Hey Roan.....

Leopardess said:
I know how big they get, but no...however, I also wouldn't keep neons in a 10g.
Okay. Hrm. You've given me something to think about, Leopardess.

Well, now you've seen a pic of a female. Leucistic, but a female none-the-less. I just went through that session of photos and it seems she's the only female that shows up. She's a man's lady, it seems (every picture is of her with the boys).
Wow, how did you get a leucistic one? Did you breed her? Isn't that rather rare in the fish world? I mean, we get leucistic snakes fairly often -- less than albino, but you know what I mean.

I have an anerythristic sand boa, myself, not that rare but, it's cool ;)

Roan
 
It was chance really. I happened upon her at a PetCo of all places! In fact, that's where I was able to score all of them. They were an "accidental" shipment I was told, something that just showed up unexpected. I bought them all and was quite pleased with the situation:D

In fact, that same PetCo had a very smart gal running the fish section for awhile, and had some beautiful rainbows. I bought my Madagascans there, as well as a few Celebese. Yesterday they had the most gorgeous Irian reds. Ahh, beautiful. But my quarantine tanks are filled at the moment. They were overpriced, too. 16$ a pop.

As far as the Leucism (is that a word? LOL), I believe it is rather rare for the fish industry...I couldn't find a lot of documentation on it, really.
 
Got that right!

That is rather pricey for an Irian. They're pretty common in LFS now, so the price really needs to go down a lot. Boes are still running 7-8 bucks here in the local shops. Sheesh!

Doesn't help that bows take so long to mature, either.

Roan
 
Mhm. They're about 8$ locally, or semi-locally one store is selling them for an outrageous 15$. I think not.

Really though, I almost like that they're more pricy. It prevents new hobbyists or those with bad motives from breeding them and adding to the huge surplus of "Australian" rainbow mutts.
 
Leopardess said:
Mhm. They're about 8$ locally, or semi-locally one store is selling them for an outrageous 15$. I think not.

Really though, I almost like that they're more pricy. It prevents new hobbyists or those with bad motives from breeding them and adding to the huge surplus of "Australian" rainbow mutts.
Extremely good point and I must agree :)

Roan
 
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