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New camera pics
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:17 pm
by Mad Duff
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:29 pm
by mickthefish
great shots of the vulcanus and nigro Mark.
mick
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:33 pm
by Mad Duff
Cheers Mick
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:52 pm
by Martin Thoene
Fantastic scale detail.
Martin.
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:14 pm
by Mad Duff
Thanks Martin
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:01 pm
by hayath_dyno
Congrats on the new toy!
The pics look fabulous, can only get better
cheers,
Hayath
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:12 pm
by FishyLady
Very nice!!
Val
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 9:47 pm
by Jim Powers
Very nice!
What is the fish in the first pic?
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:06 am
by Mad Duff
Jim Powers wrote:Very nice!
What is the fish in the first pic?
Thanks Jim, that is a
Rasbora vulcanus
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:37 am
by Jim Powers
Interesting looking fish. It has a rasbora body with barb scales.
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:52 am
by Mad Duff
Yeah they are a lovely fish Jim, I have a nice shoal of them and when the males start getting in spawning mode their colour goes deep red/orange and they look stunning
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:30 am
by mickthefish
just a little info Jim, the vulcanus was confused with R reticulatus for as long as i can remember, some years ago BAS got a shipment of the true reticulatus which were a drab looking fish in comparison with vulcanus.
Andy rushworth bought some to see if they coloured up but they never did.
so you can probably find them in your shops listed reticulatus mate.
mick
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 2:18 pm
by Matt
There's also speculation that vulcanus and reticulatus might turn out to warrant their own genus though I'm unsure of the reasons. Maybe the scaling is one of them?
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 3:05 pm
by mickthefish
they will Matt if youve ever seen the reticulatus you'd know mate.
the reticulata is tiny compared to vulcanus, in a way it looks like a brittani in miniature.
mick
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:59 pm
by Matt
Nope never seen one Mick, sounds like a lovely fish...