Need an ID pretty quick to get it into a proper tank ASAP
Thanks,
SA
Please help with ID
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SalmonAfrica
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Please help with ID
Heya
Need an ID pretty quick to get it into a proper tank ASAP
Thanks,
SA
Need an ID pretty quick to get it into a proper tank ASAP
Thanks,
SA
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Sponge bob
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Re: Please help with ID
Can you get a side view?
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SalmonAfrica
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Re: Please help with ID
Sorry man, not anymore. Was promptly returned to the water because it was stressing hectically in the holding tank. Wouldn't have made it until we got it to a proper tank.
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Sponge bob
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Re: Please help with ID
Ok.
So it was wild caught?
Cool.
So it was wild caught?
Cool.
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Re: Please help with ID
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From that pic, it's pretty much impossible to tell, sorry. Where did you get him from?
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SalmonAfrica
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Re: Please help with ID
Found this picture, don't know if it'll be of much use.
The river where it came from had the salinity of of seawater (1.020) but a pH of just over 7.
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Sponge bob
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Re: Please help with ID
Hm...I cant tell but its cute^-^
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Corvus
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Re: Please help with ID
Arothron immaculatus in stress coloration.
Sometimes travels into freshwater, but needs a marine tank for long term care.
Sometimes travels into freshwater, but needs a marine tank for long term care.
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Re: Please help with ID
i'd go with what Corvus says. i just googled it and it looks almost identical to your pictures. cute little guy you had there. too bad he was too stressed.
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Re: Please help with ID
Corvus wrote:Arothron immaculatus in stress coloration.
Sometimes travels into freshwater, but needs a marine tank for long term care.
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