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new large striata

Post by palaeodave » Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:15 pm

Couldn't resist this when I saw it. 3" SL.

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Complete with squiggly pattern!

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Post by Jim Powers » Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:29 pm

WOW!!! :shock:
What a beauty!!!
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Post by Graeme Robson » Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:31 pm

Nice markings!! 8)
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Post by Emma Turner » Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:41 pm

Really pretty! 8)

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Post by LeStat » Sat Apr 11, 2009 3:54 pm

Nice find!!!

Beautiful markings.
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Post by Bully » Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:06 pm

I wouldn't have been able to resist either! Great looking fish, good find.
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Post by helen nightingale » Sun Apr 12, 2009 8:16 am

lovely fish :D
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Post by mickthefish » Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:01 am

really nice markings, good pick up mate. :wink:

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Post by palaeodave » Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:16 am

It wasn't labelled or priced on the tank it was in so I was hoping to get it for £4.50 like the smaller striata in the next tank over. No such luck. Can't get anything past the boys at Wholesale Tropicals! It was £6.50. Disappeared into the the thicket of plants in my tank and haven't seen it since! I already knew that about adult striata though and it will just be a pleasure to see it once a month!
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Post by mickthefish » Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:52 am

it's still a good buy at that price though mate.
the one's i have at that size and larger come out quite a bit now, especially when food goes i the tank.

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Post by Joe Khul » Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:48 pm

A very handsome specimen. Congrats on the aquisition!
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Post by palaeodave » Sat Apr 18, 2009 2:20 pm

Thanks for the nice comments. Wish I'd grown this beauty up myself but, as it is, the striata I've had for years are all pretty small and probably stunted. :(

Anyway, it actually is out and about quite a lot these days!

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And a comparison to my other ones:

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