hjk1173 Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 My girlfriend has a fish in her 29 that looks very much like the one in the link, however it is a pale dark yellow...very quick, and likes to dart in and out of the rock work. ITs not mean , but is not intimidated by anything. If you have links or pics of what it could be, that'd help too thanks! http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Di...=21&pCatId=1116 Link to comment
caja Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 No chance of getting a pic of the actual fish in your GF's tank? That would help tremendously in IDing it. Link to comment
hjk1173 Posted December 28, 2003 Author Share Posted December 28, 2003 http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hankhill1...nm=DCP_2380.jpg try that Link to comment
hjk1173 Posted December 28, 2003 Author Share Posted December 28, 2003 its the best i could do in 30 secconds..heh. Her tank is pretty odd...is all freshwater rocks/gravel and plants but she has saltwater in it.. its interesting. She's got a clown, a blue damsel, yellow domino damsel, that yellow thing, and a small eel she just got..everything looks great too! Link to comment
faust9 Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 Is this it? (Photo Courtesy: http://species.fishindex.com/,copyright Flying Fish Express) Assessor flavissimus(Yellow Assessor Basslet) Link to comment
JohnnyMTB Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 Wow, that looks a lot like a tanganyikan cichlid I used to breed, Neolamprologus leleupi, they do like some salt in their environment. Is it a true saltwater tank? Mine were always much more of a true yellow than the attached pic: Link to comment
ryz Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 HAHA Johnny! I used to breed leleupis too! But now I am breeding Pseudotropheus demasoni. Check it out. It's a Malawi cichlid. I have over 30 of them (from 2 mothers). And I am still breeding! They sell for good money! Costs aquarists 20+ dollars each (USD). Easy to breed too! Link to comment
hjk1173 Posted December 28, 2003 Author Share Posted December 28, 2003 no its not a cichlid, i'll try for a better picture Link to comment
ryz Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 doh! Of course it's not a cichlid. Cichlids are freshwater. Link to comment
hjk1173 Posted December 28, 2003 Author Share Posted December 28, 2003 OK, i got a good pic... http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hankhill1...ri%27s+fish.jpg It does look a lot aike that fish johnny posted, though our guy has a bit more roundish fins it sees...also his eye looks to be a different shape sorta. Link to comment
ryz Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 wow, looks like a freshwater fish haha. The pic johnny posted isn't a good representation of how the fish actually looks like. bad pic. Link to comment
BLowell Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 That's a Dusky or Yellow (same thing, just two of it's common names) Dottyback. If it's not pushy with your other fish I'm guessing you have mostly damsels (like the little blue that was in your pic) or fish that tend to be larger than him? They are a bit larger normally than the other small dotties, about 4" full size to my understanding, and can be a bit pushy at that size. But it would make sense if yours is housed with damsels, etc. that while not mean, he could certainly hold his own. They are pretty little guys with lots of personality. And very hardy! B And thanks for the second pic. That's how I recognized it. Link to comment
hjk1173 Posted January 2, 2004 Author Share Posted January 2, 2004 yellow dottyback huh.. sounds good to me. do you know the scientific name for that? or could it also be a yellow pseudo chromis? Link to comment
Ashley Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 you have a yellow african cichlid in a saltwater tank. I think im gonna throw my oscar in to my 20 reef tank. Link to comment
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