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Re: Just Got a (True) Siamensis
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:58 pm
by franmorr1966
Hi, yes, mine are the exact same as the above. I have a link at the bottom of my post which shows my SAE. It has the extended black line into the tail fin. So it's not a Flying Fox.
I'm debating what I want to do about getting more. It's good to know that I can house a group together. I was thinking of just getting two more--3 in all. But you know what they say--"two's company three's a crowd". Thanks for the input. Appreciated.
Fran
Re: Just Got a (True) Siamensis
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 5:52 pm
by piggy4
Hi Fran , just a bit curious as to your definition of a Flying Fox ?the fish we refer to as the Flying Fox is E.kalopterus which also has the lateral band extending through the middle of the caudal fin !
Perhaps you mean Gara Cambodgiensis sometimes refered to as an algae eater , a Fox like fish that has a dark lateral band that ends at the caudal penduncle ?
Re: Just Got a (True) Siamensis
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:25 pm
by franmorr1966
My definition of a Flying Fox is simple. The fish that looks like an SAE except it has pale yellow fins and the black stripe along the length of the body stops at the base of the tail rather than continue through the tail fin. I don't know of a F.F. whose black stripe extends into the tail fin.
Re: Just Got a (True) Siamensis
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 7:57 pm
by palaeodave
Mine are probably the most peaceable fish I've ever kept. I've seen more aggression in baby guppies.
The standard advice is to get the upgrade before you get the fish - you never know what circumstances might arise that prevent you from getting the new tank. I'd probably succumb and get two tiny ones if I saw them in a shop.
Re: Just Got a (True) Siamensis
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:59 pm
by franmorr1966
Thanks, Dave.
I'm still thinking about adding just one more. The one I have now is just starting to get longer than the female cherry barbs. That's how small I purchased it as.
Fran