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andruboz
05-19-2003, 6:58 PM
these are the boys. the one in the back is dominant. the bite on the tail on the one in front was from another fish in another tank.
i'd post a pic of the new female but she's been on lfs food and isnt nearly as colorful as some you guys have posted. she'll look much better after 2 or 3 weeks of blood worms, shrimp and better flakes.
Gordeez
05-19-2003, 8:24 PM
Nice.
Are those the ones from Darbs?
andruboz
05-19-2003, 9:44 PM
yup. have you seen the big blackbelt they took in on trade? its in a cube tank by the catfish. pretty nice fish.
they also had 2 HUGE oscars in the 240g the last time i was there.
Marcus
05-20-2003, 12:45 AM
Too bad their both males. Females are actually the prettier of the sexes when it comes to Nics.
AikidoGuy
05-21-2003, 11:27 AM
heres one of my females. This pic was taken a while ago she double this size and has twice as nice coloring then at the time of the pic. A female Nic in full bloom can compete with some saltywater fish as far as color goes!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid63/p181ae0228f68e25f274f26d0b5efeaff/fc1ad7e7.jpg
dcallen
05-21-2003, 12:13 PM
Wow, great looking fish. Thanks for the pics.
Tightdog1
05-21-2003, 2:16 PM
congrats to you all on the nice pics, keep up the good fish keeping.
Those are great pics. I have one myself. He was the only one at the store, so I bought him. But, now, I'm wondering if it's actually a female.:confused:
Great pics!
Marcus
05-23-2003, 9:59 PM
Look at the fins. Males will have heavy spotting in their unpaired fins. Female's fins stay pretty much clear.
andruboz
05-24-2003, 12:24 AM
a little update. even lfs's make mistakes now and then..
i traded in a male to get a female and the lfs lady without thinking about it told her partner to throw it in a tank with another male and female of similar size. the established male thrashed him to extinction over night. i felt so bad i was going to give the store credit back but she said it wasnt my fault, and not to worry about it. i used the store credit to pick up a firemouth. hopefully i got a male this time.
so far ive seen my nics do a little chasing but no serious attacking. but then i have them in a 55 and she had them in a 15.