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aidas_tank_keep · 06-30-2008, 11:52 AM

these are two topics i started on another forum and need more input

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums...d.php?t=157537

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums...d.php?t=157538

fishbguy · 06-30-2008, 12:10 PM

the second link might be a young bowfin. The spot near the tail is what gives it away.

In the first link, first fish is an electric blue johanii. African cichlid. Second link is a livingstonii, another african cichlid. 3rd is a red devil.

All mean fish, all grow large, all not suited for a community aquarium.

aidas_tank_keep · 06-30-2008, 12:30 PM

when did wal-mart sell red devils?

and i have them in with my two African cichlids until he gets a bigger tank

fishbguy · 06-30-2008, 12:33 PM

since forever?

Don't buy fish from walmart...they don't know what they are doing.

What size tank are the africans in? They shoul dbe in at LEAST a 55. The reddevil is gonna need a 75.

The africans are gonna kill the rest of you fish, and eventually, eachother.

COM · 06-30-2008, 12:40 PM

I sure hope that isn't a snakehead. It sure does look like one. Do you know where it came from?

My local Wal-Marts have a nice selection of well cared-for fish and they are reasonably priced.

aidas_tank_keep · 06-30-2008, 12:56 PM

we live in dubuque ia, right next to the mississippi

fishbguy · 06-30-2008, 01:10 PM

It's a bowfin/dogfish. See the spot on the tail? That's a dogfish.

**TheOldSalt** · 06-30-2008, 01:47 PM

It is indeed a Bowfin, Amia calva.
It is NOT a snakehead. Please go back and tell the folks in that forum that it isn't a snakehead, but a Bowfin.

You got a Bowfin at Walmart? Amazing. It MUST have come in as a contaminant hitchhiker; I can't see them being able to GET them on purpose, let alone sell them on purpose. There is no trade or market for them, or much use, for that matter. We NANFA type people like them, but hardly anyone else does.

aidas_tank_keep · 06-30-2008, 03:01 PM

no he cought it from the river
and then the other tank is another guy who has like catfish, a pleco, tiger barb a couple tetras, and then i took his 3 cichlids out of his 10gal

trashion · 06-30-2008, 10:00 PM

What an awful waste of a tank tank that one is, there is probably like, 20 gallons of water in it. And that filter is teeny.

COM · 07-01-2008, 03:58 PM

^^Agreed. Not sure on the exact size of the tank. It looks like a reptile setup to me.

06-30-2008, 11:52 AM	#1
aidas_tank_keep Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 22 Posts: 73	check this out these are two topics i started on another forum and need more input http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums...d.php?t=157537 http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums...d.php?t=157538 __________________ 55GL tank 6 Zebra Danos, 3 Plattys, 1 6inch Pleco 10GL tank 2 goldfish-soon to come a 30gal

06-30-2008, 12:30 PM	#3
aidas_tank_keep Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 22 Posts: 73	when did wal-mart sell red devils? and i have them in with my two African cichlids until he gets a bigger tank __________________ 55GL tank 6 Zebra Danos, 3 Plattys, 1 6inch Pleco 10GL tank 2 goldfish-soon to come a 30gal

06-30-2008, 12:56 PM	#6
aidas_tank_keep Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 22 Posts: 73	we live in dubuque ia, right next to the mississippi __________________ 55GL tank 6 Zebra Danos, 3 Plattys, 1 6inch Pleco 10GL tank 2 goldfish-soon to come a 30gal

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aidas_tank_keep Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 22 Posts: 73	no he cought it from the river and then the other tank is another guy who has like catfish, a pleco, tiger barb a couple tetras, and then i took his 3 cichlids out of his 10gal __________________ 55GL tank 6 Zebra Danos, 3 Plattys, 1 6inch Pleco 10GL tank 2 goldfish-soon to come a 30gal

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06-30-2008, 12:10 PM	#2
fishbguy Banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: michigan Age: 17 Posts: 1,898	the second link might be a young bowfin. The spot near the tail is what gives it away. In the first link, first fish is an electric blue johanii. African cichlid. Second link is a livingstonii, another african cichlid. 3rd is a red devil. All mean fish, all grow large, all not suited for a community aquarium.

06-30-2008, 12:33 PM	#4
fishbguy Banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: michigan Age: 17 Posts: 1,898	since forever? Don't buy fish from walmart...they don't know what they are doing. What size tank are the africans in? They shoul dbe in at LEAST a 55. The reddevil is gonna need a 75. The africans are gonna kill the rest of you fish, and eventually, eachother.

06-30-2008, 12:40 PM	#5
COM Rebel Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 753	I sure hope that isn't a snakehead. It sure does look like one. Do you know where it came from? My local Wal-Marts have a nice selection of well cared-for fish and they are reasonably priced.

06-30-2008, 01:10 PM	#7
fishbguy Banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: michigan Age: 17 Posts: 1,898	It's a bowfin/dogfish. See the spot on the tail? That's a dogfish.

06-30-2008, 01:47 PM	#8
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,476	It is indeed a Bowfin, Amia calva. It is NOT a snakehead. Please go back and tell the folks in that forum that it isn't a snakehead, but a Bowfin. You got a Bowfin at Walmart? Amazing. It MUST have come in as a contaminant hitchhiker; I can't see them being able to GET them on purpose, let alone sell them on purpose. There is no trade or market for them, or much use, for that matter. We NANFA type people like them, but hardly anyone else does.

07-01-2008, 03:58 PM	#11
COM Rebel Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 753	^^Agreed. Not sure on the exact size of the tank. It looks like a reptile setup to me.

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