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Does anyone know what a blushing fish is? My friend picked up some fish today and got one. The LFS suggested for an uncycled 10 gallon tank:
3 neons
1 "catfish"
1 blushing fish and
1 angelfish
My friend got these fish because he knows nothing about fish
Ryoken
01-29-2004, 7:27 PM
I'm not really a cichlid/angel guy, but I think "blushing" is a type of angelfish? Just a color variety or scale type maybe?
no he said it isnt an angelfish, I'm thinking its a type of cyprinid or characin. I did think of angelfish when he first said it but he did get an angelfish and the blushing fish didnt look like it
Ryoken
01-29-2004, 7:36 PM
I dunno then, maybe it's a rosy barb?
chris-in-sf
01-30-2004, 5:02 PM
Could also be a type of Rainbowfish. My two different species of Rainbows are light colored with rosy gills/cheeks.
Tell him to check out this site:
http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/Contents.htm
- chris
Thanks for the help, it ended up being a flame dwarf gourami. I dont know how that could be seen as a blushing fish?
Thanks
JesseJ
01-30-2004, 11:33 PM
Could it be a Rummynose tetra? They have a pale silver body, a zebra striped tail and a bright red face.
Captain Hook
01-31-2004, 12:11 AM
You might want to tell your friend angelfish are WAY too big for a 10 gallon. The minimum I would consider putting one in would be 35 gallons.
Thanks for the replys, It definitely is a dwarf gourami. I've told him the angel will get too big within probably a month. He got 4 more neons like I told him to do because they are schooling and he's just going to leave the one cory alone for right now because the tank is overstocked.
Thanks for the replys