Id stop buying from them, you could ask if they could make good on the deal and refund some money as they are worth less than real Acanthurus, but then again its nice to see something before buying them and know what your getting. Call them see if they can make good on it. Reds have larger tail spines, are red with black dots inside of the spots, have a definite pattern on the head and neck. Yellows get longer supposedly, are reddish brown, black, yellow, and other shades of color, no dots inside the spots, no pattern on the head and little to none in comparison on the neck, smaller tail spines. The yellows are a subspecies of the reds.

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• Is this ackie a red or yellow? - fhayden1, Wed Oct 27 17:22:18 2004
• RE: its a V.a.brachyurus. Thanks n/p - FR, Wed Oct 27 17:29:52 2004
• RE: its a V.a.brachyurus. Thanks n/p - fhayden1, Wed Oct 27 17:46:26 2004
• How can you tell the difference? n/p - snakedk, Wed Oct 27 17:51:01 2004
• RE: How can you tell the difference? n/p - fhayden1, Thu Oct 28 07:42:21 2004
• Definitely a "yellow" V.A. brachyurus... - SHvar, Thu Oct 28 09:33:44 2004
• RE: Definitely a "yellow" V.A. brachyurus... - fhayden1, Fri Oct 29 07:34:42 2004
• RE: your defenition - JPsShadow, Sat Oct 30 22:10:16 2004
• Lets see your definition... - SHvar, Sun Oct 31 10:00:20 2004
• RE: Lets see your definition... - JPsShadow, Mon Nov 1 10:08:22 2004
• I dont soak or spray them much, ackies especially dislike it.. - SHvar, Tue Nov 2 21:11:30 2004