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Dream Bagrid
Posted: 12 Oct 2022, 13:50
by Shane
After an awesome weekend at Catcon, @Jools and I continued sorting through 65 pounds (!) of scientific descriptions sent to us by @Lee Finley (more on that later) Jools and I hit a couple of fish stores and I hit the jackpot. A pair of
! Even better, they had been housed together in a 30 gallon tank in the shop for 8 months and neither fish had so much as a scratch. The store had done the hard work of finding a compatible pair and conditioning them.
The male is the larger, more yellow, fish. Unsure if the coloration differences are independent or related to sex.
Photos by Jools.
-Shane
Re: Dream Bagrid
Posted: 12 Oct 2022, 14:09
by naturalart
Wow, what a score! jealous.
Re: Dream Bagrid
Posted: 12 Oct 2022, 14:23
by bekateen
Beautiful. How soon can we expect the breeding report? Lol
Good luck with them.
Cheers, Eric
Re: Dream Bagrid
Posted: 12 Oct 2022, 14:39
by Jools
We hit some LFSs in the area (first time I've seen $25 for one black ruby barb!) but the best one, by far, was
Londontowne Tropicals. This is who had the dream fish!
Cheers,
Jools
Re: Dream Bagrid
Posted: 13 Oct 2022, 02:19
by Narelle
Those are gorgeous! Great find!
Looking forward to hearing about your spawning endeavors!
Re: Dream Bagrid
Posted: 13 Oct 2022, 07:33
by Silurus
I would've thought your dream bagrid is
. Posts on social media indicate that juveniles have been caught and exported.
Re: Dream Bagrid
Posted: 13 Oct 2022, 11:25
by Jools
Silurus wrote: 13 Oct 2022, 07:33
I would've thought your dream bagrid is
.
Nope, that's MY dream bagrid.
Ever hopeful...
Cheers,
Jools
Re: Dream Bagrid
Posted: 13 Oct 2022, 14:46
by Shane
I have many dream bagrids HH!
-Shane
Re: Dream Bagrid
Posted: 13 Oct 2022, 18:10
by Viktor Jarikov
Nice! Harlequin lancer is my dream catfish too.
