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any suggestions on what either of these are?
Posted: 22 May 2008, 06:02
by Leone
My friend inherited these fish and doestn know what they are... any suggestions?
sorry about the pics - I need a new camera, quick easy foolproof cameras dont take very good close up photos of little fishes
Re: any suggestions on what either of these are?
Posted: 22 May 2008, 07:29
by Cristoffer Forssander
(Dark one) Ancistrus sp. (3)
The other one is no catfish... I don't remember the english name for that one... probably stonesucker ore something like that!
Both are quite good alge eater.
regards
cristoffer
Re: any suggestions on what either of these are?
Posted: 22 May 2008, 07:51
by Leone
I will try and get a better pic of them - but I dont supose you can tell if it is a boy or a girl?
Re: any suggestions on what either of these are?
Posted: 22 May 2008, 09:07
by Jools
The Ancistrus looks a bit like a female to me. I don't know about the other one.
The other one is the golden form of the Chinese Algae Eater, Gyrinocheilus aymonieri - as had been said, this isn't a catfish.
The Ancistrus is a great community fish, the other is not especially once they mature (you've got a young one).
Jools
Re: any suggestions on what either of these are?
Posted: 22 May 2008, 15:36
by pLaurent1251
The Ancistrus is a great community fish, the other is not especially once they mature (you've got a young one).
Right. It will become aggressive and territorial, and won't eat much algae either.