POP QUIZ.....Do YOU know what these are?

[Kindredspirit]

I have lfs store pictures and I lost the names to all the fish!! So give it your best shot guys ~


Enjoy ~



Marie ~ http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/29/29_4_11.gif

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f389/MidnightKiss4u/IMG_5131.jpg

I love these guys!
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f389/MidnightKiss4u/IMG_4887Small.jpg


these fish looked just 'off' IMO ~ deformed kinda..."lipstick Parrotfish'
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f389/MidnightKiss4u/IMG_4878Small.jpg


this was the biggest discus I had ever seen! Dinnerplate size~very old looking and they wanted $100- for it ~ he looked sad...
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this one too ~ really sad
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f389/MidnightKiss4u/IMG_4847Small.jpg


this is 'tank' ...he roams around ~
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f389/MidnightKiss4u/IMG_4837Small.jpg

I love these snakes ~ I forgot the name of it tho!
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f389/MidnightKiss4u/IMG_4836Small.jpg


a K00L parrot ~
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f389/MidnightKiss4u/IMG_4807Small.jpg

but...he wanted me!
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f389/MidnightKiss4u/IMG_4810Small.jpg


http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f389/MidnightKiss4u/IMG_4789Small.jpg


and then the bunny!



Thanks for looking!

[pcsb23]

Morning Marie,

The first one is a frog btw :)

The second one is an Electric Blue Cichlid (Sciaenochromis fryeri) and its a male I think.

Both of those discus look to be in poor condition, but the rest of the stock looks good. I like parrots, but they live for a very long time. Rabbits nice in a stew too!

[steve.ryall]

I second the stew comment.........yum yum!!......reminds my of another thread that went off topic!!!! :D

Steve

[Kindredspirit]

Morning Marie,

The first one is a frog btw :)

It is?? Ya think? You are sooooo funny Paul! I adore you! I know itz a frog silly ~ but what kind?? hellooooooo?



The second one is an Electric Blue Cichlid (Sciaenochromis fryeri) and its a male I think

Thatz it Paul! I could kiss you! Last night Deb was here for dinner and we or I couldnt figure out what fish I wanted next ~~ we looked all over my computer too ~ this other store I went to had yellow ones as well ~ Electric Blue and Electric Yellow ~ they were awesome Paul! Thank You! wow and it was right here along.....go figure ~





like parrots, but they live for a very long time. Rabbits nice in a stew too!

Soo........enlighten me Paul ~ you said BUT....they [parrots] live for a very long time ~ doesnt work for you does it? I can go with Rabbit stew....I dont really care for Rabbits ~ but now ....I love baby bunnys ~ There is not a Baby Bunny Stew is there? Oh Hell No ~



Marie ~ http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/29/29_4_11.gif

[AmberC]

Great pics Marie! Love the Amazon! and the frogs! You know they are my fave!

I would have to ask tho.. if that were my lfs.. them not not carry the "lipstick" parrots. I hate seeing that. Its terrible. :(

Amber

[AmberC]

Soo........enlighten me Paul ~ you said BUT....they [parrots] live for a very long time ~ doesnt work for you does it? I can go with Rabbit stew....I dont really care for Rabbits ~ but now ....I love baby bunnys ~ There is not a Baby Bunny Stew is there? Oh Hell No ~





Marie ~ http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/29/29_4_11.gif

Parrots will outlive humans. You have to put them in your will lol. Goodness.. when we had our 15... my Mom was pretty much going to give them all to me cause I was the only one who helped with them lol. Man was that a job on cage day! OMG! lol But we made it easier by cutting plexiglass and putting that in the bottom of the cages. Easier to clean :D
Amber

[Kindredspirit]

I would have to ask tho.. if that were my lfs.. them not not carry the "lipstick" parrots. I hate seeing that. Its terrible. :(

Amber



umm...I dont think they wld say: "oh okay Marie.. they will all be outta here by tomorrow"....:D

While I am at it I could say treat that poor discus and on and on an on ....they dont care babe ~ you know that ~


M ~ http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_4_10.gif

[lhforbes12]

Amber,
Just out of curiosity, what is a lipstick parrot, and why are they bad?

