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Post by angelfish83 » Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:52 pm

I prefer a method that wouldn't be considered animal cruelty :P :lol:
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Post by Jim Powers » Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:57 pm

Amazing color on those histrionicas!!
I have never seen them that orange. I bet they will still be amazing in adulthood and won't get as silvery as many do.
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Post by angelfish83 » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:15 pm

As with all things TGTBT... I noticed the largest one is completely missing its right gill plate and the gill flesh is completely exposed.... Hooray....

I'll have to return him tommorow. He'll be fun to catch Im sure. :(
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Post by Martin Thoene » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:25 pm

I could see a big red patch. I assumed it was juvenile see-through operculum. That ain't good. I'm sure Harold will switch it.

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Post by Jim Powers » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:26 pm

Bummer :(
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Post by angelfish83 » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:32 pm

Martin Thoene wrote:I could see a big red patch. I assumed it was juvenile see-through operculum. That ain't good. I'm sure Harold will switch it.

Martin.
Of course he will :P I'm more concerned with having to catch one specific loach out of 11 loaches and 8 corys and 2 rams that are totally humanized and swim up to my hand on purpose... without tearing everything apart...

Not a fun time...:(
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Post by mikev » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:27 am

Still, very nice fish. Hope you can replace the poor fellow quickly...
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Post by angelfish83 » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:28 am

mikev wrote:Still, very nice fish. Hope you can replace the poor fellow quickly...
Ill giterdone tommorow one way or another... huge and unecessary PITA which is nonetheless my fault for not having looked at them more closely...
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Post by shari2 » Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:56 am

Shame about that gill plate. I've had a similar experience when I went to buy some especially nice angels. So busy looking at fins, and body shape that I totally missed the shortened gill plate on the 'nicest' looking one. Of course, in my case the lfs did not take back the fish...
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Post by angelfish83 » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:30 pm

GOTCHA!!!

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Post by angelfish83 » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:30 pm

Well the one I got in exchange wasn't very attractive... All the nice ones sold out I ended up with a runt... with TWO gill covers though ;)

They all settled right in... Everyone moves in a big cloud... All 19 of em (excluding the plecos)... its hilarious. Like a motley crue of fish. They're happy together though...
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