MORE new babies! Polypterus delhezi

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Fruitbat

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YAY!!!!! My lfs finally got in the Polypterus delhezi that I've been bugging them about for a couple of months! This is my favorite of the Polypterus species and I really, really, really, really, really, really wanted some! Can you tell I'm a happy camper?? They're babies...only about 1 1/2 inches long and have just barely lost their external gills.

Here they are being acclimated in the bag from the lfs. Better pictures to come in the very near future!

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Here's one of them out exploring the tank. Notice the external gills that aren't quite completely lost yet. Makes them look even more like an amphibian than a fish!!

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! A guy at the LFS tried talking me into one of these fish, but I told him it was not attractive enough to go into my tank. Then I got to looking at my BW tank--bb gobies and flounder :lol:
 
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