Marie,
1. Frog
2. Fish
3. Fish
4. Fish
5. Fish
6. Tortoise
7. Snake
8. Bird
9. (OK I'll take a shot at this) Fish?
10. Bunny

Larry

[AmberC]

umm...I dont think they wld say: "oh okay Marie.. they will all be outta here by tomorrow"....:D


While I am at it I could say treat that poor discus and on and on an on ....they dont care babe ~ you know that ~




M ~ http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_4_10.gif


I know Marie.. but I'd still have to say something. If they get enough complaints.. sometimes they will not carry them anymore.

Larry.. a lipstick parrot is a dyed parrot. They inject dye into them to make the colors. :( Its very sad.

Amber

[lhforbes12]

Amber,

<doh!> Nevermind, I thought you were talking about the bird. LoL And I agree, dying any fish is a crime IMO. We have 4 glass fish which were sold as painted glass fish (we bought them when I first started up the aquariums again after a 25 year hiatus). That was a year and a half ago, they are doing fine but I would never do it again (I wouldn't have done it in the first place if I had remembered how it was that they looked that way). But, as I said, they are doing fine, though they have long ago lost their dye, and I did start with 6 of them. They even all had the cancer that they get, but it has cleared up long ago.

Larry

[AmberC]

The snake.. looks like maybe an albino burmese as you said its huge. And the frogs I believe are Firebellied Toads :) I knew I'd seen them before ;)

Amber

[pcsb23]

I'd never have got the frog, nearest I'd have got was Kermit :) Amber is correct about the parrots, a friend has one that is around 60 years old, an African Grey, it will probably outlive him. My view they are best left in the wild, but thats just me...

Electric Blue's need (or prefer) quite hard water if memory serves, and alkaline too. Nice fish, the females are a sort of grey blue and a bit smaller, they are not too aggressive, but they are still cichlids, not a suitable tankmate for discus though in my view.

[AmberC]

I'd never have got the frog, nearest I'd have got was Kermit :) Amber is correct about the parrots, a friend has one that is around 60 years old, an African Grey, it will probably outlive him. My view they are best left in the wild, but thats just me...

Electric Blue's need (or prefer) quite hard water if memory serves, and alkaline too. Nice fish, the females are a sort of grey blue and a bit smaller, they are not too aggressive, but they are still cichlids, not a suitable tankmate for discus though in my view.

Electric blues are africans aren't they.

The parrots.. we had a hyacinth, 3 mocluccans, 1 umbrella, 2 scarlets and a bunch of lovebirds and parakeets. But my little sister developed allergies to dust mites.. and well.. they live in bird feathers.. and we had quite a lot of feathers around lol.
Now all I've got is two cockatiels. We had to find all those parrots new homes. :( But I guess my sister is more important lol ;)
Amber

[pcsb23]

Yes, they are africans.

[lhforbes12]

Amber,
Yep,they're from Lake Malawi. Back in the '70s I used to breed them. It was quite lucrative at the time... and then everyone discovered how easy they are to breed (the few just HAVE to screw it up the the rest of us <grin>). Hard, high pH water is what they prefer, but just like discus, they can now withstand most any water parameters, as long as it's clean.

Larry

[Stillwater Aquatics]

looks like there's a sulcata tortoise in there :D

[Bainbridge Mike]

I am going to guess that the snake is an albino python. It may be a "ball" python--or maybe one of the bigger growing species!

Mike

[Kindredspirit]

I am glad everyone liked the pictures ~



Marie ~ http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_4_10.gif

[Iggy]

The tortoise(bulldozer) is an african spurred tortoise, Geochelone sulcata. It's the third largest tortoise in the world(after the Galapagos and the Aldabran), and is rapidly replacing the green iguana as the "throw-away pet" of the decade. Pet shops and herp expos sell cute little hatchlings for under 50 bucks and tell you they'll be fine in an aquarium and fed lettuce....NOT!
Later, when the golf-ball-sized cutie turns into a basketball-sized, door-busting, cr*pping monster, all lumpy because they fed it all the wrong stuff, they show up in shelters because their owners can't deal with 'em anymore.

I have one, a 50-pounder(and growing!) that I adopted from a rescue in New York. This guy eats from my hand(heck, even tries to eat my hand LOL) and lives out in my yard(gotta love the tropics heheheh), where he is doing his best to dig his way to China. GUess I better start teaching him Cantonese...:D

[Westie]

Nice Sulcata. I got a couple Russians(Dah!) hoping they have babies some day.