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Offline Steve

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Picked this guy up today
« on: December 14, 2014, 01:11:01 AM »


I rarely buy fish from shops these days but Stopped into the shop today and just could not leave without this guy. He's a monster at darn near 7" and has really nice color as well as really mellow.

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Offline Ron

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Re: Picked this guy up today
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2014, 08:08:46 AM »
Looks nice. German red?
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Re: Picked this guy up today
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2014, 08:20:10 AM »
Very nice Steve!!

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Re: Picked this guy up today
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2014, 09:14:47 AM »
That's a nice fish!

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Re: Picked this guy up today
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2014, 11:11:06 AM »
Looks nice. German red?
Id say so.

Definitely looks good, Steve.

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Re: Picked this guy up today
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2014, 11:14:23 AM »
Very nice Steve!!

They just had it labeled as "red peacock" but I'm guessing it's either Ruby Red or German Red. I'm leaning towards ruby red just because I have never seen a german red get this big, but then again I don't know if I have seen a ruby red get this big either ???
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Re: Picked this guy up today
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2014, 02:26:29 PM »
German Red & Ruby Red are basically the same thing.  Either way it's a line bred Chipoka stuartgranti.

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Re: Picked this guy up today
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2014, 12:27:52 PM »
Ya know, with a title like "picked this guy up today" I was hesitant to see the post. I am glad to see it was a fish. A good looking one too. I also have an aquatic critter for ya when I get some time.
I have about 18,000 rounds of .223 I'm  looking to get rid of, 100 rd bags. 1-4 bags $40 ea, 5-9 bags $38 ea, 10 or more bags $35 ea. I can't put this in the for sale section, its not fish related. No shipping.

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Re: Picked this guy up today
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2014, 02:20:37 PM »
I'll be replacing a 55g with a 65g between the holidays Wayne so I'll have a lot of room in the 55g that I plan to move to the basement soon. I'll get a hold of ya after Christmas to talk about the next trip Mark and I are planning as well. Probably gonna hit the PM on the west side for steelhead sometime in January if you are interested in joining us again.
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Re: Picked this guy up today
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2015, 12:25:57 AM »
still have fish?