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HurricaneCaleb
03/17/2012, 05:49 PM
How can you tell the difference? My lfs has a fish listed as Allardi. I'm super confused, all pics look the same to me. Is $45 too much to pay for one? Thanks

phender
03/17/2012, 06:30 PM
As adults it is pretty easy. Allardi have white tails and gasters have black tails. As juvis it is sometimes a little more difficult. What I use to ID allardi if there is a doubt, is allardi at whatever age will always have at least some yellow (often just a little upward pointing triangle in adults) at the forward base of their tail before the actual fin starts.

The other thing is that the odds of a chrystogaster showing up mis-IDed in your LFS is pretty slim. They live on a very isolated island and wouldn't be included accidentally with a group of allardi or clarki.

As far as price goes, that is up to you. $45 is a fair price for an allardi. I think gasters would go for between $200 - $500 a piece.

jbirdman
03/18/2012, 09:00 AM
i found my allardis one for 14 and the other for 20$ my first one i bought the lfs told me it was a sebae

phender
03/18/2012, 12:42 PM
i found my allardis one for 14 and the other for 20$ my first one i bought the lfs told me it was a sebae

Could you post pics? That is below wholesale for allardis. Its hard to believe a shop owner would pay for a higher end clown and then forget and sell it at a lower price.

HurricaneCaleb
03/18/2012, 08:34 PM
http://s1005.photobucket.com/albums/af175/HurricaneCaleb/?action=view&current=0537011d.mp4

http://s1005.photobucket.com/albums/af175/HurricaneCaleb/?action=view&current=5fb04496.mp4

HurricaneCaleb
03/18/2012, 08:35 PM
http://s1005.photobucket.com/albums/af175/HurricaneCaleb/?action=view&current=0537011d.mp4

http://s1005.photobucket.com/albums/af175/HurricaneCaleb/?action=view&current=5fb04496.mp4

HurricaneCaleb
03/18/2012, 08:36 PM
that was the lfs clown. They are trying to find me a pair. Allardi?

phender
03/19/2012, 10:49 AM
Well, its not a gaster. They have a third stripe at the base of the tail. I can't make a 100% allardi ID. (It could be a clarki) But from the face, I would say I'm 95% sure that it is an allardi.