(Terry)
We had a knifefish with pink eyes and it was a pinkish colour, sorry if it wasn't up to your standards Alex.
Who said Midland had the only African lungfish in the southern hemisphere? it actually comes from the southern hemisphere and there will probably be a few there. We have one with a price tag of $10000 it's probably not worth that but thats how much it will cost for us to net it out for you.
Sombody once said on here that some of my cats were the only ones in the southern hemisphere, you and I both know that that is crap. Maybe thats where the southern hemisphere comment came from.
I think it's a bit rude of you to ask if we advise people on the eventual size of their purchases, it is standard procedure and you are well aware that we often accept fish off people who can't look after them, the large helicopter cat on display was rescued from a kid who couldn't look after it.
Shops and hobbiests often get the names of fish wrong,I have had C.monoculus in my private collection for about 7 years and it annoys me too that aussies find it easier to say temensis. 25 years ago I had a 60cm Perrunichthys perruno and it makes me laugh when people claim they are Leiarius marmoratus, I suppose it's just human nature to claim that they have the rarer fish.
Cheers Terry
Terry - Everytime I have spoken to you about the Peacocks at midland you have refered to them as Temensis. Everytime. So please do not claim that it 'annoys' you when you are indeed guilty of it yourself. Why is it that when Midland display small peacock bass for sale I have never once seen them labeled as
Cichla monoculus it's always temensis?
On the Perruno/Leiarius. I'm sure you will find that
Leiarius longibarbis is the more common species, Perruno's are the rarer catfish. These fish are very hard to tell apart, even alot of catfish 'experts' have a rough time in doing so. You can hardly blame people mixing them up when they are such a similar fish! But I do agree, people will generally claim they have a rarer fish. Like claiming a Gold varient CK is an albino!
The pics posted perfectly show the difference in the two varients. Did the fish at midland sport spots?
On the helicopter catfish that was indeed mine. Claiming that i couldnt care for it is absolute GARBAGE. It is in a 8x3x2.5 the exact same size tank that i house my larger fish in. I traded that fish to Gary due to it being too agro biting smaller fish in half. If I couldnt find a suitable home for it I would have housed it myself. The fish was simply restricting what I could keep at the time. have you never sold a fish? ..............Edited by Terry........Please read the T&C.................................... I traded the fish for some spotteds gars.
I will be into midland within the next few days for a friendly chat mate as I'm not a fan of lengthy posts. See you then.
Alex
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