Help me ID this fish...

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  1. Speedy

    Speedy Fire Shrimp

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    I accidently caught this little guy while collected pods in floating masses of algae at the beach.

    When I collected him he was about a cm long, now a month later he's about 2 inches long.

    I have him living in my fuge until I can ID him as reef safe. He's putting a serious strain on my pod populations I can tell you that much.

    Can somebody please help me ID this fish?

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    Speedy, Jan 30, 2007
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  2. Birchell

    Birchell Gigas Clam

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    Looks like a FW perch, lol.
     
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  3. turbo4603

    turbo4603 Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    Oh, yeah yeah, pick me .pick me
    Its a......ummmmmmmm...what was the question?
     
    turbo4603, Jan 30, 2007
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  4. Solsjealous

    Solsjealous Astrea Snail

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    sea bass
     
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  5. seabass

    seabass Astrea Snail

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    yes that would be me lol just bored at work
     
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  6. geekdafied

    geekdafied 3reef Sponsor

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    The mouth looks like some sort of parrot fish. They are common are the keys. They are not reef safe, nor are sea bass, lol. From the sounds of it, it will get pretty big and eat its tank mates.
     
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  7. Speedy

    Speedy Fire Shrimp

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    Can you please provide the source of information?
     
    Speedy, Feb 1, 2007
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  8. geekdafied

    geekdafied 3reef Sponsor

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    From the body shape, and mouth shape, it is some kind of parrot fish, it is not a sea bass. If it was a clearer pic, I could tell you what kind of parrot fish.

    Parrot fish eat corals.
     
    geekdafied, Feb 1, 2007
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  9. Bruce

    Bruce Giant Squid

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    I cant see the pic any bigger...hard to tell from the small pic.
     
    Bruce, Feb 1, 2007
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  10. Speedy

    Speedy Fire Shrimp

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    He's too damn shy. I've spent hours (literally) in front of the tank with the camera trying to get pics of him, but he's too shy and too quick. But I'll keep trying, what's the worst that could happen... a divorce?;D
     
    Speedy, Feb 2, 2007
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