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[mosl1]

hope it works out for you. just keep an eye on the saratoga they have a tendency to turn when you least expect it. over night i have seen fish of the same length get torn to pieces by saratogas.

yeah did notice that hahaha

no worries mate, will keep an eye on him. its actually the mangrove jack im worried about.

[jack]

im back into it
got myself some Hypseleotris compressa (empire gudgeon) and Glossolepis multisquamatus.

[sydad]

im back into it
got myself some Hypseleotris compressa (empire gudgeon) and Glossolepis multisquamatus.

Hi Jack,

Re your multisquamatous: are you certain that is what you have? Unfortunately there are a few hybrids around that are being sold as multis.

[Jaraqui]

Three 35 - 43 cm Lates Calcarifer

[jack]

Three 35 - 43 cm Lates Calcarifer

the old barra what size tank? or not?

[Wet Dreams]

P. furcatus
(Forktail blue eyes)

[extend]

i have a few rainbow fish. trying to build my collection.
M.praecox
M.Bosmani
M.trifaciata
M.spendida
C. bleher
G.incicus
G.multisquamatus
G.wanamensis

I used to have M.flvuitilus and R.ornatus plus a random bostockia porosa i caught in a marron trap somewhere (secret water hole)

have caught pygmy perch and galaxia from the swamp at work.

that's about all.

[Jules]

2 x lil saratoga jardini (not fighting with each other, yet)
1 x tiny barramundi (3cm) soon to get rid of as i want the 2 togas by them selves

Sourcing a bull rout (brackish/freshwater Scorpion fish)..................... had one years ago, but lookin for another.

[extend]

Hi Jack,

Re your multisquamatous: are you certain that is what you have? Unfortunately there are a few hybrids around that are being sold as multis.

how can you tell if they are hybrids. what are they a hybrid between.

[sydad]

how can you tell if they are hybrids. what are they a hybrid between.

The only practical means of identifying hybrids is to compare fishes to photographs of known species, having particular regard to colouration and patterns thereof. Naturally such processes are fraught with hazard, particularly since in the case of G multisquamatus as there is some confusion over this species. It is however worth noting that the rainbowfish preservation group has doubts about the presence of genetically pure multis in Oz. This is not to say hat they don't exist, but people in the know say that they have not seen any for some time. Furthermore it is unlikely that if they are present, that they will be commercially available.

G multisqamatus will hybridise with other Glossolepis species, and probably with Chilatherina species, though it is probable that crosses with the latter are sterile.
It is unlikely that any new bloodstock of multis has reached Australia in the past 20 years, so the worry is that any being sold are unlikely to be pure bloodstock; or that they have changed radically as the result of inbreeding (this later scenario is known in several Melanotaenia species).

Syd.

[Jaraqui]

the old barra what size tank? or not?

Sorry, I never replied. I keep them in a custom tank with dimensions: 8ft x 3 ft x 3ft.