorsal fin is really big, I will take a pic the next time I catch him out w/ it stretched for a better ID.. I have a common pleco and his dorsal fin is no where near as large as this guys.
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April 22nd, 2008
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Originally Posted by steveangela1
Its dorsal fin is really big, I will take a pic the next time I catch him out w/ it stretched for a better ID.. I have a common pleco and his dorsal fin is no where near as large as this guys.
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Bet he is a sail fin then  |
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April 22nd, 2008
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April 22nd, 2008
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Thanks.. he does look like those guys...
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April 22nd, 2008
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Originally Posted by steveangela1
Thanks.. he does look like those guys...
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 Not a problem. |
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April 22nd, 2008
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I love sailfins but they get soooooo big!
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my mothers white angelfish its gills are always a pink color
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The reason it looks pink/red is because the gill plate cover is translucent in that color angel and you are seeing the bright red oxygenated blood circulating through the gills. This is also true of Sunset blushers, thats why their called blushers.
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April 22nd, 2008
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Originally Posted by Butterfly
I love sailfins but they get soooooo big!
The reason it looks pink/red is because the gill plate cover is translucent in that color angel and you are seeing the bright red oxygenated blood circulating through the gills. This is also true of Sunset blushers, thats why their called blushers.
Carol
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Thanks.. I am one to look from head to toe on my fish everyday for any spots on them.. and those red gills got me.. but it was red from when we bought it.. I figured that it was normal. So that must be where its main arteries are... (now resp therapist is wondering if I can draw a blood gas from the fish there... just a joke... !!! I drew a blood gas from someones foot for the first time yesterday so I feel like superwoman! it was so cool!) |
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April 22nd, 2008
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Originally Posted by steveangela1
So that must be where its main arteries are... (now resp therapist is wondering if I can draw a blood gas from the fish there... just a joke... !!! I drew a blood gas from someones foot for the first time yesterday so I feel like superwoman! it was so cool!)
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Since they are constantly absorbing oxygen from water as it flows past their gills I would assume that to be true 
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April 22nd, 2008
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I get a little geeky w/ the fish.. I get all into the anatomy/phisy part of it... thats thanks to my healthcare work and my husbands degree in wildlife/bio/chem...
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April 22nd, 2008
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Originally Posted by steveangela1
I get a little geeky w/ the fish.. I get all into the anatomy/phisy part of it... thats thanks to my healthcare work and my husbands degree in wildlife/bio/chem...
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I understand I am in the healthcare field also and know just where your coming from
 Have you seen this? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3214/04.html
carol
Last edited by Butterfly; April 22nd, 2008 at 09:55 PM.
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April 22nd, 2008
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It does help out though w/ the health of the fish, and keeping the tanks clean!!
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