View Full Version : What type of fish is this? Please help
BCeezee
11-29-2005, 1:51 AM
First off, I tried finding what this type of fish this was on google for hours, but with no luck. I'm a totall ignorant regarding fish, so i decided to come here for a little help. I'm trying to find out what type of fish it is for my girlfriend for a gift. The pic should be attached as penelope.gif Thanks for the help.
liv2padl
11-29-2005, 5:39 AM
whatever it is (perhaps a balloon molly?), it's man made, dyed that color and will live a short, unhappy life. don't buy it.
PinkBloodParrot
11-29-2005, 7:21 AM
It looks nice! but I dont know if it is dyed or not, it looks like baloon molly yes, Not sure though..
definitely a very unatural looking fish...lol...I love blue rams but I saw a "balloon" ram once...looked like a goldfish or something ! NAH!
unknownfisher
11-29-2005, 10:29 AM
I think that, is a pearl scale goldfish. Ballon mollies dont look like that too.
http://www.dolphin-int.com/pics/CREMEBAL.JPG thats a ballon molly, But that picture is kinda confusing too. Looks like both too me, u sure its not a hybrid between those two. haha. lol ;) :rolleyes: Looks cool though!
unknownfisher
11-29-2005, 10:31 AM
Hey PinkBloodParrot I still love ur pix of ur blood parrot. Looks different from all the bp i have ever seen. ;) :read:
Shekoi
11-29-2005, 10:33 AM
it's a preal scale goldfish
so sad what they do to them.:mad: :rant2: :sad: :sad:
PinkBloodParrot
11-29-2005, 11:43 AM
Hey PinkBloodParrot I still love ur pix of ur blood parrot. Looks different from all the bp i have ever seen. ;) :read:
Thanks unknownfisher.
~*LuvMyKribs*~
11-29-2005, 12:33 PM
Looks like one messed up hybrid freakazoid fish.
Pooooor little fishie :( :sad:
fish_breeder_05
11-29-2005, 9:20 PM
I have to agree. that fish is aweful. EMG, never herd of the ballon ram. any links?
I didn't see any online, I saw them at a lfs.....odd looking ram..was just the same coloring of a german blue ram, but looked more like one of those round goldfish in it's shape...didn't appeal to me at all....and I LOVE rams !
Here's a pic I found online....
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/mb_pictures/ballon_rams.jpg
and the link where I found it... http://badmanstropicalfish.com/gallery/cichlids/ram.html
and another link...just because..lol http://dada.cca.edu/~tswischuk/fishballoonram.html
PinkBloodParrot
11-30-2005, 7:48 AM
Ah so its dyed? I didn't think it was dyed, dye on animal should have never been done! Especially when they dye blood parrot, thats really dumb and cruel act...
PinkBloodParrot
11-30-2005, 7:50 AM
Fish are not hair!
~*LuvMyKribs*~
11-30-2005, 12:42 PM
Arent most blood parrots dyed? They are naturally a brownish/grey color when they arent dyed? Thats what I thought....
tuthelimit
11-30-2005, 3:54 PM
No, I would say most are not dyed. BPs go through a color transformation similar to A. citrinellus going from juvie colors to orange adults. Anytime you see a purple, pink or green BP however, be assured, they are dyed.
Richard
PinkBloodParrot
12-01-2005, 1:03 PM
Not all pink are dyed, most of them occur naturally, like mine. :)
~*LuvMyKribs*~
12-01-2005, 4:22 PM
Well, as "natural" as a blood parrot can be. ;)
Galaxie
12-01-2005, 4:28 PM
First off, I tried finding what this type of fish this was on google for hours, but with no luck. I'm a totall ignorant regarding fish, so i decided to come here for a little help. I'm trying to find out what type of fish it is for my girlfriend for a gift. The pic should be attached as penelope.gif Thanks for the help.
What sort of tank does your girlfriend have? Maybe people here will have better suggestions of what might be compatible.
tuthelimit
12-01-2005, 6:22 PM
When I said pink... I ment pink... your BP is far from the color I am talking about, which IS GOOD! haha. If you have seen the so called "jelly bean" parrots you would know exactly what I was talking about.
-Rich
PinkBloodParrot
12-14-2005, 1:59 PM
yeah, it sometimes turns red when getting ready to lay egg or fighting against other fish.