myerst2
Active member
FMarini Tim- great photos you attached, the only R aphanes in your pictures is "My dream Rhino"
you can see very clearly that maze patterns. All the rest are either R eschmeyeri or R frondosa. and I'm sorry to say including your fish.
Its easy to remember,
no pattern- R eschmeyeri
oscellation= R frondosa
maze pattern=R aphanes
and while patterns are not the only conclusive way- its fairly accurate.
The other cool fish you attached (has machinegun-cast on it), appears to be a fish that doesn't make into the hobby, if its from Japanese waters then it would most likely be a R argoliba, however R xenop would be the other choice from water outside of japan
Great info! But many people consider aphanes, frondosa, eshmeyeri are all the same. Some will exclude aphanes but many consider eshmeyeri and frondosa the same. T