L 81 "high-fin"
L 81 "high-fin"
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err... it looks to me more like someone's been playing around with an old version of photo shop, you're sure that's not a joke?
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heh, I still don't trust it... ;) perhaps someone on the board would buy one to get a better picture? That just looks so edited... I believe such mutations are possible, of course nature's full of them, the picture just doesn't look real.
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1: If the fish is real it's ugly and I'd have to think long and hard about taking it as a gift.
2: Importing a fish from Germany is insanely expensive for US citizens, if you buy just a single fish and I wouldn't buy more than that from the importer till I was sure it was real.
If you're a friend of his you may want to let him know the picture causes a lot more doubt than anything else and he needs a new one.
2: Importing a fish from Germany is insanely expensive for US citizens, if you buy just a single fish and I wouldn't buy more than that from the importer till I was sure it was real.
If you're a friend of his you may want to let him know the picture causes a lot more doubt than anything else and he needs a new one.
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yours looks different from the one posted earlier T. yours has a different coloration to the fins. looks nice though
I dont think the fish is ugly, I actually like it would be an interesting fish to have.
I dont think the fish is ugly, I actually like it would be an interesting fish to have.
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well I stand corrected, such a fish is really being imported. T, thanks for the pic, yours does look nicer.
Still not totally thrilled, but it's not a bad looking fish... Now just need proof their wild!
Still not totally thrilled, but it's not a bad looking fish... Now just need proof their wild!
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haha! you got me, hell, you did a lot more believable job *sucker*
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bah, you suck
good gag though
I will admit I can probly be fooled pretty easily, im too trusting and I also would not be able to tell you a fish like that doesnt exist im not too familiar with fish, but im learning ;)
good gag though
I will admit I can probly be fooled pretty easily, im too trusting and I also would not be able to tell you a fish like that doesnt exist im not too familiar with fish, but im learning ;)
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In recent PFM(Practical fish keeping) was an article about this fish. Had a brief look today in a hurry at the bookstore.Erwin Schraml had pictured the specimen and two other specimens. These fish were wild imported along with other L 81/18, The other two had different kind of malformation..and they weren`t nice looking fellas.Their head was badly malformated. Author thougt that this could be sign of somekind of enviromental pollution in the area. One could be mutation , but all three with different kind of mutation.Magazine had good and clear pictures. Some magazine owner should scan pictures and show to others what i mean. it would causea big discussion.
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Re: L 81 "high-fin"
This one isn't a product of someone with photoshop and too much time on their hands. This and two other fish with deformed heads were reported on in the latest Today's Fishkeeper by Erwin Schraml.Mika wrote:Found this from Aquarium Glaser site.
http://www.aquariumglaser.de/index2.html
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;) there any nuclear power plants on Xingu? looks like we've got Blinky the 3 eyed fish here.
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Well!
That is very interesting...
When you will know that Glaser sell these "High Fin" for the retail price of 1750â?¬ for a 6cm long fish... I prefer to have a normal one rather than a high price maformed... I always thought that quality was more expensive...
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That is very interesting...
When you will know that Glaser sell these "High Fin" for the retail price of 1750â?¬ for a 6cm long fish... I prefer to have a normal one rather than a high price maformed... I always thought that quality was more expensive...
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Me too Yann, but look at the prices people pay for flowerhorns...
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Yeah, I've seen the pictures too and they are the real deal. Perhaps Erwin would post the hi-fin pic here and end the speculation.
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