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Indonesian mystery fish. ID?
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:40 am
by Woland
LFS got a batch of fishes they hadn't ordered.
Came from Indonesia.
They will not sell until positive ID has been established.
Can anyone help?
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:24 am
by Fella
Looks to me like the fish commonly sold as "Croaking Toadfish". Can't find a scientific name on it, but they're low end brackish I think.
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:30 am
by Pufferpunk
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:16 pm
by The Fisherman
yeah, looks just like the butterfly gobies at my LFS.
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:23 pm
by Woland
Thanx!
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:22 am
by Woland
Update:
LFS got a mail from Indonesia which contained positive ID and information about poisonous fins.
LFS freaked out, killed the lot of them...
Stupid.
The specimen in the picture is still alive though, and I have been offered to adopt it.
A high end brackish fish as I understand it, and I was wondering if it might do OK in a tank with Mollies and a GSP.
Opinions?
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:35 am
by Pufferpunk
They rarely move--GSP wold probably kill it, as with other gobies. Can't believe the LFS murdered all those special, exotic fish!
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 12:04 pm
by Woland
Yeah. Gave the guy a cold & threatening look when he told me.
My GSP is (so far) a gentle being, well used to community existence.
Have had bumblebees and mollies with her for a long time without friction.
My brackish tank has a zillion caves and hideouts.
I'll think about it...
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:43 am
by Woland
Specimen was found dead this morning...
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 1:20 am
by demented_lullaby
Sorry to hear that,
My GSP Is evil! when I got him he had killed a fish and was eating it and chasing the rest of the fish all over the tank. I will never trust him with another fish lol.
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:23 am
by messy_da_legend
My GSP Is evil!
your GSP is normal! lol