Please help ID this fish! (:

[SeleneXD]

Hi there (: I have came over this fish a couple of times but i never knew what its name is. I have heard that they are sometimes known as 'Golden Phoenix'? But i tried to google it to no avail.

Help would be much appreciated^^ Thanks!

[ciaossu]

it looks like a young balloon electric blue ram

[SeleneXD]

Looks like it is. (: Thanks so much!


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[stormhawk]

This is not a pure-bred balloon Electric Blue. Looks like it is carrying Gold genes too. Likely to be a female.

[SeleneXD]

Thanks for the more specific information Stormhawk. (: May I know, how did you identify whether its gender?


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[stormhawk]

Via the fins. Most female Rams do not have extended fins. If they do it is never as long as the males, even for Balloons. I see a short pair of pelvic fins with a rounded front edge so it's probably a female. Some female Rams may get extensions to the dorsal fin spines, which is normal. I've bred Electric Blue before but they were horrible parents.. constantly eating the eggs.

[SeleneXD]

I see! I spent bout an hour trying to identify them but they kept swimming into the flora, their own little 'jungle' you see. Haha. But oh well, I think I'm just gonna let nature take its course(: Not gonna intentionally isolate them and let them spawn with all the horror stories I've heard. Thanks so much for the info Stormhawk(:


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[aquanick]

Just a thought, i personally never buy the baloon or veiltail or the electric blue colored rams as I think they are altered/artificial and are different from the actual form of the fish. I still prefer the wild looking ones, especially bolivian rams.

[bennyc]

All balloon version of fish are altered and tend to have short lifespan compared to the "natural one" just google for more information.

[stormhawk]

I would not say that the Balloon or Electric Blues have shorter lifespan as compared to the typical Ram. However, like aquanick, my personal preference is still the wild Ram.

[Whitechicks7]

It's a juv ballon electric blue ram

[RenesisTurbo]

Is it a Bolivian Ram?

[stormhawk]

This is not a Bolivian Ram. The body form and coloration are different.