fish ID

[werner5]

HI guys i just bought 63 tanks and with the tanks a few funny fish came along that i need an ID of any help ?? thanx in advance :blink1:

[SalmonAfrica]

1 - Blue Gourami (Trichogaster trichopterus)
2 - a cichlid of African origin, looks tilapiine (ie: some sort of tilapia)
3 - some sort of cyprinid...

[Khalid]

Hi Werner, What is the plan for the 63 tanks?

[Scaly]

I have never seen a black bass fry, but I think it would look something like the middle pic...

CORRECTION: Black bass have 2 dorsal like fins sorry.

As Salmon mentioned some sort of Tilapia probably.

[Shakes]

Mozambique tilapia, seen and speared alot of them out of our rivers.

[werner5]

going to use the tanks for breeding purposes mostly freshwater and a few saltwater and the rest of the tanks i am going to use as growing tanks for the fry

[Khalid]

going to use the tanks for breeding purposes mostly freshwater and a few saltwater and the rest of the tanks i am going to use as growing tanks for the fry

Happy water changes and fish breeding
good luck:blink1:

[oscar freak]

sounds good let us know when the sales begin

[werner5]

haha yap will let you know hopefuly i will be succesful

[Nick]

Do we get discount HAHAHA enjoy the breeding

[Big G]

Just to warn you, if that is a Tilapia its blacklisted here! So, by law we are not allowed to keep them in our tanks or sell/trade/swap them.

We also cannot discuss or encourage the keeping of blacklisted fish on this forum.

I wish you well in your venture though, just don't breed the Talipia.

Regards
Big G!

[werner5]

thanx for telling me that Big G wont breed it then thanx for the advice

[Big G]

Not a problem! All part of the service! Lol!

G!

Just to ask a question about that third pic, am I seeing some barbs near the mouth or is it just the pic I'm looking at?

I would guess that it is some sort of Barb, but cannot give you an exact name, as I cannot see any distinguishing features?

Maybe one of the more experienced guys could say what type it is??

Regards
G!

[SalmonAfrica]

That fish in the last picture... about how large is it?

EDIT: also, is there an way you could get a better picture of the mouth?

[SalmonAfrica]

Alright. I'm confident that the third fish is an Asian cyprinid.

I'm guessing it's from the genus Rasbora.

I'm going to randomly say it's a Rasbora myersi? It's probably not, but it's very hard to tell.

[werner5]

the fish is about 10cm long but i cant get a nice pic of him he swims to fast

[SalmonAfrica]

I'm still sticking with the idea that it's one of the larger Rasbora species. There are two problems here: firstly, cyprinids can be extremely difficult to identify - a lot of them look the same. Second problem is that it is often these same cyprinids that come in as one of those 'extras'... in other words, they come in with other stock unintentionally, therefore not even the shop can identify it, because it doesn't show up on the invoice. I've seen this happen with lots of fish, but most commonly with fish like these.

[werner5]

hey guys sorry for not posting lately but i had internet problems but my parrot fish are free swimming today there are lots and lots of fry any ideas on what i should feed the thanx in advance

[Khalid]

werner5 - you got me worried
Feed them brine shrimp

[werner5]

will feed then BS thanx for the advice

[werner5]

sorry i typed wrong it isnt parrot fish fry it is jelly bean convict fry they are doing good so far