New Maroons

Tyler.L

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hey guys and girls

went to one of my lfs and picked up some baby maroons and no joke they're like, 1/2 inch if that. I didnt notice in the store but one of them, its nose is pushed in and dorsal fin is mis-shapped looks like it only has 4 spines and they go straight up not rounded like the other maroon kinda alien like lol. they're closed sundays and mondays so i cant even go talk to them about it until tuesday. They had 3 in and i grabbed 2 so if the other one they have in looks better i will try and take the freak back. if they wont take it back i might even cull it unfortunatly cause its pretty rough looking had it in a tank thats all black and no lighting on it and they're usually very good. It totally should have been culled. I will get some pics of them up in a bit, but how old do they have to be to start hosting? can they host a bta at any age? my friend has my wilkersons book and will have to get it back at some point...

i will try and get some pics of the little ones now.
 
heres a pic of the freak

you can see how badly the face is pushed in and how badly the dorsal fin is

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my girlfriend said he has downs, pretty mean and i dont condone it but he does. I will talk to them and see if they can give me the other one and i return this one, i highly doubt they'll do it though, but i can always try and see the other one is in super nice shape and wont let me take a pic of it. I'm glad i got them together so small because of how hard maroons are to pair...
 
well went in today and told them about the little genetic freak and they took him back without hesitation...so im super happy. I also have a rbta coming in for them this week...i'll get some pics up of the pair now, they've swam together witout any aggression but they're so small that i highly doubt there will be such a murderous fight between them with the pairing
 
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