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raift
02-17-2006, 10:25 PM
when i got him he was almost prue black now parts of him are losing the black looks like its fading
YuccaPatrol
02-18-2006, 1:11 AM
You bought a baby fish and he/she is beginning to change to its adult colors. Believe me, it is going to look great once it completes the color change.

Here is what mine looked like when I got him:

http://aquariacentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=5724

Here is what they look like now:

http://aquariacentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=5727
raift
02-18-2006, 5:30 AM
cool
Marn
02-18-2006, 1:00 PM
yup mine are going through the mottled stage .. well 2 are .. they look like the bopsy twins ..lol.. the other 2 are just fadeing from black to a slight orange .. they look like twins ...lol.. i absolutly love them .. they were so scared when i got them about 3 weeks ago . now they will eat from my hands one will come up and nestle in my hand peck at my fingers swim through my hands again and i actually pet her.. then she gets a treat of Krill .. they remind me of lil puppy dogs ... :) i love them ..

Marn
fish_breeder_05
02-18-2006, 1:05 PM
or they could have been dyed
Marn
02-18-2006, 2:32 PM
if they have been dyed they would be pink, green, purple, yellow .. not black .. black is when they are young .. they are NOT dyed..

Marn
raift
02-18-2006, 3:48 PM
thanks for the info
zadi
02-18-2006, 9:08 PM
You bought a baby fish and he/she is beginning to change to its adult colors. Believe me, it is going to look great once it completes the color change.

Here is what mine looked like when I got him:

http://aquariacentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=5724

Here is what they look like now:

http://aquariacentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=5727

With the stripes (babies) the remind me of Convicts. They turned out beautiful.
sumthin fishy
02-18-2006, 10:18 PM
Thats because they are hybred with sevrons or convicts (ok dont flame me if you disagree, there is a lot of argument about what was crossed with what and im no geneticist so this is just from my reading)
raift
02-19-2006, 3:16 PM
i could see if it was breed with a convict. but like you said dont blast me
sumthin fishy
02-19-2006, 3:20 PM
Ok wait I was wrong. The BP is a parrot/sev. The JB parrot is a BP/con. But sevrons have simmilar markings as the cons :rolleyes:
Chopa
02-25-2006, 4:44 AM
You guys are doing a great job at supporting those who manipulate mother nature to enrich themselves. There are hundreds of beautiful clichlids to choose from and they do not need our help to be special and beautiful. :bowing: