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Started by Guest_Irate Mormon_* , Sep 19 2007 08:50 PM

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#1 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 08:50 PM

I'm not really a killie person, and I've never collected these before. Sorry for the bad photo, any ideas?

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#2 Guest_bullhead_*

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 09:47 PM

Wow! Gorgeous tank! But no answer to your question.

#3 Guest_Brooklamprey_*

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 09:54 PM

Fundulus littlesortaclearishblurrei

#4 Guest_teleost_*

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 09:56 PM

I'm not really a killie person

For shame!

Fantastic looking tank Martin. I see a problem with one of your fish though. A little spot or something. I don't think they're going to make it by the time an ID is made.

#5 Guest_fundulus_*

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 10:20 PM

Assuming that the fish are still alive, my educated guess is that they're Fundulus notti. Or maybe F. dispar? I guess that saying starhead of some sort is easy.

#6 Guest_fuzzyletters_*

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 11:00 PM

wow... incredible tank. and yes, no idea how anyone could even begin iding those killifish... my first impression was that they were glass cats or jelly bean tetras or something :S

#7 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 20 September 2007 - 07:57 PM

Haha, well, I've had my fun! The tank is a photo from the book "Nature Aquarium World", or what is nowadays known as an Amano-style tank.

When I first picked up this book 15 years ago I was totally blown away. Every aquarist owes it to himself to buy a copy.

Nature Aquarium World

#8 Guest_fuzzyletters_*

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Posted 21 September 2007 - 01:43 AM

oh yeah... that's why it looked like you scanned a book

that is an amazing series though... amano is pretty cool

#9 Guest_fundulus_*

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Posted 21 September 2007 - 12:06 PM

Martin, can you get me any of those fish? You promised you could last spring.

#10 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 22 September 2007 - 03:02 PM

Martin, can you get me any of those fish? You promised you could last spring.

What, notti? I had forgotten all about that. Yeah, I can snag some for you.

I promised Ken McKeighen some fish too, ...er, that was last year too, now that I think on it.

#11 Guest_diburning_*

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Posted 04 January 2008 - 12:05 AM

maybe they are poeciliid lampeyes? (the only poeciliids that aren't live bearers)

#12 Guest_Mysteryman_*

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Posted 04 January 2008 - 09:37 AM

Lampeye looks good to me. Very good.

Amano tends to use very plain sorts of fish which disappear into the background, letting the plants have all the attention, and I've noticed that many of these fish are fairly unusual in the trade, at least here in this country. Lampeyes would be right up his alley.